via Latest & Breaking News on Fox News <p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nba/new-york-knicks">New York Knicks</a> fans are about to party like it's 1999.</p><p>For the first time in 27 years, the Knicks are in the NBA Finals, but for a brief time, the New York Police Department placed a ban on watch parties outside Madison Square Garden because the Knicks faithful <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/new-york-ready-combust-nypd-shut-knicks-watch-party-outside-madison-square-garden">got way too rowdy</a>.</p><p>Well, for the biggest Knicks game this millennium, the NYPD reversed course.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</strong></a></p><p>The Knicks will host a watch party at Plaza 33 outside the arena for Game 1 on Wednesday night after Madison Square Garden applied for permits.</p><p>The <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nba/san-antonio-spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> will host the first two games before MSG hosts Game 3 on Monday. Game 1 will also be shown live inside the arena, with tickets costing $10 and the proceeds going to the Garden of Dreams Foundation.</p><p>Six arrests were made outside MSG during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nba/cleveland-cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>. The Knicks took a 2-0 series lead just days after completing a 22-point comeback in the fourth quarter, which truly began the rowdiness.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/timothee-chalamet-celebrates-fans-nyc-streets-after-knicks-advance-eastern-conference-finals"><strong>TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET CELEBRATES WITH FANS IN NYC STREETS AFTER KNICKS ADVANCE TO EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS</strong></a></p><p>Despite no watch party for the Knicks' clincher last week, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/knicks-fans-send-nyc-chaos-franchise-reaches-first-nba-finals-since-1999-">fans still took to the streets</a> to celebrate.</p><p>Videos poured out from Manhattan intersections, packed bars outside Madison Square Garden and booming "WE WANT WEMBY" chants outside MSG.</p><p>Fans carried brooms through Manhattan streets in anticipation of a Cavaliers sweep, climbed atop traffic lights while NYPD officers ordered them down and unleashed the kind of basketball pandemonium New York has waited decades to experience again.</p><p>Even Radio City Music Hall erupted with Knicks chants as the city collectively lost its mind last Monday night.</p><p>The Knicks are underdogs to the Spurs, who took down the reigning NBA champion <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder%20">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> in Game 7 on the road on Saturday.</p><p>New York is seeking its first title since 1973, in case you are wondering what the city might look like if it wins it all.</p><p><em>OutKick</em>'s Alejandro Avila<em> contributed to this report.</em></p><p><strong><em>Follow Fox News Digital’s </em></strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_"><strong><em>sports coverage on X</em></strong></a><strong><em>, and subscribe to </em></strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters"><strong><em>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</em></strong></a><strong><em>.</em></strong></p>https://ift.tt/IZ86CNO