Knicks fans – New York Knicks supporters took to the streets after the team’s Game 1 NBA Finals win over the San Antonio Spurs, turning celebration into chaos as the NYPD lifted a watch-party ban around Madison Square Garden and videos captured fans climbing an ambulance an
On Tuesday night, New York didn’t just celebrate a basketball upset—it spilled onto the streets.
The Knicks secured their first NBA Finals game in 27 years. rallying from a 14-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 on the road. The magnitude of it hit immediately back home. After the NYPD lifted a ban on watch parties outside Madison Square Garden. fans poured into the Manhattan area surrounding “The World’s Most Famous Arena” and erupted in celebration.
Outside the arena. the night turned loud and crowded. with videos showing Seventh Avenue shut down as supporters made their way through the city. One clip captured fans climbing on top of an ambulance as it tried to push through the masses. Another showed a Knicks fan climbing a light pole—before he was arrested on sight by police.
The celebrations weren’t limited to the sidewalks. Fans also gathered inside Madison Square Garden, watching on the stadium’s jumbotron, keeping the moment central even as the city around them roared.
Across New York, other watch parties followed the same pattern of big-screen joy and public noise, including events in Central Park and on various streets throughout the five boroughs.
On the court, the win was built on Jalen Brunson’s performance and the Knicks’ late execution. Brunson, battling through a pair of injuries, dropped 30 points to lead all scorers in the Wednesday night effort. The Spurs fought back—Victor Wembanyama rallied in the second half—but the Knicks closed it out after a late turnover and a missed triple that iced the result.
Now the focus shifts to Game 2. The Knicks will tip off again on Friday night, aiming to take a 2-0 series lead back to New York—after a Game 1 that already left the city with a different kind of memory, one measured in both triumph and trouble.
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People really climbed an ambulance? That’s insane. Imagine if that was someone important.
They lifted a watch-party ban and then it turned into chaos… so like why lift it then? Seems like the city set them up tbh. Also wth was that light pole thing.
I saw a clip and thought it said Wemby won the game by himself?? But then it’s saying Brunson had 30. Either way, it’s kinda funny until you remember arrests are happening. NY gonna NY.
Game 1 win over the Spurs and they act like it’s a parade for a hurricane lol. Climbing stuff, shutting down streets, and then police “ban lifted” like that’s the cause. It’s not the basketball, it’s the people not having anything else going on. Hope they actually ticket everyone because otherwise they’ll do it again for Game 2.