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12/19 18:33 CST Knicks celebrate their NBA Cup title, even though they aren't
commemorating it with a banner
Knicks celebrate their NBA Cup title, even though they aren't commemorating it
with a banner
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- The New York Knicks celebrated their NBA Cup championship
Friday night, even though they aren't commemorating it with a banner at Madison
Square Garden.
As players lined the court before the playing of the national anthem ahead of
their game against Philadelphia, highlights from the Knicks' victories during
their march to the championship played on the overhead scoreboard. After the
final one, from their victory over San Antonio in the final on Tuesday, the
public address announcer asked fans to join in congratulating the team for its
achievement.
Fans responded with a standing ovation.
The Knicks broke with the Cup's brief tradition by deciding not to hang a
banner after winning it. The two previous winners, the Los Angeles Lakers and
Milwaukee Bucks, both celebrated their titles with a banner.
Winning the Cup, with the semifinals and finals in Las Vegas, created somewhat
of an extra road trip for the Knicks. The game Friday was their first at
Madison Square Garden since beating Orlando on Dec. 7.
It also created some panic for first-year coach Mike Brown. A few inches of
snow fell in the area north of New York City where he lives while the Knicks
were away, and he didn't own a shovel and didn't know how to remove it when his
sister-in-law, who was staying at the house, alerted him.
"We had snow in our driveway and our walkway and my sister-in-law called us and
she was panicked, because I'm an Amazon junkie and so we're getting the Amazon
packages delivered. She was like, ?Somebody's going to slip. I need a shovel,'"
Brown said. "I was like, ?Shovel? Oh my god, who do I call?'"
He ended up calling their builder, who sent someone to remove the snow.
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