{"id":1778,"date":"2026-06-14T04:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2026-06-14T04:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:37:00","slug":"spike-lee-timothee-chalamet-celebrate-knicks-nba-finals-win-way-rather-this-than-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1778","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Celebrate Knicks\u2019 NBA Finals Win: \u201cWay Rather This Than the Oscars\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThe New York Knicks have won their first NBA championship since 1973 and longtime fans Spike Lee and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet were on hand to watch their team win the long-awaited title.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1776\">Seth Rogen Says He Hasn\u2019t Talked to James Franco \u201cin a Long Time,\u201d Reluctant to Delve Into Friendship Status: \u201cThe Nuance of It Is Too Personal\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tBoth Lee and Chalamet were shown celebrating on the court after the Knicks\u2019 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5. Chalamet was seen hugging Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns and proclaiming to ESPN\u2019s<em> SportsCenter<\/em>, \u201cway rather this than the Oscars,\u201d after the acclaimed actor has failed to win the best actor Academy Award two years in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe win, which took place in San Antonio, Texas, wasn\u2019t as celebratory as it would have been if the Knicks had won on their home court at Madison Square Garden as the Frost Bank Center arena mostly full of Spurs fans quickly cleared out after the final buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tStill at watch parties in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, New Yorkers were cheering at the long-awaited victory.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLongtime Knicks superfans Lee, Chalamet, John Turturro and Ben Stiller, who\u2019s been filming the team\u2019s Finals run on his iPhone, made the trip to San Antonio for Game 5, as they did for the first two games of the series. Knicks stars Walt \u201cClyde\u201d Frazier, part of the 1973 championship team, and Patrick Ewing were also on hand for the Knicks victory. Other stars spotted courtside during the finals include Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Pete Davidson, Adam Sandler, Jay-Z, Jimmy Fallon, Michael J. Fox, Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Mariska Hargitay and, in Game 4, Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe NBA Finals appearance was the first for the Knicks since 1999, which incidentally was also against the Spurs and saw the Knicks lose to San Antonio in Game 5.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1775\">Jordyn Woods on Supporting Karl-Anthony Towns During the NBA Finals and How the Knicks Are Bringing New York Together<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Knicks, who led the series against the Spurs 3-1 going into Game 5, made the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history in Wednesday\u2019s Game 4, winning 107-106.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAhead of Game 5, New Yorkers across the city were decked out in their Knicks finest, sporting jerseys, merch and, in some cases, just orange and blue attire.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEven New Jersey\u2019s own Bruce Springsteen got caught up in the Knicks spirit, ending his brief performance at the Tribeca Festival in Lower Manhattan on Saturday with \u201cGo Knicks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRead on to see how Hollywood stars and public figures are reacting to the Knicks\u2019 win.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1773\">\u2018Disclosure Day\u2019 Heading to $44 Million Opening as \u2018Obsession\u2019 Defies Gravity in Week 5<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the NY Knicks won the 2026 NBA Championship, Spike Lee and Timothee Chalamet were among the celebs celebrating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1274,1016,753,5],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-knicks","tag-nba-finals","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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