A trip to Sunday’s New York Knicks-Clevland Cavaliers NBA playoff game at Madison Square Garden may have left new St. John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino in need of a new phone number.
During a stoppage of play, Pitino was featured during an ABC compilation of celebrities in attendance along with stars like Ben Stiller, Tracy Morgan and Jon Stewart. When the camera panned to Pitino, the former Knicks coach was seen telling someone his phone number. Fans on social media quickly read Pitino’s lips and apparently flooded Pitino’s phone with messages.
Here’s how that moment played out on national television: