Knicks Spurs Game 3

The storied New York Knicks won two championships in 1971 and 1973 with Willis Reed as captain and Walt Frazier as guard. Since then the team has flirted with championships once against the Houston Rockets in 1999 and the San Antonio Spurs in 1999. Since then close but no cigar, until the addition on point guard Jalen Brunson in 2022 the team was so bad that young people stopped playing basketball. Not now. The Knicks are two games awat from winning it all over the San Antonio Spurs.

The city has been waiting for this forever and the team has clean swept all three of their previous playoff opponents and are on the verge of doing the same in the finals. This city has waited too long, but tonight Madison Square Garden has been cordoned off for blocks for the protection of Donald Trump who has been invited to the game by Knicks' owner James Dolan. There will be no fan zone outside the World's Most Famous Areana. #47 has flown north from DC to JFK Airport to be driven in an armed motorcade into Manhattan.

According to the Gothamist Authorities plan to cordon off a 10-block section of Midtown surrounding Madison Square Garden to traffic and pedestrians ahead of the NBA Finals game Monday evening in light of President Donald Trump’s attendance. Only ticket holders, Penn Station travelers, those working or doing business in the area, those with credentials and people with “some other authorized reason to be there” will be granted access to a perimeter stretching from West 30th to West 35th streets between Sixth and Eighth avenues, starting at 4 p.m., NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday morning.

Tisch also said Seventh and Eighth avenues within that security perimeter will be closed to car and general pedestrian traffic.

CNN has reported his arrival at MSG.

My friend has sold his fifth row seats for $15000 each.

I wish the Knicks luck.

Next year Celtics.

Both Trump and his host nodded off during the game. A fellow septagenarian I did the same and awoke with nine seconds left with the Spurs leading by four. 115-111 thanks to a poor shooting from the arc and a disparity between the Spurs and Knicks on free throws. Only one people can fix games. The refs and they do it for the point spread and the NBA. Gambling controls the game as it always has when the fix is in.

Boos echoed throughout the arena during the national anthem. Trump reported hearing enthusiastic cheers, but dolan had probably arranged for cheers to be aired on the luxury box sound system.

Go Green. 4Q 47.

Knicks Versus Celtics - Game 1 - 2024-2025 Season

Tonight the NBA season opens with the New York Knicks playing the World Champion Boston Celtics at Boston Garden. There is another name for that arena, however I live only partially in this century of corporate control. The present value of the Boston franchise is estimated at $5.12 billion and the present owners are considering selling the team. The Celtic players might consider this, however this year's combined salary is $230 million. The Grousbeck's group bought the Celtics in 2002 for $360 million and are contemplating dumping the franchise for “estate and family planning purposes,” according to statement released on Monday. That news came less than two weeks after the Celtics won their NBA-record 18th title, and with the team facing hard financial decisions about how to keep together a roster than won the most games in the NBA last season according to sportico.com.

Sportico also values the Knicks at $7.4 billion. Rich men's stratosphere. LeBron, the wealthiest active player, has about $1.2 billion. Not even close enough to purchase his present team, the LA Lakers, although The Cleveland Cavaliers NBA franchise was valued at $3.35 billion in October 2023, according to Forbes. This was a 63% increase from the previous year, when the franchise was valued at $2.05 billion. Inflation or greed is everywhere.

Still I'm a fan. I have been a fan since a child in Falmouth Foreside, Maine, listening to Johnny Most announce the game from the old Boston Garden in 1958. I was planning to wear something smart, but I'm taking out my Celtics gear. This might be New York City, but Go Celtics. It will be a tough game and the Knicks are geared up for a championship. Bring it on.