00:14following the summer of orange and blue skies new york city had been waiting a long time for the
00:19new york knicks to be world champions on june 13th 2026 that wait ended five seconds remaining
00:26fox to wimby wimby tries a three puts it up off the mark and an obi the rebound it's over
00:32it's over
00:33nick vans this is not a dream your long long wait has ended go ahead and cry after 53 years
00:41the knicks are finally nba champions once again i felt vindicated vindication i i was elated you
00:50know i broke down and cried the last i as a bishop could have won here at home and uh
00:56i you know i
00:58i've been through through a thick and thin all through the years and it keeps saying oh the
01:03wait wait till next year wait till next year finally this is it this is our year chris garrett has
01:09been
01:09a knicks fan since 1972 and like other fans outside manchester square garden who feel 2026 is their
01:16year they had to be at the first game of the season that was stuck in portugal for the finals
01:21and i
01:22couldn't go to the finals game so i said i'm not missing anything open at night when the banner goes
01:25up this is the first time in 53 years a new band's being raised not just one for two but
01:30hopefully three
01:30for the cup but savor this don't take this era of knicks basketball for granted because you never know
01:36when you're gonna see them getting back to this point so enjoy it savor it and just like be grateful
01:44that you're witnessing seeing this this next team winning the championship i i'm gonna start crying
01:49again i'm gonna i'll i'll be so elated i'm gonna i'm gonna cry i'm gonna you know yeah like i
01:57said
01:57i'll i'll cry tears of joy finally see that banner i waited all those years for that banner to go
02:02up
02:02finally 1970 and 1973 for more than half a century those were the only two championships that knicks fans
02:11could celebrate on opening night that all changes the players they're gonna get their rings and the
02:16third banner will go up right there and after that banner goes up knicks fans will have memories for
02:23years to come
02:4319,812 knicks fans packed the garden to pay homage to their heroes and the love was felt after the
02:492026 championship banner had been raised to the rafters i thought it lived up to all the hype
02:54the ring was amazing the crowd was amazing uh the reception was well deserved i thought the uh the
03:01videos were great i mean the hype was so high i didn't think we were going to be able to
03:06to be able
03:07to meet the energy but we did and i'm so glad i'm here man it was so well worth it
03:12tonight was the night
03:14i dreamed about my whole life besides winning the championship but just seeing that banner go up
03:19seeing the players get their rings i had tears in my eyes throughout the whole ceremony i don't even
03:24care about the game right now i'm just so on cloud nine and it wasn't just the fans the players
03:31knew
03:31this night despite the knicks dropping their home opener was a memorable one in new york sports history
03:36it was it was really special to have that moment here again at new york after 53 years and
03:41to have a new banner up is uh it's a really cool feeling to be that team that was able
03:45to do it
03:46now that the opening night game following the knicks first title in 53 years is over
03:50there's a part that's going to stay and it's this right here a banner alongside 70 and 73
03:56and with that new banner were fans who make new memories when they watched it rise
04:01reporting from madison square garden for new york got game i'm dexter henry
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