They are NBA champions for the first time since 1973 with a 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night winning the title in 5 games. Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson scored 45 points earning the NBA Finals MVP honors.
The Knicks had a remarkable playoff run made more remarkable by some truth is stranger than fiction elements. Danhausen, a pro wrestler who recently joined WWE, has played an unusual role in this championship run. His gimmick is cursing his opponents which often results in bizarre things happening to his opponents generally involving pyro or electrocution.
Where it concerns the NBA, Danhausen initially cursed the Knicks in a row with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith. Following this curse, the Knicks dropped two straight games against the Atlanta Hawks. A fan then paid Danhausen "human monies" on Cameo to uncurse the Knicks. From there, the Knicks then came back and won the series against the Hawks and then swept the Philadelphia 76ers.
If that wasn't enough, Danhausen returned to ESPN to curse the Cleveland Cavaliers. He specifically cursed the Cavaliers because he was in a feud with The Miz who was born and raised in Cleveland. It didn't look good in Game 1 but somehow the Knicks came back from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win the game in OT. This broke the spirit of the Cavs whom the Knicks then swept.
After the Knicks took a 2-0 lead in the Final against the Spurs, Danhausen would appear at Madison Square Garden for Game 3. Unfortunately, so did President Trump who sucked the energy out of the building. The Knicks would lose their only game of this hot streak.
Following the game, there was some unfortunate behavior when a Spurs fan was attacked on the streets of NYC by a unruly mob. The following night, Spurs fans retaliated by beating a 17-year-old Knicks fan into a coma. It was not so nice and quite evil.
The incident would mar yet another brilliant comeback by the Knicks who were down by 29 points in the 3rd quarter of Game 4. Prior to the comeback, the Wu-Tang Clan performed at the half time show and proclaimed the Knicks would win in five.
Still, the Knicks are deserving champions with a remarkable 14-1 run since Danhausen uncursed them. But it was Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby & Karl-Anthony Downs who did the work on the court led by head coach Mike Brown.
Yet things often work in mysterious ways which cannot be easily explained. What is easily explained, however, is that the New York Knicks have ended their championship drought.
A ticker tape parade is in order. The question is whether Danhausen will be invited along for the ride.
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