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New York Knicks fans are about to party like it’s 1999.
For the first time in 27 years, the Knicks are in the NBA Finals, but for a brief period, the New York Police Department banned parties outside Madison Square Garden because the Knicks faithful were too rowdy.
Well, for the biggest Knicks game of this millennium, the NYPD turned the tide.
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Knicks fans celebrate their Eastern Conference championship victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers in New York on May 25, 2026. The Knicks last reached the NBA Finals in 1999 and are looking to win their first championship since 1973. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
The Knicks will host a watch party in Plaza 33 outside the arena for Game 1 Wednesday night after Madison Square Garden requested a permit.
The San Antonio Spurs will host the first two games before MSG hosts Game 3 on Monday. The first game will also be streamed live inside the arena, with tickets costing $10 and proceeds going to the Garden of Dreams Foundation.
Six arrests were made outside MSG during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks took a 2-0 series lead just days after mounting a 22-point comeback in the fourth quarter, which truly started the ruckus.
Knicks fans celebrate their team’s Eastern Conference championship victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers in New York on May 25, 2026. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET CELEBRATES WITH FANS IN THE STREETS OF NYC AFTER THE KNICKS ADVANCE TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Even though there was no party for the Knicks’ clinching game last week, fans still took to the streets to celebrate.
Videos poured in from Manhattan intersections, from crowded bars outside Madison Square Garden and resounding chants of “WE WANT WEMBY” outside MSG.
Fans carried brooms through the streets of Manhattan in anticipation of a Cavaliers sweep, climbed atop traffic lights as NYPD officers ordered them down and unleashed the kind of basketball pandemonium that New York has waited decades to relive.
Even Radio City Music Hall erupted with Knicks chants as the city collectively lost its mind last Monday night.
From thunderous chants of “WE WANT WEMBY” outside Madison Square Garden to chaos spilling into Midtown intersections, New York City transformed into a massive street party after the Knicks won the Eastern Conference. (Getty Images) ((Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images))
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The Knicks are underdogs to the Spurs, who beat the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 on the road Saturday.
New York is looking for its first title since 1973, in case you were wondering what the city might look like if it won it all.
