After the Knicks defeated the Cavaliers 106-95 in Thursday’s Game 5 in Cleveland, fans in New York took to the streets to celebrate with “f–k Phil Jackson” chants.
Knicks fans chanting outside Madison Square Garden after New York defeated Miami in Game 5 of the first-round playoff series on April 26, 2023.During an appearance on the “the 77-year-old Jackson claimed he stopped watching the NBA after the “bubble” season in 2020, when games were played in Orlando, Fla. due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York Knicks President Phil Jackson speaks with the media att Madison Square Garden training center on July 8, 2016 in Tarrytown, New York.“And they had things on their back like, ‘Justice.’ They made a funny thing like, ‘Justice just went to the basket and Equal Opportunity just knocked him down.’ … My grandkids thought that was pretty funny to play up those names. …I couldn’t watch that.”
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