Apparently, Jalen Brunson, the Knicks, and New York fans were not done with Victor Wembanyama.
Less than 24 hours after they beat Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs for their first NBA Championship in 53 years, they were celebrating at Fishfly, a private Manhattan club, Page Six reported. Video from @SMHighlights1 shows The NBA Finals MVP with teammates, family, friends and fans raising a glass with the salute of “(Expletive) Wemby!”
Knicks fans had been saying it for a week.
They started in Game 3 on June 8 after Wembanyama shoved Brunson in the back of the head and pushed him toward the floor with no whistle. Late in the second quarter, when Karl-Anthony Towns was at the line, “(Expletive) you Wemby” rolled down from the Madison Square Garden upper decks and onto the broadcast. The league looked at the shove later and called it a foul, not a flagrant.
Game 5 gave New Yorkers even more fuel to the fire.
Brunson rose for a 3-pointer in the third quarter. Wembanyama closed in, stuck a foot under him, and Brunson came down on top of it. No call. The Knicks bench came unglued at the officials. Had it gone down as a flagrant, however, Wembanyama would have been hit with an automatic suspension and would have missed a possible Game 6.
It didn’t matter in the final score. Knicks won 94-90 in San Antonio. Brunson dropped 45, and the Knicks were celebrating their first title since 1973.
Wembanyama didn’t hang around to see it. He walked straight off the floor and into the tunnel, looking to forget the Spurs’ collapse.
The Knicks and New York will not let him forget.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jalen Brunson, Knicks and fans crush Wemby at party
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