Knicks Fans — And LeBron James — Blown Away By MSG-Rocking Win Against Atlanta Hawks
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The New York Knicks stomped the Atlanta Hawks in Game 2 of the playoffs Wednesday night, with a performance that ensured Madison Square Garden was maintained at a deafening roar for almost the entire fourth quarter.
Days after suffering a devastating loss to the Hawks — thanks to a game-winning shot from Trae Young — the Knicks brought the series to a tie on Wednesday night.
The show — and the energy of the fans at MSG — was enough to prompt Lakers star LeBron James to declare the place “ROCKIN”.
Man it’s LOUD A** HE?? in MSG! That joint ROCKIN
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 27, 2021
After the win, Knicks forward Julius Randle called the fans “amazing.”
“You guys pushed us through the whole game,” he said in a post-game interview. “We gotta go on the road and take care of business.”
“It’s amazing. … You guys pushed us through the whole game. We gotta go on the road and take care of business.”
— Julius Randle on the Game 2 crowd | ?: @MSGNetworks pic.twitter.com/SWA1VX7UeO
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) May 27, 2021
“The fans man,” an emotional Charles Barkley reacted on TNT. “We’ve missed the fans.”
MSG had Chuck in his feels pic.twitter.com/1PI7ImAWLN
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 27, 2021
Check out some videos of the carnage below, which included a huge Obi Toppin alley oop and some tough love hate for Trae Young.
LISTEN TO THE GARDEN.
KNICKS WIN. pic.twitter.com/TeuzQDSoUK
— x – KNICKS ON MSG (@KnicksMSGN) May 27, 2021
OBI TOPPIN HAS THE GARDEN POPPIN’ pic.twitter.com/znDgCKYIv2
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) May 27, 2021
Trae Young looking back at Knicks fans and loving their “fuck Trae young” chants – MSG is thumping pic.twitter.com/JJypPjbCKK
— paul (@ShiftyJuice) May 27, 2021
The cacophany was imported to 7th Ave. after the game.
Win one playoff game and we don’t know how to act LMFAO pic.twitter.com/bks9pHcyiH
— Maggio (@kylemaggio) May 27, 2021
Knicks fans emerged from their extensive hibernation to do something they haven’t been able to in years: celebrate on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/IsaacKLee/status/1397736177868980224?s=20
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1397737538371129350?s=20
