00:00So what do you think a Knicks championship would mean to the city of New York?
00:03It would be incredible.
00:05This team's been getting close the past couple of years.
00:07They had a great young core and when the Knicks are doing well and
00:11they're winning championships, it also helps us at the stadium, man.
00:14The fans are pumped up here at every game.
00:15So yeah, we're rooting for them, we got their back.
00:19I think for the whole city of New York, it's gonna be really impressive.
00:21It's gonna be really cool.
00:24The city of New York need a championship, they are hungry, all the fans.
00:28And I think it's gonna be great if the Knicks win it.
00:31Everything to me.
00:32We've been waiting for this for more than 50 years.
00:34We probably have to write new legislation to rename Laundry Mats Landry Mats because of
00:38how he's been watching these teams.
00:39When you grow up in the streets of New York in the late 50s, rooting for the Knicks in
00:43the 60s, and getting that championship, it was awesome back those two years of
00:49championship basketball.
00:50And now we get a chance once again.
00:52And there's no doubt in my mind, don't worry about Jalen Brunson being second team.
00:57He's the best player in pro basketball this year.
01:00And OG, don't worry about being second team defense, you're the best defensive player
01:04in the league.
01:05Go Knicks.
01:06I've lived in New York City for 21 years and I've always been very impressed by the knowledge
01:10and the commitment from the New York Knicks fan base.
01:13And I have to say, if the Knicks win the NBA title, this city's going to be shaking.
01:21And there's nothing better than playoffs at Madison Square Garden.
01:26Let's go Knicks.
01:28Come on out.
01:29What's up, Knicks?
01:30Joe Scali here.
01:30Just want to wish you guys the best of luck in the finals.
01:32Yeah, I'm really excited for them.
01:35I've had the fortune of getting to know a couple of their guys over the last couple of
01:41years.
01:42And to see the level they're playing at right now is really fun to witness in the run.
01:48What they've won 11, 12 games in a row in dominant fashion.
01:51So, the West is going to be tough, but I feel like they have a special, special thing going
01:58on and hopefully they can bring one home.
02:00As a Ranger, the Knicks are family to us and the entire city of New York is rooting and
02:06behind them.
02:07We all want to see the Knicks bring home a championship.
02:11Go Knicks.
02:11Special.
02:12I mean, we're all pulling for them.
02:15We're watching every play, every game, every time we can.
02:18Again, the whole city, the Mets, everybody's behind you guys.
02:23So, keep it rolling for more and it'll be something special for all of us here in New
02:27York.
02:27As a New Yorker and invested a lot of my life in rooting for whether it's the Giants
02:33or the Mets or the Rangers or the Knicks, it'd be so much, it's such a wonderful thing for
02:40the city because it does, it really brings people together.
02:44As a broadcaster, again, to be able to get up close and be able to call that and see
02:53it happen right in front of my eyes, it'd be, I think, as an honor.
02:57It's going to mean just as much to me as every other New Yorker.
03:01You know, we want to see it and I just can't wait.
03:06I can't wait to wear that New York Knicks shirt that says champion.
03:12I can't wait to wear the hat.
03:14I can't wait to get the shorts.
03:16I can't wait to get the hoodie.
03:18I don't care.
03:18I can't wait to go to a restaurant and talk to another New Yorker about it.
03:21I mean, you know, I'm just, I'm just excited.
03:24I know they got a job to do, but I'm excited to see that when it says, and you're new
03:30champions.
03:32Hey, Joey G, waiting on OKC or the Spurs, it don't matter.
03:40Coach Brown has got this team humming.
03:44Let's just get the first one and continue with the magic.
03:49History in the making.
03:51It's showtime.
03:52It's go time time.
03:53It's go, no, go, lock and load.
03:55Love them and lean and smoking if you got them so you want to see us on the other side
03:58time time.
03:59It's time for a New York Knicks victory onward.
04:03To all the Knicks fans out there, my name is Father Steven McClernon from Beach Catholic in Long Beach.
04:07So we're hoping this season will be successful.
04:11We're hoping for a win.
04:12We know kind of right now our country and our state, everyone's kind of divided, scared, just bitter.
04:21But sports kind of brings us all together, doesn't it?
04:23So let's pray for the Knicks.
04:25Let's pray for the players, their managers.
04:28And all the fans, just these next couple of days, to be united as one.
