Knicks fans were partying like it was 1999 on Monday night.
After making the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years by winning 11 straight playoff games, the players are still in awe of their faithful — and perhaps unique — fans.
“Knicks fans are a specific species of human that should be studied,” Knicks bench player Landry Shamet said on “Inside the NBA” after the 130-93 Game 4 win. “It’s special, man. They’re crazy. They’re crazy. They fly out to Cleveland on Monday. They’re everywhere. They take over arenas. Everywhere you walk in the city, that’s what you hear. The buzz is unbelievable. You could try and explain what’s going on in New York right now for Knicks fans but good luck. It’s different. Knicks fans are different.”
Knicks fans go wild on the streets of New York City on Monday night. NY PostKnicks fans by the thousand were outside of Madison Square Garden and Penn Station on Monday night after the Knicks blew the Cavaliers out of the water in Game 4.
Fans even climbed onto anything they could find as MSG looked more like a zoo than a sports arena after the New York Liberty vs. Portland Fire game Monday night.
Knicks fans were even getting arrested as they climbed onto street signs with chaos unfolding at every turn on the city streets.
It wasn’t just on the streets, either, as opposing teams were imploring their ticket holders not to sell their seats to Knicks fans for playoff home games.
To no avail, though, as Knicks chants echoed in the road buildings throughout the playoffs, but especially in Philadelphia and Cleveland.
Knicks fans were being arrested on the streets at one point.
Shamet’s name was even being chanted on the streets at one point, as the role-playing wing could do no wrong for the Knicks down the stretch of Game 1 and throughout the Eastern Conference finals.
The reserve wing who couldn’t get off the bench for much of the playoffs last year when Tom Thibodeau was the coach was on an incredible heater versus the Cavaliers, going 11-for-12 from 3-point range (91.6 percent).
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The Knicks will look to stay hot as the Spurs and Thunder beat each other up in the Western Conference finals, with the teams tied at 2-2 entering Tuesday’s Game 5.
The NBA Finals don’t begin until June 3, giving the Knicks nine days’ rest between series.
