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NBA Twitter lost its mind over Knicks first playoff win since 2013

By Josh Hill

May 23, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Fan are on their feet during the second half in game one in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Seth Wenig/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports
May 23, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Fan are on their feet during the second half in game one in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Seth Wenig/Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports /
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The New York Knicks won their first playoff game since 2013, and Twitter lost its mind. 

For the first time in eight years, New York Knicks fans are celebrating a playoff victory.

A win eluded the Knicks in Game 1, with Trae Young ripping the hearts of fans out with a game-winning shot that was paired with a taunt about shutting up a ruckus crowd.

All of that came back in Game 2, as Young and the Hawks were the ones silenced and Knicks fans finally got to indulge in the catharsis of celebrating the end of its playoff nightmare (or, more accurately, playoff-less nightmare).

We may eventually reach a point where the general basketball public tires of the obnoxiousness of Knicks fans but that time is still a ways off. Only the grouchiest of grouches is bah humbugging the sense of joy emanating from Knicks fans either in the Garden, marching through the streets, or celebrating in whatever corner of the world they watched the game.

Twitter was ready to help pop the champagne bottles after the Knicks captured Game 2.

NBA Twitter reacts to Knicks Game 2 win over Hawks

https://twitter.com/seanfennessey/status/1397737792843620357?s=21

And if you’re wondering how Knicks fans waved goodbye to Trae Young, it was with two fingers.

New York is back, baby.

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