New York is a little different when the Knicks play deep in the playoffs.
Fun crowds of fans fill the street outside Madison Square Garden, even during matches on the road. The songs of “Lets Go Knicks” are built in crescendo – at the Yankee Stadium. And this year, West 11th Street has a familiar name for fans of the team’s starting leader: Jalen Brunson Boulevard.
Last week, after the Knicks shocked and defeated the Boston Celtics champion in the semi-finals of the East Conference of the NBA, the city honored Brunson and its teammates by temporarily reversing certain streets after them.
Bronnson’s n ° 11 jerseys dot the sidewalks and bars from the Bronx to Coney Island and far beyond. There was even a Brunson view competition On the steps of the post office office of eighth avenue on Monday.
“It means everything for the city at the moment,” said Joe Tuman, 38, a long -satership worker from Long Island, who wore a Knicks jersey outside Madison Square Garden on Thursday. It was six o’clock before the Knicks, faced with the elimination of the playoffs, beat the Pacers of Indiana behind 32 points from Brunson.
“If he was running for the mayor,” concluded Tuman, “I would vote for him.”
New York has always had an abundant supply of magnetic stars athletes who approach royalty in the city – as far as Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson to more recent stars like Carmelo Anthony, Sabrina Ionescu and Aaron Judge, The Yankees Colossal Outfield, which enthusiasts about half of the city.
