Some Knicks fans have predicted series sweeps. Others, conditioned by decades of failure, pay more heed to jinxes and superstitious rituals.
It’s a beloved New York pastime to divide New Yorkers into types. There are “real New Yorkers” and posers, New Yorkers who toast their bagels and those who don’t, Carries and Samanthas, die-hard Knicks fans and bandwagon ones.
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