                                        {"id":1367,"date":"2026-06-06T12:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:07:41","slug":"knicks-fans-go-bonkers-in-nyc-after-game-2-finals-win-celebrate-in-streets-outside-msg-go-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"Knicks fans go bonkers in NYC after Game 2 Finals win, celebrate in streets outside MSG: \u2018Go New York!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Midtown turned into a sea of blue and orange Friday night as thousands of \u201cexhilarated\u201d Knicks fans flooded the streets outside Madison Square Garden after their hometown team won Game 2 of the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1365\">Own a piece of Knicks history as our boys face the Spurs in the NBA finals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the final buzzer sounded nearly 2,000 miles away in San Antonio, Knicks nation went bonkers back in the Big Apple with their team just two wins away from its first championship in 53 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chants of \u201cGo New York, go New York, go New York, go!\u201d and \u201cKnicks in four!\u201d echoed down Seventh Avenue and drivers could be heard honking their horns in their own show of support one block away.<\/p>\n<p>The party kicked off hours earlier as diehards secured spots at a watch party outside the World\u2019s Most Famous Arena more than four hours before the 8:42 p.m. tipoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel exhilarated,\u201d said Lester Alexander, who was equipped with a Knicks flag attached to a broomstick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t be happier. As a New Yorker, nothing could ruin my day now, my week, my month, my summer,\u201d the 27-year-old, who goes by \u201cLes,\u201d told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Les, a Harlem native, already had grand plans for a possible Knicks title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna propose to the most beautiful woman I\u2019ll meet that night. \u2018Cause right now I\u2019m single. And if I don\u2019t find nobody I\u2019ll just marry the game,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Charles, 31, who watched the game at a separate watch party inside MSG, said, \u201cwe\u2019re literally writing history right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was amazed at \u201cjust the amount of people that\u2019s coming out to just support the Knicks,\u201d adding that \u201cit\u2019s magnificent, beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the Knicks\u2019 105-104 victory over the Spurs, Charles\u2019 33-year-old friend told The Post that \u201cit\u2019s a blessing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Championship win,\u201d he said, \u201cwould unify the city, it would bring the city up in many ways, people not even realizing, you know what I\u2019m saying? Economically, socially, emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Randy Horowitz traveled with her two daughters and husband from Long Island to watch the game at The Mecca.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am ecstatic,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m energized. This is why we live in New York. We feel this. No place like New York to experience a night like this,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was inside. It was better than the team being there. There was so much energy \u2014 it was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1358\">Don\u2019t let Big Brother control AI, Times\u2019 Delaney Hall delusions and other commentary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pals Surgio Urnia, 35 and Ken Lopez, 50, also joined in on the festivities outside the Garden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that I love about the watch party is the camaraderie between the New York culture,\u201d said Urnia, a Brooklyn resident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s beautiful. It brings it back. It\u2019s a feeling I haven\u2019t felt in this city in a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked how he would celebrate the Knicks winning the championship, he had a blunt response: \u201cI\u2019m quitting my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that wouldn\u2019t be all for Urnia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to the parade. I am gonna get a new girlfriend. I\u2019m gonna have a brand new life,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez was much more modest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna take a whole week off work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Leaning against the barriers in front of MSG was Nasir Boston, 24, of Queens, who currently works as a security guard but hopes to get into the social media field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Knicks got all of us united right now, all five boroughs including Long Island,\u201d Boston told the Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And if they win the championship?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is going to work,\u201d Boston said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Similar scenes of jubilation erupted across the city on Friday night as Central Park was home to another watch party and bars were packed to the brim with fans.<\/p>\n<p>Knicks superfan and filmmaker Spike Lee was spotted in the city standing through the sunroof of a car, reaching toward a cheering crowd as fans blasted airhorns and yelled into the night, per a video posted to X by ESPN New York.<\/p>\n<p>The Jeffrey, an institutional Upper East Side sports bar, slashed the prices of beer and food from 7 p.m. to tip off at 8:30 p.m. at their 1973 levels \u2014 $.73 draft beers, oysters, wings and hot dogs.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Knicks Merch Shop<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<img alt=\"\" class=\"shopping-product__image\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"156\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/prince.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=234&amp;h=156&amp;crop=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/prince.jpg?resize=246,164&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 246w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/prince.jpg?resize=234,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/prince.jpg?resize=195,130&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 195w, 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