Knicks fans say Cardi B’s team was ‘CURSED’ against the Sixers…after the rapper and her husband Offset were shown moments before the team’s fourth-quarter collapse
Knicks fans accused Cardi B of “cursing” their team Tuesday night, after the rap star and her husband Offset were shown on the jumbotron moments before the team’s collapse to the Sixers.
The musical couple apparently arrived late to the game at Madison Square Garden before appearing on the big screen with just 28.9 seconds remaining as the Knicks led 96-90 and had one foot in the conference semifinals .
However, a two-three pointer from Tyrese Maxey allowed Philadelphia to force overtime and ultimately pull off a miraculous victory, leading many Knicks fans to direct their anger at the “Bodak Yellow” artist.
“Don’t ever let her in again,” wrote one X user in response to the X account New York basketball sharing a video of Cardi B and Offset on screen.
“Keep her away from the KNICKS,” said another.
Cardi B and Offset were shown at the Knicks game moments before the team’s collapse
Another called the shocking loss the “Curse of Cardi B.”
Earlier in the series, Sixers wing Kelly Oubre Jr. took aim at the Knicks’ celebrity row and the team’s culture of giving away free tickets to stars.
“They’re going to give celebrities these free tickets worth $100,000 just to be there and not worry about the game,” Oubre told reporters. “That’s what they do.”
Cardi B and Offset’s late arrival on Tuesday, combined with Emily Ratajkowski’s early exit from a Knicks return earlier this season (she was later denied her usual free ticket to a Rangers game) shows that ‘Oubre may be right.
The Knicks looked poised to beat the Sixers in five games Tuesday night before Maxey’s heroics, as the former University of Kentucky guard finished the game with a monstrous stat line of 46 points, five rebounds and nine assists in 52 minutes to return the series. in Philadelphia.
Tyrese Maxey produced a tying three-pointer from the logo in the final seconds of regulation
Jalen Brunson scored 40 points as the Knicks lost in a potential Game 5 to win the series
New York led by two with 15.1 seconds left when Josh Hart went to the free throw line for the Knicks.
He missed the first attempt, opening the door for Maxey to tie the game with an outrageous logo three-pointer seven seconds later.
The Knicks’ Jalen Brunson scored 40 points in the loss.
Game 6 – which remains a must-win for the Sixers, who now trail 3-2 in the series – will begin at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday.
