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05/25 19:27 CDT Garden party: New York fans invade Cleveland as Knicks try to
sweep Cavaliers and make NBA Finals
Garden party: New York fans invade Cleveland as Knicks try to sweep Cavaliers
and make NBA Finals
By TOM WITHERS
Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) --- The Knicks and their fans threatened to turn Game 4 of the
Eastern Conference finals into a Garden party.
Madison Square Garden, that is.
With New York one win from sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers and earning its
first NBA Finals appearance since 1999, thousands of Knicks fans --- and some
of their well-heeled celebrity backers --- descended upon Rocket Arena on
Monday night.
Based on the decibel level and "Let's Go Knicks!" chants during pregame
warmups, New York fans seemed to outnumber Clevelanders, who are holding out
hope that the Cavs can somehow overcome an 0-3 deficit in the series. That's
never happened in the NBA as teams are a collective 164-0 when leading 3-0 in a
best-of-seven series.
Among the New York A-list celebrities on hand were actor Timothe Chalamet and
his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, director Spike Lee, comedian Tracy Morgan and
rappers along with former Knicks players Walt "Clyde" Frazier and Allan Houston.
The Cavs, who hosted pop music superstar Taylor Swift and her fiance, Kansas
City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in Game 3, were represented by rapper
Machine Gun Kelly. Cleveland also brought back beloved guard Matthew
Dellavedova, a member of its 2016 championship team for some karma.
Knicks fans were boisterous during New York's win in Game 3, and Cavs guard
Donovan Mitchell lamented that was mostly because Cleveland gave its
towel-waving crowd nothing to cheer about.
"I'm from New York, this doesn't shock me. They do it in every arena," Mitchell
said. "That's how Knicks fans are. I was one back in the day."
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