Knicks stars – Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns turned to real-life superstition talk on “The Tonight Show,” crediting everything from a WWE curse being lifted to a lucky orange clutch for the Knicks’ championship run.
Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns walked into “The Tonight Show” after the New York Knicks took home the NBA championship, and the celebration didn’t stay strictly basketball.
On the Saturday win’s momentum, the Knicks stars—Brunson, the team captain, and Towns, one of the star players—sat down with host Jimmy Fallon to talk about the finals. Fallon asked them to address the superstitions that have followed the team all the way through the postseason.
Brunson didn’t pretend he was always on board. He admitted he was “a little skeptical” at first, but said he’s now a believer. His shift landed with a nod to a very public moment: a WWE star, Danhausen, lifting a curse from the Knicks that had been placed in the middle of April.
Fallon laid out the connection on the couch—“There’s a WWE wrestler, Danhausen, who uncursed the Knicks. And apparently, after he uncursed the Knicks, you guys won every single game.” Then Fallon added, “It did work.”
Brunson, a WWE fan himself, met the idea head-on. “You have to believe it now.”
Towns brought the same openness to a different kind of good-luck story. Fallon pointed to another superstition tied to Towns’ fiancée, Jordyn Woods, and specifically her orange clutch, which has been treated as a lucky totem. Fallon put it bluntly: “When she brings the bag, it’s good luck.”
Towns didn’t brush it aside, either. He pushed back on the need for an explanation while still leaning into the superstition. “What do you want me to say? We were undefeated in the playoffs,” he said. Then he added, “Obviously, she made some magic when she made that Woods by Jordyn bag, for sure.”
And if the superstitions are the headline, the Knicks’ electricity still came through clearly in their answers. Both players credited their dedicated fans for bringing energy to every game. insisting that the loudness wasn’t just background noise—it helped. Towns summed it up like something he can still feel: “When we get the fans involved and we give them something to cheer for. it’s something special. It’s once in a lifetime.”.
The full “Tonight Show” interview is available to watch, with “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” airing weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC.
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