Knicks fans were out in full force on Monday, as they cheered on their hometown team during Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of the first times I’ve seen New Yorkers just willingly say hello to each other and dapping each other up,\u201d said Ligardy Termonfils, a Knicks fan.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we take [the championship], I think it\u2019s going to be amazing,\u201d said Devante Smith, another Knicks fan. \u201cThe energy is electric in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith was the first person in line for the watch party at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg.<\/p>\n
He told News 12 that he left his Bronx apartment around 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, I\u2019ve been out here [in Williamsburg] since 4:40,\u201d said Smith. \u201cI always come out early because I’m trying to beat everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith beat more than 850 fans inside, where Brooklyn Bowl was less bowling and more basketball.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been at [Madison Square Garden], the watch party at MSG; but as you know, it got shut down,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n
City leaders said the watch party outside of MSG was shut down temporarily, as President Donald Trump attended Game 3.<\/p>\n
The heightened security in Midtown made fans pivot to other plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to find a cohesive place where we could all just come, be cool, be active, be in support without being held back by gates, cages, barricades and bars,\u201d said Termonfils.<\/p>\n
It seemed like nothing could hold back the fanbase when watching New York\u2019s first NBA Finals home game in 27 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrooklyn Bowl was the best option,\u201d said Termonfils. \u201cI\u2019m from Brooklyn, so I had to come. Game 3 at home, can\u2019t be at the Garden. Next best place to be is to be right in my borough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Bowl is hosting another watch party for Game 4 on Wednesday. Fans are asked to RSVP, and the event is first-come, first-served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Knicks fans were out in full force on Monday, as they cheered on their hometown team during Game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-261342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}