Exclusive | Knicks Mania ignites holy war between social media influencer nuns and viral Spurs sisters

It’s a holy war.East Coast nuns are pushing the power of prayer onto the Knicks as the NBA Finals rage on — setting up a biblical showdown with an uber-famous group of Spurs-supporting sisters.The NBA championships have split the Salesian Sisters of St.John Bosco by geography, with an East Coast-West Coast documenting their superfandom on social media.“We put on the T-shirts, we posted a little video.

We’re here for cheering for the Knicks,” said Sister Katie Flanagan, director of development for the Salesian Sisters’s Eastern Province.“It’s just getting into the excitement of the the game and the the hype around the finals and the Knicks — it’s been so long since they were in the finals.It’s an exciting time.”Flanagan and her East Coast sisters began rallying behind the basketball phenoms in recent weeks as Knicks Mania gripped the metro area.Their counterparts out west have already had a long and strong relationship with the San Antonio Spurs — with the sisters even joining the team on the court to pray over the players.While the East Coast order do not have the same relationship with the Knicks, Flanagan and her sisters saw the opportunity to take a page out of their western sisters’ Bible.“There was a past people like a graduate of one of our schools, she called one of the elderly sisters and she said, ‘I see our sisters there cheering for the Spurs, and that’s awesome, but where are my nuns cheering for my team?'” Flanagan said.“So, they’re in San Antonio and they’re cheering for the Spurs.

We’re here in New York and New Jersey and we’re cheering for the Knicks.”But Flanagan emphasized there is no bad Blood of Christ between the geographically-split sisters — and that the support for the Knicks is all in good Holy Spirit.She and her sisters have donned Knicks gear, watched the games together and — of course — prayed for the players’ health and success.The real point of indulging in the “Finals Fever,�...