Knicks fans send NYC into chaos after franchise reaches first NBA Finals since 1999

The New York Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks 140-89, leading by 47 at halftime. Colin Cowherd asks if the Knicks and win the NBA Finals with this new momentum.

Knicks fans completely took over New York City after the franchise returned to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.

The New York Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night with a 130-93 blowout victory to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and the Knicks overwhelmed Cleveland from the opening quarter and never looked back.

NEW YORK KNICKS SWEEP CAVALIERS TO REACH FIRST NBA FINALS SINCE 1999 AFTER DOMINANT GAME 4 BLOWOUT

Knicks fans celebrate their team's victory in the Eastern Conference championship against the Cleveland Cavaliers in New York City on May 25, 2026. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

As predicted, Knicks fans stormed New York City streets on Memorial Day to celebrate the franchise’s first Finals berth since 1999.

Videos poured out from Manhattan intersections, packed bars outside Madison Square Garden and booming "WE WANT WEMBY" chants outside MSG.

Fans carried brooms through Manhattan streets in anticipation of a Cavaliers sweep, climbed atop traffic lights while NYPD officers ordered them down and unleashed the kind of basketball pandemonium NYC has waited decades to experience again.

Even Radio City Music Hall erupted with Knicks chants as the city collectively lost its mind Monday night.

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For two-and-a-half decades, the Knicks largely operated as the NBA’s perpetual hype machine, always discussed and rarely dangerous.

Madison Square Garden stayed packed, celebrities still lined the baseline and the fan