Knicks fans swarm Celtics team bus in wild scene after Game 6 beatdown

The euphoric party Friday night outside Madison Square Garden featured Knicks fans swarming and taunting the Celtics’ bus as the team attempted to get out of town after its season ended.Thousands of fans celebrated and shut down 7th Avenue after the Knicks completed an upset elimination with a 119-81 drubbing of the defending champions in Game 6 to earn a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000.In a video posted to X, Knicks fans can be heard screaming “bye-bye” and “f–k Boston” as the bus slowly makes its way down 33rd Street.Famous lifelong Knicks fan Spike Lee even reportedly stuck his head out of a car window to join the post-game party.Fellow superfan Timothée Chalamet was also mobbed by fans leaving the game.

Other videos on social media showed shirtless fans climbing light poles, with some climbing on top of a taxi kiosk as hundreds of people recorded the jubilant celebration on their cell phones.Another fan lit a Celtics jacket on fire and held it over his head.At least one fan also likened the frenzied scene to a concert riot.“We saw bras flying,” a fan who identified himself as Sjthedonn from The Bronx told reporters from The Post.“Everybody was pretty much celebrating the victory, and then when it was time to leave, and people got tired, the crowd got so big that everybody was squishing each other.”The Knicks now face the Pacers with a spot in the NBA Finals riding on the line, and they are the favorites to advance.Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series.The teams met last season in the second round, a seven-game Indiana triumph with the Game 7 win coming at Madison Square Garden.Game 1 is set for Wednesday at MSG, while Game 2 is Friday night and the series shifts to Indianapolis for Game 3 on Sunday....