Some Knicks fans who planned to go to San Antonio are going miss their chance to witness history in person.
Raucous and eager Knicks fans were set to take off on an American Airlines flight from LaGuardia Airport to Austin at 12:30 p.m. ET to potentially watch the Knicks clinch their first NBA Finals title in 53 years, but that will not happen anymore for at least some of them after a few delays, according to a Knicks fan account on X.
The flight, originally scheduled for 12:30, was delayed until 2:30 p.m., and then until 4, and then again for another hour, meaning fans would likely miss at least the start of the 8:30 p.m. opening tip for Game 5 at Frost Bank Center when factoring in the commute from Austin to San Antonio.
At 3:11 p.m., the flight no longer had a flight crew, with Knick fan @EverythinKnicks even joking that Spurs fans must be controlling the air traffic control centers.
The same account later posted that the flight was delayed until 5 p.m. and that they didn’t end up going as they’d miss practically the entire game.
“Flight ended up getting delayed to 5,” they wrote. “So nobody was going to make it to the game in time. All the Knicks fans decided to not take the flight at that point because once they told us we needed to get off the plane due to the delays, there was no point of getting back on.”
Some on X felt sorry for @EverythinKnicks, but others thought the user’s decision to cut it so close was bound to backfire.
“Oh my god I’m so sorry. Please tell MSG. Maybe they can help in some way – Game 6? Parade route? Player meet and greet?” X user @willrocklin responded.
“Am I the only one who thinks it’s crazy to not leave a day in advance instead of the day of to ensure I get to the game? Like this is poor planning and I don’t feel bad at all,” @Maiers_Luke wrote
The disaster comes after several fans couldn’t make it to San Antonio on Friday due to severe thunderstorms in the tri-state area.
Toby Hyde, a Brooklyn resident, was supposed to board a 5:33 p.m. flight from John F. Kennedy Airport to San Antonio on Friday, but the storms sent him scrambling for a backup plan.
Even with potentially fewer members of Knicks faithful there, the Knicks can close out the Spurs in San Antonio in Game 5 Saturday night to win their first title since 1973.
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