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12/17 13:01 CST Knicks won't hang an NBA Cup championship banner at Madison
Square Garden, AP source says
Knicks won't hang an NBA Cup championship banner at Madison Square Garden, AP
source says
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- The New York Knicks will not raise a banner at Madison Square
Garden to commemorate their NBA Cup championship, a person with knowledge of
the decision said Wednesday.
The Knicks do plan to celebrate the title in front of their fans Friday, when
they play their first home game since winning the championship Tuesday night in
Las Vegas. But they won't join the previous winners of the Cup in marking the
achievement with a banner, the person told The Associated Press on condition of
anonymity because there was no public announcement.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks both hung banners after winning the
NBA Cup.
There's plenty of room for a banner at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks have
won only two NBA titles, the last in 1973, and haven't won a title of any kind
since winning the Atlantic Division in 2012-13. They marked that with a banner.
It appeared they planned to do so for this championship, with coach Mike Brown
saying after the game that winning the tournament provided a lot of positives
for the team.
"But the most positive is being able to hang a banner up in MSG, the most
iconic arena in the league," Brown said.
However, the person said the Knicks are proud of the achievement but focused on
bigger goals.
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