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I live in Harlem, and there’s a middle-aged man named Michael who grew up in Queens and holds court on a bench along the fringes of Morningside Park, where he chats with neighbors who stroll by.
These days we talk mostly about the New York Knicks.
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I met Michael the same way I met Jonah, who’s turning 30 and grew up upstate, near Woodstock — through our dogs.
Jonah is a die-hard Knicks fan who endured Frank Ntilikina and Noah Vonleh starting lineups in the late 2010s. When I cover playoff games at Madison Square Garden, I make sure to stash the rally towels and T-shirts staffers leave draped over each seat because I give them to Jonah. His texts, these days, are downright giddy.
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Spike Lee’s courtside looks are a love letter to the New York Knicks
Spike Lee reacts to a futile Knick charge late in the 4th quarter after a confrontation with Reggie Miller of the Pacers in Game 5 on June 2, 1994.
(Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)
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Spike Lee’s courtside looks are a love letter to the New York Knicks
Spike Lee reacts to a futile Knick charge late in the 4th quarter after a confrontation with Reggie Miller of the Pacers in Game 5 on June 2, 1994.
(Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)
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Spike Lee’s courtside looks are a love letter to the New York Knicks
Knicks Patrick Ewing celebrates win over the pacers with Spike Lee as the game winds down on June 5, 1994.
(Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)
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Spike Lee’s courtside looks are a love letter to the New York Knicks
Spike Lee reacts to the Knick last second win in the Conference final game at Madison Square Garden in NYC on June 5, 1999.
(Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)
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Spike Lee’s courtside looks are a love letter to the New York Knicks
New York Film Director and Knicks fan Spike Lee sits behind the Miami Heat bench during the last minute of the Knocks-Heat game seven of the Eastern Conference semi-final game at America Airlines Arena in Miami on May 21, 2000. The Knicks beat the Heat 83-82 and will face the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals.
(RHONA WISE, AFP via Getty Images)
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Spike Lee’s courtside looks are a love letter to the New York…
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