The fan expertise has definitely featured the nice, unhealthy and ugly this NBA postseason.
After ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst was harassed after the Knicks eradicated the Celtics in six video games, he lately revealed that it wasn’t simply heckling that he skilled whereas leaving the sector.
“Those were not Knicks fans. Those were hooligans,” Windhorst stated on the “Pardon My Take” podcast.
“Knicks followers weren’t a block away from the Backyard at 12:30 within the morning. Knicks followers have been off celebrating with themselves … the reality is, that there’s different footage that apparently isn’t going to turn out to be unearthed the place fingers have been placed on me.
“Nothing serious happened. People put their hands on me and I had to shove their hands off and I basically jaywalked across 35th Street to get away.”
A clip of Windhorst strolling to his resort from Madison Sq. Backyard went viral after the Knicks’ dominant 119-81 series-clinching Recreation 6 win over the Celtics.
Within the clip, a person requested Windhorst a query earlier than yelling on the ESPN reporter as others threw issues in his path.
“I was never in serious danger. But it was not a pleasant experience at 12:35 in the morning. Those were not Knicks fans,” Windhorst stated. “Those were not the same people that I saw two hours earlier, enjoying one of the great moments in the Garden of most of their lives. So, I don’t equate the two things.”
After Recreation 6, Windhorst recorded a podcast with co-host Tim Bontemps inside an empty MSG, the place he requested “How long are we going to have to be in here until we can safely go outside?”
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Windhorst. who had been bullish on the Celtics’ possibilities of a comeback within the collection, knew earlier than he even left that this could be a dicey scenario no matter when he tried to go away the sector.
The questionable fan habits has not been restricted to Knicks supporters.
It was reported Tuesday {that a} Pacers fan stabbed two Knicks followers at an Indianapolis bar throughout Recreation 2.
The Knicks have since adopted up their collection with the Celtics with a disappointing displaying in opposition to the Pacers, happening 3-1 within the Japanese Convention finals and blowing a 17-point fourth quarter lead at house in Recreation 1.
They face the Pacers in a possible elimination recreation in Recreation 5 at house on Thursday.
