The packed Madison Square Garden crowd was so fired up to be at a Knicks playoff game
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In addition to the tragic loss of life, the global coronavirus pandemic of the past 16 months has taken away so much from daily life. Sunday was a major step towards normalcy in the sports world.
Thanks to the continued vaccine rollout and dropping number of COVID cases, Sunday’s Game 1 of the NBA playoffs between the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks was played in front of 15,000 fans — nearly all vaccinated — at Madison Square Garden. Ten of the 16 playoff teams in all are allowing 10,000-plus fans into arenas.
The Knicks hadn’t reached the playoffs since 2013. And when you add that to a year of watching sports in empty stadiums with piped-in noise, it was incredible to see the fired-up crowd at the Garden.
It’s great to have that atmosphere back.
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