In non-initiation, it is a simple sentence on a follow-up of the police scanner: “Manhattan | West 34th St and 7th Ave. PD requesting additional units for the control of crowds. Level 4 mobilization called.
By putting in terms of non-political among us, a section of the seventh avenue in Midtown Manhattan turned into a chaotic jubilation scene while thousands of fans of New York Knicks came out of Madison Square Garden to celebrate their victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday evening.
The exuberant fans ran into the streets in a scene of the crowd while the Knicks obtained first place in the east conference of the franchise in 25 years after eliminating Boston with a victory of 119-81 in match 6 of the semi-finals of the conference.
The video downloaded from ESPN New York showed what should be hundreds – if not thousands – fans dressed in blue and orange flowing in the middle of the road in a joyful choir.
Other images have shown that fans climbing at the top of the luminous posts, advertisements and other structures – while while the State Building Empire was illuminated in Knicks colors behind them.
Even celebrities leaving the arena have joined the pleasure. Spike Lee, a surface of Knicks, was seen taking out his head from the sunroof from a SUV to join those who celebrated the eighth avenue du Jardin.
The seventh avenue outside Madison Square Garden was a crowd of Knicks Joyful fans
Fans have climbed light panels and posts to celebrate the first final of the Knicks Conference in 25 years
The fan of Knicks Spike Lee was seen on the other side of the garden with his head out of a SUV
With Timothee Chalamet, Tracy Morgan, Ben Stiller and Bad Bunny, the Knicks assured that elimination was an infallible thing.
It is the biggest victory in the playoffs in the history of the franchise which puts the Knicks back in the conference final for the first time since 2000. They will play the same team as they faced this series, the Indiana Pacers.
Without the superstar Jayson Tatum, the season of which ended with a torn Achilles suffered in match 4, the Celtics had trouble – pulling 36% in defeat.
Meanwhile, the kernel of the Knicks turned out – with Jalen Brunson and Og Anunoby paving the way with 23 points.
From the end of the Tatum season, this result came.
Of course, the Celtics made a courageous effort in match 5 in the face of elimination. Derrick White had 34 points, Jaylen Brown dropped a double-double and the Celtics won by 25 in front of their fans at TD Garden to show that they could be resilient without tatum.
But nobody, not even the fan of the most jaded Celtics, could expect that this effort lasts a long time – and certainly not long enough to motivate them to a conference final.
However, there was still a shock. Shock of the appearance of Celtics. Shock of the speed with which this game has become unbalanced.
Rapper Bad Bunny (L) and actor Timothee Chalamet (R) celebrate the victory of the Knicks on Friday
Actor Ben Stiller watched the Knicks eliminate Boston Celtics in Match 6
The musician Lenny Kravitz (L) and the filmmaker and Knicks in the supervisor Spike Lee (R) celebrate
Rapper Ice Spice (L) and New York Jets Cornerback Sauce Gardner (R) Watch Shortside
After directing Boston in the match before, White made only eight points, a rebound and two assists while pulling a poor 3 for 11.
Brown led the team with 20 points, but pulled 8 out of 20 and left the match in the third quarter.
Aside from Brown, the only other two -digit figures from Boston were the ten points of Al Horford and the eleven points Payton Pritchard had out of the bench.
Boston dropped by six points at the end of the first quarter, but then escaped “Fetty” in the second – by being ahead of 17-38.
The second quarter of the Knicks was so completely overwhelming, that Boston was less than eight points in third and three points in fourth. After the second, the Celtics never seem capable of overcoming the mountain in front of them.
And therefore, the defense of the title ends. The questions abound on what then comes for the Celtics. When can Tatum be healthy? What is the future of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis? How long will the window remain open? No response can be found on MSG soil.
What would be found is undoubtedly the most complete team effort that the Knicks have made all the off -season.
After scoring 34 points in match 5, Derrick White dropped eight points on Friday
The exhausted Celtics did not carry out of their 25 -point victory at home in match 5
Each Starter Knicks struck two figures. Anunoby (23 points, nine rebounds) and Brunson (23 points, six rebounds, six assists) paved the way, but the double-double of Karl-Anthony Towns (21 points, 12 rebounds) and the 22 points of Mikal Bridges were more than sufficient to put New York above.
The lively lights of the garden have not overwhelmed. They prepared the field for a dominant performance that could install the Knicks to reach their first NBA finals in this millennium.
All that awaits us is an opponent that they did not beat in the playoffs during their last three meetings of the series: The Pacers.
This includes last year, when the Pacers beat the Knicks in seven games in the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference.
