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Jordyn Woods went viral for her lucky orange handbag during the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals run, but she doesn’t want to take the credit for the team’s championship win. 

The New York Knicks brought home an NBA championship for the first time in 53 years. Throughout their NBA Finals run against the San Antonio Spurs, Woods, who is engaged to Karl-Anthony Towns, wore her citrus bag that gained notoriety for being the reason behind the Knicks’ historic win. In an interview with Bustle, she explained why she continued to keep wearing the bag to the NBA games. 

“I started wearing it and became really superstitious during the playoffs,” Woods said.

Before games, she would post her GRWM (get ready with me) videos where fans continued to ask, “‘Where’s the bag? Where’s the bag?’ So then I felt like a responsibility to everyone to keep bringing the bag.”

While the bag was already gaining popularity, it was Game 3 of the NBA Finals that really solidified the luck of the handbag. Game 3 was the first NBA Finals game that was held at Madison Square Garden during their 2026 run, and there was a no-bag policy because President Trump was in attendance. 

“Fast forward to when Trump came to the game, and I couldn’t bring the bag [because only clear bags were allowed], and it’s the only game they lost. And it really caused hysteria. Then I was able to bring it to the next one — we won,” she said.

The handbag became a phenomenon among Knicks fans, especially after the team secured the NBA championship; however, Woods wants to make it clear that it was the team’s talent that was behind the successful NBA Finals run.

“They’re super talented, and they all work so hard to be there. But it was really fun how many people genuinely felt like we won because of this bag,” she said.

Woods and Towns have been dating since May 2020 after being friends for several years. He proposed on Christmas Day 2025 in New York at the Overstory bar in lower Manhattan. 

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