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Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner’s date night included a make-out session and a victory lap at the Garden for the Knicks’ Game 5 win.
On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced that streets across Manhattan will be temporarily co-named after Knicks players. The decision was made to honor the Knicks' trip to the Eastern Conference finals.
Chants of “Knicks in seven” boomed along a closed-off 7th Ave. as a few thousand fans congregated. Many formed mosh pits, while a few climbed atop the exterior of a subway entrance. One fan made a pit stop on his drive from Charlotte to Boston just to celebrate outside of the Garden.
Jalen Brunson owned the first and third quarters, Karl-Anthony Towns was dominant in the second and effective in the fourth, and everyone else did their part as the Knicks extended the series in emphatic fashion.
New York Knicks fever continues to spread throughout the city ahead of the team's first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 25 years. Prior to the series getting underway, streets across the borough of Manhattan are temporarily being co-named after Knicks players to celebrate the team's playoff run.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that for the duration of the team’s playoff run, streets across Manhattan would be co-named for current players. That included a sign outside Madison Square Garden before Game 1 against the Pacers at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street.
To celebrate the team’s deepest playoff run in a quarter-century, the city temporarily renamed 15 streets after the Knicks’ players.
Few professional sports teams celebrate big wins like the New York Knicks do. Coming off the team's big win over the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals Game 5, Knicks fans immediately hit the streets to celebrate the victory in a way only they could.
The Knicks have taken over more than Seventh Avenue. Streets across Manhattan are being temporarily co-named after Knicks players to celebrate the team’s electrifying playoff run, as the franchise is set to begin its first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 2000 on Wednesday night at the Garden.