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Celebrities Celebrate Knicks’ First Championship in 53 Years

Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, Mariska Hargitay, Jon Stewart, Billy Joel, and other stars posted on social media to commemorate the New York Knicks winning their first title since 1973.

Rolling Stone·Jun 14, 2026·via Rolling Stone

Celebrities Celebrate Knicks’ First Championship in 53 Years

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Knicks-Loving Celebrities React to Team’s First Championship in 53 Years

Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, Mariska Hargitay, Jon Stewart, Billy Joel and more turn to social media to celebrate New York team's first title since 1973

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June 14, 2026

Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, Mariska Hargitay and other Knicks-loving celebrities turned to social media Saturday night to celebrate the New York team’s first championship in 53 years.

While Knicks diehards like Timothee Chalamet, Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, and Tracy Morgan were in San Antonio to witness the team’s first title since 1973, many more famous fans watched on television and celebrated the Game 5 win from home.

“Congratulations to the New York Knickerbockers, NBA Champions!!!!!,” Jennifer Lopez wrote on social media alongside a video of her celebrating the win.

“I remember the last time the Knicks were making a run for the championship and rushing home every game day from the set to watch Ewing, Starks and Oakley make a hell of a run. We have all been waiting patiently for this day for years. Thank you for uniting our city again…for uniting the world. You restored faith, hope and belief in that there’s nothing we can’t do!! Hard work, goodness and teamwork pays off! You set the city on fire!!”

(Lopez might be mixing up the 1994 Knicks team that lost in the Finals with the Starks-and-Oakley-less 1999 team that also reached the championships, ultimately losing to the Spurs.)

Cardi B, who performed during halftime of Game 3 , watched the championship-winning game on a cellphone in her basement. “We won!” she yelled around her house. “We fucking won!”

Hargitay, who attended the historic Game 4 comeback victory alongside Taylor Swift , posted a tribute to her friend and Finals MVP Jalen Brunson after the win: “And you lead the way for so many. Congratulations to you all and deepest thanks.”

(Brunson quipped in a postgame interview what his plans were after winning the title, “Try to get on SVU .”)

Jon Stewart, like thousands of New Yorkers, took to the streets to watch Game 5’s closing moments projected on the side of a building: