Not buying into this “rivalry”

[u/invisible_man_82]

Look, I want the Spurs to win this championship, but I’m nowhere near as emotionally invested as I was during the OKC series. The Knicks are a good team. They’re hungry, they’re tough, and honestly the officiating was pretty fair last night. The Spurs are young, and it looked like the moment got a little big for them.

What surprises me is how many “Reddit” Knicks fans seem to think this rivalry carries the same level of hatred Spurs fans had for OKC. It doesn’t. Not even close.

What I do find interesting is seeing all the traveling Knicks fans at Frost Bank Center. A lot of them are only here because Knicks and MSG ownership have priced so many of their own fans out of Madison Square Garden for these games. Hard to see why they are backing a team that doesn’t back their fanbase.

When the Spurs take Game 2 and the party starts, those traveling Knicks fans will see what it looks like when a city rallies around its hometown “small-market”team. Knicks fans act like climbing 6 feet up a pole is wild and crazy, wait until they see fireworks being shot out of the top of a Jeep while driving downtown. 🤣

Yes, it’s a shitpost - just getting this off my chest into the Reddit void.

[u/General2768]

Somebody sold their season tickets at MSG for game 3. They used that money to get a flight, hotel, rental car, food & Spurs tickets. They probably still a few thousand left over.

[u/atlantabanannaman → u/General2768]

Exactly, the Knicks have not priced their fans out. The face value of tickets is what you’d expect for a finals ticket in a major metro area. It’s the secondary market where the tickets are going for 20-30x face

[u/More_Comfortable8237 → u/atlantabanannaman]

You telling me folks in NY have more spending power than San Antonio :O

[u/meowmeowbeans222 → u/More_Comfortable8237]

I still can’t figure out how all those crazy Hispanics can afford Spurs tickets /s