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The day that New Yorkers have been anticipating for decades is finally here.
For the first time, the Knicks will enjoy their first-ever championship parade through Manhattans Canyon of Heroes.
New York captured its third NBA title on Saturday, beating the Spurs 9490 in yet another thriller, capturing the series in five games.
With it, they have earned the first parade in franchise history, as they werent held during the early 1970s when they won their first two rings.
The parade will take place in lower Manhattan, beginning near Bowling Green at the southern tip of Manhattan and moving up Broadway to City Hall, where the event will end with a ceremony in which Mayor Zohran Mamdani will award the franchise keys to the city.
The parade is slated to begin at 10 a.m.
ET.
Follow along below as Sports Illustrateds NBA staff brings you all of the incredible sights and sounds from the celebration.
Knicks championship parade live updates, best moments, celebrity sightings and more What to know about New Yorks parade Parade time The event is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
ET.
Broadcast information MSG Networks is carrying some exclusive coverage of the parade, which will also stream on the Gotham Sports app.
Additionally, the parade will be broadcast by local CBS, NBC, ABC and My9 affiliates as well as SNY.
The N.Y.C.
mayors office will stream the event on its website, Facebook, X and YouTube.
Parade route The Knicks will follow the traditional Canyon of Heroes route from Battery Park up Broadway to City Hall.
The mayors office released a map showing access points for the parade, which is free to attend.
The City Hall ceremony at the end of the parade, however, requires a ticket to attend.
Parade viewing spots will open at 6 a.m.
ET, though some fans have already reportedly started showing up for tomorrows event.
How the Knicks won the NBA championship New York was not a dominant team during the NBAs regular season, going a respectable-if-not-overwhelming 5329 in the regular season, good for third in the Eastern Conference.
The postseason got off to a rocky start, as the Knicks dropped two of their first three games against the Hawks to open the first round.
From there, they were nearly unstoppable.
New York won Game 4 in Atlanta, 11498.
They blew out the Hawks two more times to take the series in six games.
It was the furthest theyd be pushed in the entire playoff run.
The Knicks swept the 76ers, fresh off of an upset of the No.
2 seed Celtics, and the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals and finals, taking a 10-game winning streak into the NBA Finals against the Spurs, who were fresh off of taking down the defending champion Thunder in the Western Conference finals.
And they just kept winning.
New York won Games 1 and 2 in San Antonio by scores of 10595 and 105104, two close wins in a series that featured exclusively tight contests.
The Spurs snapped the Knicks winning streak in Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, 115111, but New York rebounded to win Game 4 at home, 107106.
They returned to San Antonio for Game 5, and rather than tempt fate, the Knicks took care of business, winning a 9490 slugfest to capture the series.
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Dan Lyons is a staff writer and editor on Sports Illustrated's Breaking and Trending News team.
He joined SI for his second stint in November 2024 after a stint as a senior college football writer at Athlon Sports, and a previous run with SI spanning multiple years as a writer and editor.
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