These Knicks fans are flying high — very, very high.
As the New York Knicks secured the Game 4 comeback win in the NBA Finals on OG Anunoby’s miraculous put-back shot with 1.2 seconds, you may have heard distant screams from 30,000 feet.
After Wednesday’s history-making victory over the San Antonio Spurs, a viral video showed nearly every plane passenger on a flight glued to their screens, reacting to the nail-biting matchup together on individual seat screens, and erupting into cheers as the final seconds dropped to the buzzer.
“That moment when the Knicks cinch the win on your flight back to New York,” the fan wrote.
The video was filmed by Kyle Heiner, traveling in the dreamily blue-lit cabin of a Delta flight from Los Angeles International Airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Another passenger also posted their angle of an excited, jaw-dropped young boy watching from his seat, followed by other passengers cheering in unison around him.
Diehard Knicks fans are gathering to watch the historic run in the wackiest of places, like a funeral home, a planetarium — or sky-high, by chance on the same flight.
“THIS is community, ONE MORE TO GO,” the Delta Airlines account commented on the video.
“Folks celebrated in the sky. It’s really that serious,” another user wrote.
With the hometown heroes only one game away from winning their first championship in over 50 years, strangers are unifying in their shared joy of witnessing New York sports history. All across the five boroughs, bar watch parties and city streets are filled with electrified fans.
Another X user on the same flight posted his view of everyone’s screens on the flight, with every visible screen having the game on — except a lone person choosing to watch “Avatar” instead.
”One guy watching Avatar while the whole plan is witnessing history, priorities are crazy,” one user commented.
“Real fliers know this is the move,” someone else wrote. “Watch the movie on your screen and watch the game from anyone else’s screen.”
Tens of millions of other people have been catching this week’s nail-biters from more down-to-earth spots. Monday’s matchup was the most-watched Game 3 of the NBA Finals since 1988, Michael Jordan’s last final with the Bulls, raking in 23.8 million viewers.
Emotions were high even for players, with Karl-Anthony Towns and Jose Alverado on the verge of tears after the game, and Josh Hart shouting out teammate Anunoby for saving him from a “lifetime of regret” after missing a transition layup with 1.57 seconds left.
The Knicks will face the Spurs in San Antonio on Saturday for the chance to win the finals.
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