The Knicks fan shown on Towns’ shirt went viral in 2021 after the Knicks won their season opener over the Celtics in double overtime. He put his fingers in an L shape on his forehead and danced after saying “f–k Boston” in a wild scene outside of Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks will play the Pacers in the conference finals. The Knicks haven’t been to the NBA Finals since 1999 and the Pacers haven’t been since 2000.

The underdog New York Knicks stun Boston Celtics to reach Eastern Conference finals, overcoming a 20-point deficit and setting sights on the Indiana Pacers.

The Knicks blew out the Boston Celtics to secure a 4-2 series win over the reigning NBA champion. New York had the result wrapped up by halftime after it won the second quarter by 21 points. Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and Co. will now face the Indiana Pacers for a spot in the 2025 NBA Finals.

SportsLine's model simulated New York vs. Boston 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Friday's Game 6 Eastern Conference semifinal contest

Even when Jayson Tatum was lost to a season-ending injury earlier this week, the Boston Celtics still believed they could find a way to win

The Celtics didn't care about the cost of retaining their championship core after their dominant 2024 NBA Finals triumph last season. They hoped to break a long drought of NBA champions failing to defend their title. The last team to successfully do so was the 2018 Golden State Warriors, following up their 2017 triumph with another title.

Heading into Friday’s Game 6, the New York Knicks hadn’t made it to the Eastern Conference finals since 2000, a drought as long as the camera phone is old. To end the drought, the Knicks made it rain,

The Boston Celtics lost Game 4 and saw Jayson Tatum suffer a potentially serious injury on Monday night against the New York Knicks. The Knicks won 121-113 thanks to a strong second half and erased another large deficit,

New York head coach Tom Thibodeau made some huge changes to his approach for an eventual series win over Boston.