04:34And yeah, just whatever happens, give glory to God.
04:37So we ask you to send your blessing upon the Knicks, in the name of the Father, and of the
04:40Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
04:42Amen.
04:43I remember back in 1999, last time the Knicks were in the finals, I had opened my first location.
04:49I was just learning everything.
04:51My daughter was just born.
04:53I had all the chips stacked against me.
04:5621 years old.
04:57I felt like Brunson, I was the underdog.
05:00But look at us now!
05:03Being a lifelong Knicks fan, watching games with my father as a young child, there's nothing more than I would
05:08love for the Knicks to bring home a championship for not only the city, but for my father.
05:13Let's go Knicks!
05:14Hey Ian, what are we doing?
05:15Get back to work, bro.
05:16I'm on the post staff over here, I'm trying to find out about the Knicks, man.
05:19What about them?
05:20They're in the playoffs, they're going to win the championship.
05:23In the playoffs, they're going to the finals.
05:24The finals, yeah, come on!
05:25You know what this means for New York?
05:26It means, it's a big thing for New York.
05:28I know, but we gotta charge $100 for that pizza right there in order for us to go.
05:31I know, they're charging a lot of money for these tickets.
05:34I know, Donald Trump's going, we're superstars.
05:35We're superstars and we can't even go to the Knicks.
05:38Let's go.
05:38Come on, we need to get this.
05:39Go New York, go New York, go.
05:40Come on.
05:41Let's go, James Dome.
05:42It's been since 99 I've been crying for these Knicks to win a championship.
05:46Let's go.
05:46I've been crying since 73, I'm older than you.
05:48You're a few years older than me.
05:49Come on, let's go.
05:50$100 pizzas all day.
05:51All day, we need money for tickets.
05:53Let's do it.
05:53New York Knicks, baby.
05:54New York Knicks, baby.
05:56Growing up a Knicks fan my whole life, every Christmas was Knicks tickets.
06:02Every Martin Luther King Day, my dad and my uncle took me to the Knicks game.
06:05They're home every year.
06:06Every birthday was a new Knicks jersey.
06:10Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, Latrell Sprewell.
06:13I've watched us lose to everybody.
06:15Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, David Robinson,
06:22Al Averton, do it for me, do it for Carmelo, do it for Ewing, do it for those guys.
06:28We don't want any more jerseys.
06:29We want a trophy.
06:30Not if the Knicks win the championship, when they win the championship,
06:33this place is going to be on fire.
06:36Stride State area, oh my goodness.
06:38Let me tell you something.
06:39The mecca of basketball is New York, and the greatest fans, sports fans in the world come
06:44from New York, and they deserve this.
06:45So I'm so proud of the Knicks.
06:47I can tell you Willis Reed, Dave the Buescher, Earl the Pearl Monroe.
06:53Once you win the championship in New York, you'll never have forgotten.
06:56I remember I jumped on the airplane, and I saw Earl the Pearl, and I said,
06:59Oh, Mr. Long Road, I'm Jason Williams, I play with the Mets, nice to meet you.
07:03And he was like, Oh yeah, you play in the wrong city.
07:06And I said, Mr. Long Road, where you going?
07:08He said, I'm going down to Charlotte.
07:09I said, this plane going down to Hilton Head.
07:11I might have played for the wrong city, but you about to arrive two and a half hours to the
07:15wrong city.
07:16He just died out of there.
07:17Oh man, let's go New York, go New York, go New York, go.
07:21Bring back Charles Opie like Willis Reed, man.
07:24Electrified, he come walking out the locker room, let Opie come back in the building.
07:27That would be fantastic.
07:29But I'm rooting for the Knicks, I'm rooting for New York, let's go.
07:33Okay, I've got two words for the New York Knicks.
07:38Go Knicks!
07:39What's up guys, it's your boy J-Rock, aka The Akiway, and you know I'm from New York.
07:44Let's go New York Knicks.
07:45I'm going to tell you one thing.
07:47I'm giving away a thousand chopped cheeses if you're taking the trophy home.
07:51And you can't forget your belt, never, never, never.
07:54Yeah, if they win the championship, it'll mean so much for me, for the city, bro.
07:58I can't even, I honestly can't even imagine what it's going to be like.
08:01I don't even know if the city will survive a championship.
08:03No, I'm nervous if I go outside or if I stay inside a bit, you know.
