{"id":740218,"date":"2026-06-16T09:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/740218\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:40:07","slug":"knicks-celebrate-their-n-b-a-title-on-the-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/740218\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Celebrate Their N.B.A. Title on \u2018The Tonight Show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Welcome to Late Night Roundup, a rundown of the previous night\u2019s highlights that lets you sleep \u2014 and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/arts\/television\/best-movies-on-netflix.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">50 best movies on Netflix right now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comeback Kings<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">When Jalen Brunson, the New York Knicks star, appeared on \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d in 2024, he promised Jimmy Fallon he\u2019d bring back the trophy once the basketball team won an N.B.A. championship. On Monday, he made good on that vow, joining his newly crowned teammates before a crowd of screaming superfans with the trophy in hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">\u201cIt sounds like Game 5 in San Antonio here,\u201d Jimmy Fallon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1e1r8ex e1me5xab0\">\u201cOf course it\u2019s the Knicks, so they won\u2019t really show up until the second half.\u201d \u2014 JIMMY FALLON<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1e1r8ex e1me5xab0\">\u201cAnd if that\u2019s not enough, we\u2019ve got music from Wu-Tang Clan tonight. Yeah, right now, backstage smells extra celebratory, you know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d \u2014 JIMMY FALLON<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Spike Lee, a huge fan of the Knicks, rushed the stage to usher the team out in a confetti-filled celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">\u201cLet\u2019s go, we\u2019ve been waiting 53 years!\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1e1r8ex e1me5xab0\">\u201cThis is \u2018The Tonight Show\u2019 where the champions go. Ladies and gentleman, put your hands together for the kings of the comeback, a team of history, a team of destiny, our dream team, please welcome the 2026 N.B.A. World Champions, your New York Knicks!\u201d \u2014 JIMMY FALLON<\/p>\n<p>The Punchiest Punchlines (Knicks in Five Edition)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1e1r8ex e1me5xab0\">\u201cThe New York Knicks on Saturday defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win their first N.B.A. championship in 53 years. People celebrated in the streets, singing and dancing till the wee hours. But the real, old-school Knick fans are still worried there might be a Game 6.\u201d \u2014 SETH MEYERS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1e1r8ex e1me5xab0\">\u201cThe last time New York City cheered like that was when Trump announced he wouldn\u2019t attend Game 4.\u201d \u2014 JIMMY FALLON<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1e1r8ex e1me5xab0\">\u201cOur mayor is Muslim, our bagels are Jewish, our Timoth\u00e9e\u2019s Chalamet, Knicks in five.\u201d \u2014 JON STEWART, referring to a chant that went viral during the N.B.A. finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Bits Worth Watching<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Ana Gasteyer talked about being nominated for a Tony Award alongside her friend and \u201cSchmigadoon!\u201d co-star Rachel Dratch on Monday\u2019s \u201cLate Night with Seth Meyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What We\u2019re Excited About on Tuesday Night<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Will Ferrell, the co-creator and star of \u201cThe Hawk,\u201d will appear on Tuesday\u2019s \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, Check This Out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Late Night Roundup, a rundown of the previous night\u2019s highlights that lets you sleep \u2014 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,134156,22451,265731,2314,49119,265734,47400,459,47399,82,8443,1788,265733,265732],"class_list":["post-740218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fallon","tag-jimmy","tag-jimmy-kimmel-live-tv-program","tag-jon","tag-kimmel","tag-late-night-with-seth-meyers-tv-program","tag-meyers","tag-nba","tag-seth","tag-sports","tag-stewart","tag-television","tag-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-tv-program","tag-the-tonight-show-tv-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}