The Vibe Inside Madison Square Garden During Knicks-Spurs Game 3

On Monday night, for the first time since 1999, the New York Knicks hosted an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden. Given their commanding 2-0 lead in the series over the visiting San Antonio Spurs—and the fact that the Knicks haven’t won a title since 1973, before 67% of the city’s current residents were born—the vibes in New York in the days leading up to Game 3 had been impossibly high. Spike Lee was paraded through the streets of Brooklyn like the Pope. French Montana, Max B,…