Inside the rowdy street-side Knicks watch parties and private celebrations for Game 3 of the Finals: ‘Energy is off the charts’

Source: New York Post

Securing a wildly expensive seat inside Madison Square Garden for a Knicks game may be impossible to get, but for many New Yorkers, the best seats in the house weren’t courtside — they were in the streets. The Knicks’ historic return to the NBA Finals has sparked a level of civic excitement the city hasn’t experienced in decades, with official watch parties, impromptu public gatherings, and thousands of fans flooding the streets before and after Game 3, the franchise’s first Finals game at Madison Square Garden since 1999. From Brooklyn to the West Village, on Monday night, excited, rowdy fans spilled out onto the sidewalks from packed bars.