New Yorkers held their breath and bladders for nailbiting Knicks Game 4 win, flush data shows

This was a whole other dunk.New Yorkers held their breath and “their No.1” during the last nail-biting moments of the Knicks’ Game 4 win on Wednesday — and celebrated moments later on the John.Toilet flushes spiked more than 11% in the seven minutes following OG Anunoby’s incredible final-second score that secured the team’s home game victory, water usage data shows.That means as many as 368,697 full-bladdered fans hugged their loved ones, downed a beer and hit the head, city numbers show.“As the Knicks rallied with a game-winning 2-pointer, NYers held their number 1!” the city Department of Environmental Protection said Friday.

“As the Knicks surged, we fought the surge … because we knew the team was on the verge … OF HISTORY!” According to the DEP, the fans were using the crappy first three quarters as their potty breaks.At the end of the game at 11:30 p.m., the flow rate dropped to 862 million gallons per day (MGD) — and rose back up to 960.5 MSG.The city’s flow rate — overall demand for water — was about 1.26 billion gallons per day at 8 p.m., but started to decline after 8:30 p.m., which coincides with Game 4 tip-off.That’s an increase of 98.6MGD in flow — more than an 11% spike.The data, however, indicates that more New Yorkers were locked into the historic NBA championship game than they were for Bad Bunny’s blockbuster 2026 Super Bowl Halftime show.Roughly 761,700 toilets flushed throughout the city in the 15 minutes — or 355,000 in the seven minutes after Benito stepped off the stage.

It’s also about 84% more flushes than a normal night.Americans typically flush their toilets 5 times per day, according to the Water Research Foundation, and with a population of 8.4 million people, New York sees an average of 43,680,000 flushes per day across the five boroughs.That breaks down to about 200,000 flushes for every seven minutes on an average day....