05.08.2025 The Knicks Do the Improbable (Again), and New York City Loves It
A woman dragging a roller suitcase across Seventh Avenue in Manhattan stopped in front of a wild sight Wednesday night: hundreds of people, jumping up and down, shouting and cheering in unison. She asked a group of police officers what was going on.
“The Knicks,” one of the officers said.
“Oh,” she responded, before wading through the euphoric crowd in the direction of Penn Station.
Signs of springtime in New York are everywhere. Cherry blossoms in Brooklyn, sunbathers in Central Park and, for the last few years, after decades of relative hibernation, the Knicks in the playoffs.