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After years of Knicks pain, Ben Stiller is now on top of the NBA mountain. <\/p>\n

The longtime Knicks fan was elated after the team\u2019s 94-90 Game 5 victory that won the franchise its first Finals since 1973.<\/p>

Read more CBS reporter loses it after Knicks fan fires off F-bomb during live report as NYC goes nuts<\/a><\/p>\n

Stiller, an active X user when it comes to the Knicks, didn\u2019t post anything in the aftermath as of the early hours of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

He was, however, found in the depths of Frost Bank Center wearing an NBA Finals championship T-shirt and hat paired with goggles and Knicks coach Mike Brown\u2019s whiteboard.<\/p>\n

Stiller\u2019s sports dream had finally come true.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs happy as I\u2019ve ever felt,\u201d Stiller told ESPN with a huge smile when asked how he felt following the title win. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty amazing. It\u2019s pretty amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cSeverence\u201d executive producer\u2019s fandom started in the 1973-74 season when he was taken to a game by friends of his father, the late actor Jerry Stiller, and sat eight rows behind the Knicks bench.<\/p>\n

It was the same year that started the 53-year championship drought. His fandom was later revived when he moved back to New York from Los Angeles in 2010.<\/p>\n

In those years since, Stiller admitted to The Post during the Knicks Finals run that \u201cthere was a lot of pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

The feeling he had Saturday night was much different than what he\u2019s been told the Knicks are his whole life.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy whole life I\u2019ve lived with this idea that, \u2018Oh, the Knicks aren\u2019t going to make it, the Knicks have never been good, the Knicks have been a joke for a long time back in the day,\u201d Stiller previously said. \u201cIt almost became something you accept.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the final buzzer rang, Stiller could be seen filming the Knicks\u2019 reaction on his iPhone. <\/p>

Read more Teen shot during Knicks madness takeover in Times Square<\/a><\/p>\n

Several security members tried to keep him at bay, but Stiller seemed to push his way through to get the necessary footage for what has been rumored to be a Knicks playoff and championship project of sorts.<\/p>\n

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Stiller has been filming often \u2014 and not only during the games throughout the playoffs. <\/p>\n

He has also filmed while on his walkthrough and security checkpoints into the various arenas, and has been seen among the media at press conferences. <\/p>\n

The celebration will only continue for Stiller and the Knicks, who are now flying back to New York and have a championship parade set for Thursday.<\/p>

Read more Knicks fans set school bus on fire in Times Square madness: \u2018I\u2019m scared for my homies!\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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