Colin Sheridan: Knicks are finally good and basketball is the winner

Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks reacts against the Boston Celtics in the first quarter of Game Six of the Eastern Conference at Madison Square Garden on May 16, 2025 in New York City.Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images

Whisper it: the New York Knicks are good. Very good. Going to the Western Conference Finals good. Likely-to-lose-in-six-to-the-Indiana-Pacers good. It's been 25 years since the Madison Square Garden rocked like this, and such is the storied franchise's appetite for apocalyptic disaster, it might be 25 more.

The courtside seats boast more stars than the Milky Way. The team's talisman Jalen Brunson is a misfit-turned-MVP. Their head coach Tom Thibodeau is a character. Their fans are gone spare ape. If you're in the Big Apple, this is real catch them if you can territory.