Knicks fever hits NYC as styling and profiling locals, tourists gear up in hopes of Cinderella run to topple Celtics: This is very exciting

In the words of Clyde, the whole city is styling and profiling.Knicks fever was visible across the Big Apple this week as locals and tourists geared up at the Midtown NBA Store and fans tried will the underdog team to finish off the hated Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.The team’s jerseys, hats and other swag were flying off the shelves at the NBA’s Midtown store, as the orange-and-blue wave become the trendy colors of the spring and casual fans are suddenly die hards.“It’s been crazy here — the day after Game 3 was the biggest day,” one employee told The Post, pointing out that that was coincidentally the first playoff game the Knicks lost against the Celtics.“They buy everything.Shirts, hats, jackets.

Anything.”The Knicks are up 3-2 in a playoff series against the defending champion Celtics — despite many basektball fans and oddsmakers believing New York didn’t have a chance in the series.They went up 2-0 with back-to-back comeback wins in Boston, fueling a wave of optimism before trading wins with Boston in the following three games.Friday they’ll have a chance to win the best-of-seven series and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000 — and keep alive the city’s dreams of a Cinderella-run straight to an NBA championship.The possibility that the Knicks could beat the Celtics in a playoff series — a feat they haven’t accomplished since 2013 — is enough to turn any New Yorker into a Knicks fan this spring.“It’s not my favorite team, but we’re in New York!” said Umut Sevgi, who was visiting from Turkey with his wife, Elif.The pair typically follow the Houston Rockets in support of Turkish player Alperen Sengun, but Sevgi traded in his red and black colors this week for a blue and orange cap and a New York T-shirt.It was a coincidence that the Sevgis were in the Big Apple in time for the landmark occasion, but they promised they’d wear their new gear and settle into a barst...