Minutes after the New York Knicks had won Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Taylor Swift led an impromptu pep rally in the bowels of Madison Square Garden, on her way out.She waved a towel and jumped up and down and celebrated with strangers, as a crowd gathered around her.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Timothée Chalamet exited through the same tunnel and was also hooting and hollering with his fellow Knicks fans.
Earlier, the video screen had shown him looking shocked, his hands on his face — just like the 19,000 others who bore witness at the Garden that night.The Knicks had just pulled off the impossible.They had trailed by 27 at halftime, 29 at one point in the third quarter, 15 entering the fourth quarter and 11 with about six minutes remaining.
At the end of the fourth, down by 1, Jalen Brunson launched a 30-foot 3-pointer, which missed and bounced into the air.The Garden went quiet for a moment, everyone collectively holding their breath, until OG Anunoby came out of nowhere to tip the ball into the basket with 1.2 seconds left.After the score went final — Knicks 107, Spurs 106 — the Garden erupted.
The Knicks shoved Anunoby in excitement.The crowd chanted, “O-G! O-G! O-G!” Alana Haim, Taylor Swift and Este Haim attend the game between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks during Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals.Jesse D.
Garrabrant / NBAE via Getty ImagesThe party was now continuing in the tunnel.A group of Knicks dancers, in orange and blue sequined outfits, huddled together and sang along as “New York, New York” blared from the Garden’s speakers.
“One more win!” they started chanting.“One more win!” That’s right: The Knicks were now one win away from their first NBA title since 1973.All of this was clearly audible no more than 40 feet away, across the tunnel in a makeshift press conference room, where San Antonio head coach Mitch Johnson was trying t...