08:07I mean, the parade's going to be insane.
08:08Yeah, people take it seriously.
08:09I mean, look, we changed the menu item.
08:11The cheesesteak, we call it the Philly Sox cheesesteak.
08:21Yeah, if the Knicks win it all this year, it will mean everything for our city.
08:25NYC is the best city in the world and we have the best fans in the world.
08:28We'll see fans from all generations come together, rejoice, cry of joy and really celebrate this city, NYC and the
08:35Knicks.
08:36This will mean everything for us.
08:37We've been waiting so long for this.
08:39It will be monumental.
08:40It will be special.
08:42It will be a moment to remember and to cherish forever.
08:46This is Dr. John D'Angelo, CEO of Northwell Health.
08:49And here at Northwell, we are super excited for our New York Knicks.
08:53These types of moments are very special for our city.
08:56They are more than just a championship.
08:58They show the very best of New York.
09:01They show our unity, our commitment, our purpose and highlight the best of our community.
09:08So let's go Knicks.
09:09My name is Father Brian Jordan.
09:11I am the pastor of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi.
09:15It's exactly one half block away from Madison Square Garden.
09:20I've been a Knicks fan for over 50 years.
09:23I was there when it happened when they won the championship in 1973.
09:28The Knicks will win the championship this year when they beat their opponent next week.
09:33This is a great joy for New York City.
09:35Let's go, Knicks!
09:37Hi, my name is Mitchell Modell, former CEO of Modell Sporting Goods.
09:41I remember growing up in the early 70s taking the Long Island Railroad home
09:45after the Knicks game with Coach Red Holtzman as he dropped me off in Hewlett and he went to Cedar.
09:51The city is on fire.
09:53Think about what's going on in New York and we haven't even played one game in the finals yet.
09:58This will be the single biggest license event in the history of New York.
10:02And more important, it will bring the whole city together unlike any other win
10:07than any team in New York's history. Go, New York, go!
10:10This is our time. History is with us. We're going to take that championship and bring the cup home
10:18to New York City and all of New York. Let's go, Knicks! Let's do it!
10:23It's been waiting a long time. We're all Knicks fans. We can't wait.
10:291973 in New York City. Remember, Watergate, the Vietnam War. We were a divided city.
10:36But the Knicks brought us together with their championship against the Lakers of Chamberlain
10:40and West. Oh, it was Lewis Reed and Walt Clyde Frazier. And now once again, I'm reminded as we're
10:47on the cusp of another NBA championship, this is what's bringing the city together. The suburbs,
10:53the urban area, where you can get together, hopefully, through the Canyon of Heroes,
10:58a championship parade where you'll see the most unlikely people cheering the world champion
11:04and Knicks together on the steps of City Hall. I'm old enough to remember the great teams of
11:10Willis Reed and Walt Frazier and Patrick Ewing. But this new Knicks team is really the most exciting
11:17I've seen in my lifetime. And Jalen Branson is definitely a senior. So New York is a mecca of
11:24basketball and the championship banner deserves to hang from the Raptors of Madison Square Garden. Go, Knicks!
11:32What this Knicks run shows that in the greatest city in the world, New York City, anything is possible.
11:38Fins up! And best of luck bringing the championship home to New York.
11:41I've been a Knicks fan my entire life. Never thought I was going to see something like this.
11:46What a year. The whole city is behind the Knicks. The whole city couldn't be more into this.
11:50And I'm really excited. We're going to take Fins up, take the Knicks to the title, going to beat the
11:54Spurs,
11:55and the city is going to rejoice. There's so much happening in New York City this summer to be excited
11:59about,
12:00but nothing will be better than the Knicks finally bringing it home after 53 years. Let's go Knicks.
12:06What would a Knicks championship mean to me? I've been waiting for this moment all my life.
12:15New York City needs this, man. 53 years? Since 1973? Nah, we need this. We need this.
12:23Let's go Knicks. Let's go Knicks, let's go Knicks, let's go Knicks. Let's go Knicks, yeah, there you go.
12:28Yeah, Knicks in four. That's it. Let's get four in a row.
12:31Let's go Knicks. Yep. Yep. Let's go. Let's go, baby. Let's go Knicks, baby.
12:35Let's go Knicks. Let's get it done. Go New York, go New York, go New York,
12:53It's time
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