The New York Knicks Win The NBA Championship 2026! (videos & information about the meaning of the team name "Knicks")

 

KNICKS WIN NBA Championship - Final moments and on-court celebrations

Chaz NBA, Jun 13, 2026

New York Knicks WIN NBA Championship - Final seconds and on-court celebrations

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases seven YouTube videos of people in New York City celebrating the Knicks winning the National Basketball Association's championship in 2026.

This post also showcases a YouTube video about The 2026 Knicks team prior to winning this championship.

The Addendum to this post presents information about the meaning of the team name "the Knicks".

The content of this post is presented for historical, informational, and celebratory purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.   

Congratulations to the Knicks!

Thanks to the producers and publishers of these videos on YouTube. Also, thanks to the author of the information about the meaning of the words "knickerbocker", "knickerbocker nine", and the "Knicks" (New zyork City's NBA basketball team's nickname).

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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-word-knickerbocker-means-in.html for Part I of a three part pancocojams series about the English language recreational rhyme "Dr. Knickerbocker Number Nine" (and similar titles). 

That post presents information about the origin and meaning of the words "knickerbocker" and "knickerbocker Number 9". That post also includes additional information about the meaning of the phrase "number 9" in United States' culture and in British culture.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/examples-of-dr-knickerbocker-number.html  for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents some (word only) examples of the children's recreational rhyme "Dr. Knickerbocker Number Nine".  

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/doctor-knickerbocker-number-9-videos.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post showcases some YouTube videos of the rhyme "Dr. Knickerbocker Number Nine".  

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SHOWCASE VIDEO-#2- KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS AGAIN!!🚨

@Houseofhighlights, June 14, 2026 New York Knicks WIN the 2026 NBA Finals to become NBA CHAMPIONS!! Their first since 1973!

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3- Celebrations erupt in New York after Knicks win first NBA championship in 53 years

Jun 14, 2026  #knicks #newyork #nba

The Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Spurs in San Antonio in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, turning pensive crowds euphoric at watch parties outside the team's Madison Square Garden arena and in parks and streets across the city.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4- Knicks fans pack the streets of NYC celebrating NBA championship

Eyewitness News ABC7NY, Jun 14, 2026

Shannon Sohn reports from above Manhattan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hes-us73xLE

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5- NY KNICKS WIN NBA FINALS & ALL OF NYC SINGS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND 



@DAKIDK, June 14, 2026
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk6014HuxcE for the December 2021 Hip Hope track "Empire State Of Mine" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys.

Also, click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_of_Mind for information about that award winning song that was first released in 2009.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #6- Crazy Reaction at Radio City to Knicks Championship!

Ethan Straus, Jun 13, 2026  RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL

Official Knicks Watch Party at Radio City Music Hall ft. Larry Johnson and more!

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #7 - Celebrity Knicks fans Spike Lee, John Turturro celebrate NBA title

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Eyewitness News ABC7NY, Jun 14, 2026

Ryan Field reports.

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BONUS VIDEO - How A Viral Chant Became New York’s Soundtrack During Knicks NBA Title Charge | Firstpost America

Firstpost, Jun 12, 2026 #nba #basketball #newyorkviral

New York City is in the middle of a historic Knicks playoff run and one viral chant has taken over the internet, the arenas, and the streets. The now-famous line, 'My mayor's Muslim, my bagel's Jewish, my Christian Dior, Knicks in four' has exploded. From Madison Square Garden to watch parties across the city, Knicks fans are uniting behind a shared belief that history could finally be within reach after 53 years. In this report, Cary Johnston breaks down how a simple fan moment turned into a global viral sensation, and how it has come to define New York’s charge for an NBA championship.

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ADDENDUM - INFORMATION ABOUT THE NAME "THE KNICKS"

from https://www.nba.com/knicks/history__trashed/knickerbocker "Knickerbocker History", presented by Chase, 2026  
"The term "Knickerbockers" traces its origin to the Dutch settlers who came to the New World - and especially to what is now New York - in the 1600s. Specifically, it refers to the style of pants the settlers wore...pants that rolled up just below the knee, which became known as "Knickerbockers", or "knickers".

n 1809, legendary author Washington Irving solidified the knickerbocker name in New York lore when he wrote the satiric A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. Later known as Knickerbocker's History of New York, Irving's book introduced the word "knickerbocker" to signify a New Yorker who could trace his or her ancestry to the original Dutch settlers.

With the publication of Irving's book, the Dutch settler "Knickerbocker" character became synonymous with New York City. The city's most popular symbol of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was "Father Knickerbocker", complete with cotton wig, three-cornered hat, buckled shoes, and, of course, knickered pants.

At the same time, the term "Knickerbocker" became indelibly linked to anything and everything New York...from Jacob Ruppert's Knickerbocker Beer to the 1938 Broadway musical Knickerbocker Holiday (which starred Walter Huston and featured the haunting "September Song") to famed society gossip columnists Cholly Knickerbocker (the nom de plume used by Maury Paul and Igor Cassini) and Suzy Knickerbocker (Aileen Mehle).

The Knickerbocker name had its first use in the sports world in 1845, when Alexander Cartwright's Manhattan-based baseball team - the first organized team in baseball history - was named the "New York Knickerbockers" or the "Knickerbocker Nine." The Knickerbocker name stayed with the team even after it moved its base of operations to Elysian Fields at Hoboken, NJ in 1846. (The baseball link may have prompted Casey Stengel to joyously exclaim, "It's great to be back as the manager of the Knickerbockers!" when he was named pilot of the newborn Mets in 1961).

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In keeping with another New York tradition, the team's colors have always (except for the years from 1979-80 through 1982-83) been orange, blue and white...the official colors of New York City.

 So now you know."

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WHY WAS NEW YORK'S BASKETBALL TEAM ORIGINALLY REFERRED TO AS "THE KNICKERBOCKER NINE" (WHICH LED TO THE CHILDREN'S RECREATIONAL SONG "DOCTOR KNICKERBOCKER NUMBER NINE) ?

From https://hooptactics.net/premium/basketballbasics/bb8rulesevolution.php

"Originally, there was no set rule on the number of players. The idea was that the game could be played by any number of players. However, that did not work out. After experimenting with teams up to 50 players, early games were primarily played by nine players on each side - the reason being that 18 students showed up for Naismith's class. In 1897 five players became the mandatory team size."

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