Lakers fanbase would be the only one who could come close .. but those rich Laker fans don’t bring it like the NY ones do….

None. The only thing close I remember was when we were a dumpster fire and LeBron (pre Decision) or Kobe would come into town. But it is never for a team as a whole.

That said, there’s always a good amount of other jerseys there because of how diverse the city is and how many people come into NYC as tourists.

Bulls fans would go nuts if we had even the semblance of a potential championship team

Back in the day, maybe the Bulls. I went to a couple of games at MSG to see my guys ball (MJ years) and they’d boo during intros, but it was… respectful? I guess that’s the only way to put it. During the games, he was just torturing them and it was either cheers or exasperation.

Sixers Fans Invade Madison Square Garden

Watched hundreds of MSG games, the only times I’ve seen it over the years are when the Knicks were omega ass and Philly, Boston, LeBron or Curry came to town. Not even the warriors it was just Curry fans

Nobody’s paying 5-10k to sit in the bleeds on the road

Warriors, curry is an international phenomenon

When they were shitty, there were definitely games where the away teams fans took over the arena. Not because there was actually more fans, but the because the knicks fans had nothing to cheer for so it was just louder lol

Honestly, Boston gets chants in most arenas especially in blow outs.

Before 2008, I’d say the Celtics. Boston is only around 3-¹⁄₂ to 4 hour drive from MSG.

None.

If the Knicks are good, it is not possible.

I mean the nets didn’t even stick with NJ. So who can blame them.

You would get a lot more passionate fans if they stayed in NJ. Moving to Brooklyn solidified their okayness being Knicks Second fiddle

They ruined their identity when they moved to Brooklyn. The uniforms with the netting design on the sides were really cool, now they are just black and white.

A lot were probably Knicks fans to begin with

i switched to knicks when the nets left. When Vince came to the nets 15 year old me was so happy, but i think when a team turns its back on you and leaves that is one of the few times as a fan you have the right to change allegiances.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, I was a kid when the NJ Nets were good with J Kidd, but I remember them not selling out playoff games.

Hard to stick with a team when they are not supported in the first place. New Jersey is weird in that there is more support for New York/Philly teams depending on where you are.

There’s a reason the Nets moved. They never really had a big New Jersey fanbase to begin with. People from New Jersey are mostly Knicks fans in North Jersey and 76ers fans in South Jersey. Tough for New Jersey to establish it’s own team’s fan base when fans already have 2 teams they are loyal to. People forget that New Jersey is sandwiched between 2 of the biggest sports cities.

Brooklyn is also pretty annoying to get to from New Jersey so it’s not like any New Jersey fans could easily travel there.

Hell no. The nets ditched our asses. fuck them.

True didn’t even think about that. Knicks fans have traveled well thus far so we’ll see about a potential clincher in SA for sure. Honestly pretty curious how that “50/50” metric is found if there’s a bunch of secondary selling/purchasing going on across various sites

Yeah I can easily change my address then change it back after purchase

Theyll drop as it gets closer (coming from someone who paid 5K for the wrong home finals game)

I looked, you could sit decently in the upper deck for only like $1500, which really isn’t bad.

Weren’t those same seats in MSG going for like $20k and it wasn’t even an elimination game.

Kicking him out of the planet with timbs on

Local scalpers guaranteed to multiple X their investment selling to knicks fans

Can’t control resold tickets

They’ve won 5 titles the last 26 years, nowhere near the same passion as a team who hasn’t won in over 50 years

I’m goin to game 5 fuck these bandwagon fans

I mean the normal fan can’t afford it. As of this comment the get in the door price is $1,280 after fees. My whole family got good tickets to the WCF for that much. Not a reasonable price for the everyday fan

They haven’t been to the playoffs basically since Kawhi left so they’re not used to heartbreak

What kinda fans are Spurs fans bro. Just blatantly giving up.

This can be said about the Spurs players first.

Also not a particularly wealthy city with tons of folks that can afford to drop 2-5k on a game that has a good chance to be very depressing after the most brutal loss in franchise history

The team gave up. Don’t insult the fans that want to sell their tickets after watching  that epic choke job.

Props to you for going. Personally, my fandom isn’t important enough to me to justify spending thousands to see my team, much less coming home down 3-1. I hope you get your money’s worth no matter the outcome.

As much as I want to hate the fans reselling their tickets, it could be life-changing money. Hard to judge.

Have a friend who has season tickets under the same basket OG made the tip-in on. Probably like 10 rows back. He was willing to sell them for \(20k a piece. From his standpoint, he really wanted to go but if he could make \)40k, it was definitely worth it to watch at home (no one bought them so he was more than happy to go)

I know a Yankee fan that makes his money back every year by doing that. He goes to some playoff games, but most are sold off.

If it happened to the greatest team ever assembled, then it can happen to anyone. I won’t believe it until I see us hoisting the trophy.

Really? None of them even pushed it to six besides the Cavs? That’s nuts if true

I think this is wrong. Some 3-1 nba finals leaders needed game 6 or 7 to win the series. Those 37 teams eventually ended up winning the series, but not all won the next game(game 5) after going up 3-1 in the NBA finals.

Yeah, folks are being so ridiculous about the Spurs. They made some big mistakes in these games, and had a chance to win all four otherwise.

But people just have seemed to forget that this is happening on top of them winning three rounds, with a rotation of guys who are are on their first playoff run. With the inexperience and this new level of load, why is it the most shameful thing that they aren’t winning this series? Should they have lost in the second round on purpose instead?