There are moments that transcend time; they unfold and then live forever in the collective memory in the people of the place.
May 8, 1970 was such a day, when Willis Reed, the center and heart of the first Knicks team to win a championship limped on to the court in game seven at Madison Square Garden and scored the first four points. From our black and white TV, picking up the game on the rabbit ears antenna, we could hear the Garden explode, creating echoes that we can still hear if we listen closely when we catch a Knicks game in NYC.
This week was another moment that transcended time. From OG Anunoby soaring above everyone in the final seconds to tip in the game 4 winner, to The Captain Jalen Brunson lighting up every fourth quarter, taking over the game, and bringing the first basketball championship to NYC in 53 years, a moment his father- a former Knicks player and now coach whispered to him about doing as his son signed with the Knicks.
Every borough, if not almost every street corner erupted in the kind of delirious and resplendent joy that only a fan can understand.
They watched from Central Park, inside the Garden, from streets blocked off in Harlem and Bushwick and The Village, and around bodegas. Quintessential New Yorkers celebrating a unique moment in time.
And then there is this.
The Knicks second championship banner hanging in the Garden celebrates the 1973 championship team led by Earl The Pearl Monroe, whose nickname barely captures the poetic way he led his team as a magical point guard- magical before there was a player named Magic.
There are three banners (and soon to be fourth) hanging in the Garden. The 1970 Championship Banner; the 1973 Championship Banner and a third banner next to the 1973 Banner honoring their great Coach Red Holzman, who coached the team to their first two championships. The Holzman banner celebrates his 613 wins.
The Knicks won their third championship on June 13, or as it is written 6/13.
Thank you Coach Holzman. Still showing his team the way.
KNICKS IN FIVE
17 comments:
Great bunch of guys on that team. Cant say the same for their fans.
This is one the very finest pieces of sports writing that I have seen in a very long time. The Herald editors should see this and snap you up. Or even better The Athletic. You’re a very fine writer.
Thanks mom
Pino loses by verdict of guilty. No doubt. So unlikeable. The jury sees through his acting job. They see his wealth. They see his arrogance. They will never let Lucy Fernandez’ wrongful death go criminally unpunished when Pino let those children drink alcohol in excess and he drank too. Everyone stopped for driving issues say “I only had 2 beers.” Total BS after being at the sand bar on a broiling hot sunny Florida day. 61 empty alcohol bottles and cans - and he only drank 2? Come on. Plus, if Lucy was not impaired, maybe she would not have drowned? All his recklessness and fault. I’m praying for a guilty verdict. The Prosecutor is first class and is laying out the case in a concise manner. Guilty. Prison.
Here's another comparison. Tickets to the latest version of the Knicks championship finals cost as much as a house did in 1973.
I would say careless not reckless but for his lie about other boat. I wanna watch the closings.
Why is Gosney being called on Millers heating?
Kathy’s revolving inner circle. You’re in until you’re not. The wheel of misfortune.
His boat sucks for a millionaire.
FJET down 39.42% since your recommendation.
And Nvidia And Apple? And SSSS? And I said it was a flyer to have fun with. And it has a high beta and has been up and down. So don’t be jerk. It was 10.44 ten days ago. Maybe you should have sold them. Me? I bought 5000 more shares Friday and today. But that’s me. I like making money and I don’t spend my time being an ungrateful asshole.
Brilliant Rumpole. Your thoughts and stock recommendations have made me really rich. Please continue to advise us. Do you like SpaceX?
You never comment or post on your view of bitcoin and crypto.
Do you recommend it? Will it succeed?
How do you claiming Nvidia in Apple as yours doesn’t everybody own that I know I have only a fool buys individual stocks unless it’s what he does for a living by baskets and of course Apple and Nvidia would be in that basket. Every time I pick an individual stack I never no one to sell it like I was up from $25 to 400 and something dollars on Lululemon I should’ve sold it. I got absolutely raped on Snapchat mediocre on Airbnb unless you know how to play options, you don’t play individual stocks.
I’m liking my 500 shares of SPCX @$135. Hope Rump’s call on FJET pans out.
I very much hope you are not an attorney.
You lost me at “his wealth”
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