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On Saturday night, as the final seconds ticked down on the Knicks’ improbable NBA championship run, New York City erupted in jubilation. Throngs of New Yorkers flooded the streets to jump, hug, weep, sing, dance, and shout, moving as one body yet in all directions, drawn together by a victory fifty-three years in the making. For one June evening, the Knicks elevated their city’s tolerant coexistence into a rare civic communion.
For three generations, the Knicks have tried the patience of one of sports’ most loyal yet most frustrated fan bases. Countless disappointments and dashed hopes formed the city’s collective opinion of its basketball team. Following the Knicks through it all required a stubborn faith that New York’s greatness was not yet behind it.
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John Ketcham is a legal policy fellow and director of Cities at the Manhattan Institute.