{"id":377797,"date":"2026-10-20T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377797\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:12:11","slug":"knicks-look-to-defend-championship-title-as-season-begins-with-msg-banner-raising-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377797\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks look to defend championship title as season begins with MSG banner-raising ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Knicks will mark their season opener as NBA champions<\/a> Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden with a banner-raising ceremony.<\/p>\n

The banner will be raised to the rafters before tipoff at 7 p.m., after the team spent the summer celebrating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The historic playoff<\/a> run led the Knicks to win their first championship in 53 years against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5<\/a> of the finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This season, Jalen Brunson<\/a>, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby<\/a> are looking to build on the chemistry that got them the trophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But first, they have to get through Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The Knicks swept the 76ers out of the playoffs in June. Tonight, they will look for another win against the team that added LeBron James<\/a>\u00a0to the picture.<\/p>\n

The 76ers beat the Knicks by 23 in the preseason with a score of 120 to 97. They did it without some key players, including James, who is making his debut.<\/p>\n

“Wherever Bron went out on the East, I figured that would probably be our opening night,” Hart said. “Getting the ring, hanging the banner, that would be dope, but also excited to kind of move on from it.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hart knows the banner is about last season, and the Knicks have to show they can do it again.<\/p>\n

Demand is high for the Tuesday game between the banner-raising, opening night at the Garden and the star power on the other team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tickets are averaging more than $1,000 per seat as of Tuesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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