Knicks fever has fans painting the city orange and blue.<\/p>\n
Large murals, splashy window art and bold paintings have been popping up across the city as the squad makes its run for its first NBA title in 53 years.<\/p>\n
Scott Zimmerman took over part of the first floor of a building on the corner of East Houston and Eldridge Street to celebrate the Big Apple\u2019s dream team.<\/p>\n
Scott Zimmerman\u2019s Jalen Brunson mural took four days to complete. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n
The art features a massive, 20-foot-tall portrait of star point guard Jalen Brunson holding a basketball against a deep blue backdrop, with \u201cLet\u2019s Go Knicks\u201d written in the corner.<\/p>\n
It took Zimmerman, who has been painting murals on this wall for eight years, four days to complete. <\/p>\n
The native New Yorker said he tapped into memories of Knicks posters from his childhood as he painted.<\/p>\n
Fans are loving it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has a response I could not have predicted,\u201d the artist said. \u201cIt\u2019s having an exceptional response and all universally positive.\u201d<\/p>\n
When the Knicks win it all, Zimmerman already knows what he\u2019s going to do: replace the basketball in Brunson\u2019s hand with an image of the Larry O\u2019Brien Championship Trophy.<\/p>\n
Knicks players have been featured in multiple murals across the city. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n
Hero guard Brunson has captured Knicks\u2019 fans hearts. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now it\u2019s spreading a lot of positivity and I need it to keep doing that,\u201d Zimmerman said. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that they win and I can finalize it with a trophy in the hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another mural on Troutman Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Brooklyn included portraits of multiple Knicks stars like Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby, with \u201cKnicks\u201d spelt out in vibrant graffiti lettering.<\/p>\n
In Bushwick, an artist who gave his name only as Jason D. said he used a section of the exterior of L Train Vintage Brooklyn to showcase his Knicks love.<\/p>\n
It took Jason a day and a half to paint his cartoony tribute to the team, which features Brunson with his trademark three fingers held up and the iconic Knicks crest.<\/p>\n
The orange and blue is everywhere. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n
Knicks fans couldn\u2019t contain their excitement as they passed by the work-in-progress, which was created in partnership with the Bushwick Collective.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go Knicks!\u201d one jazzed up fan shouted, while another told him, \u201cIt\u2019s our year!\u201d<\/p>\n
The joy was contagious, Jason said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the Knicks being in the finals, that definitely helps bring the city together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Knicks fever has fans painting the city orange and blue. Large murals, splashy window art and bold paintings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1149,57,91865,9,24,1104,56,63,65,64,9416,58],"class_list":["post-265593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-art","tag-metro","tag-murals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-san-antonio","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265593","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=265593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}