Dave Portnoy surrenders to Knicks fans in middle of embarrassing Game 6 blowout: Hand up
Dave Portnoy, on behalf of the Celtics, has finally surrendered.The Barstool Sports founder and avid Boston fan, who was in attendance for Game 5 on Wednesday at TD Garden, recorded a video late in the third quarter in which he admitted that “I don’t think we’re coming back” before the Knicks rolled to a 119-81 win.“Hand up,” Portnoy said.“You beat us.
The Knicks beat us.I tip my cap.
Knicks fans haven’t won f–king d–k in 1,000 years.Feels good to be a Knicks fan.
And honestly, the Spike Lees and the Chambalambas and the Ben Stillers who are real diehard fans, they get their moment in the sun.”Warning: Graphic LanguagePortnoy had remained adamant that, even without superstar Jayson Tatum and even while trailing 3-2 in their series, the Celtics could still find a way to emerge and make another Eastern Conference final.He posted a picture on X earlier Friday wearing a Celtics shirt and holding up seven fingers, and before Game 6 began, he called out the fear he could sense in Knicks fans about their team’s ability to finish off the series.“I’ve been on X a long time,” Portnoy wrote.“I’ve never sensed more fear and apprehension from a fanbase than I do from all Knicks fans right now.
Pure fear.Pure terror.
They are trying to put on a brave face on but I can smell blood in the water.”Then, during the first half, Portnoy continued to post about positive developments for Boston — including how Kristaps Porzingis looked and the Celtics’ opening quarter — before his tone changed in the video recorded near the end of the third frame.Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series.By halftime, Boston’s chances of surviving the series were all but officially extinguished.“The Knicks, they could beat anybody,” Portnoy said, who insisted the series would’ve been different if Tatum wasn’t injured.“Brunson’s a great player.
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