according to data by Casino.org.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Knicks are 5-1 when Kylie has attended \u2014 an 83.3 percent courtside win rate, with a +13.5 average margin \u2014 over the past two seasons with boyfriend and die-hard Knicks fan Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet.<\/p>\n
Actor Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and girlfriend Kylie Jenner on celebrity row at Game 2 of the Second Round NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs series between the Knicks and the 76ers at Madison Square Garden on May 6, 2026 in New York. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Jenner sat courtside with Chalamet for the Knicks\u2019 126-97 win over the Atlanta Hawks in Game 5 of the first-round playoff series last month. <\/p>\n
After that, the \u201cKeeping Up With the Kardashians\u201d star took in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, when the Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-102 on May 6.<\/p>\n
Chalamet, who skipped the past two Met Galas to watch the Knicks, is New York\u2019s biggest celebrity scoring boost, with the team averaging 117.4 points when he has been in attendance \u2014\u00a013.6 points more than in other Knicks games\u00a0analyzed, per Casino.org.<\/p>\n
Tina Fey, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Kylie Jenner, and Ben Stiller attend Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round NBA Playoffs between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on April 28, 2026 in New York City. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Jenner was not with Chalamet for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night \u2014 a 115-104 overtime comeback win for the Knicks over the Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n
If both are in attendance for Game 2 on Thursday, New York is projected to score around 116 points, per Casino.org. <\/p>\n
Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks dribbles the ball during Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 19, 2026 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
When\u00a0the power couple and legendary director Spike Lee, a longtime staple at MSG,\u00a0sit courtside, the Knicks are\u00a05-0, winning by nearly\u00a020 points per game.<\/p>\n
The Knicks are 13-6 in games analyzed in which Lee has been in attendance.<\/p>\n
The Knicks did not have the same luck when some other stars sat courtside. <\/p>\n
Spike Lee reacts during the second quarter of Game 1 of the eastern conference finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks during the 2026 NBA playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 2026. Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
The blue and orange are 0-2 in games in which comedian Jon Stewart and Olympic gymnast Suni Lee were in attendance.<\/p>\n
Other Knicks die-hards such as Ben Stiller and Tracy Morgan were not included in the data.<\/p>\n
Casino.org US analyzed more than 280 publicly reported celebrity appearances at NBA games involving the four remaining playoff teams, including the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Kylie Jenner the good luck charm the Knicks need to reach the NBA Finals? Good and bad…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[32819,76299,93,61,60,2270,33939,199197,199198,81462,6821,112,24152,38188,282],"class_list":["post-459576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ben-stiller","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kylie-jenner","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-nba-playoffs-2026","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-spike-lee","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-timothee-chalamet","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}