Overview
- The Knicks erased a 29‑point deficit in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden on June 10 and then won Game 5 to claim the franchise’s first NBA title since 1973.
- Este Haim told Variety that Taylor Swift invited her and sister Alana to sit courtside and called the experience “magical,” noting she had never heard MSG so loud.
- Alana Haim said she made the custom blue-and-orange pun shirts and that Swift texted asking to wear one, which led to the now‑viral “Stevie Knicks” design.
- Photographs showed Swift and the Haims courtside with friends including Mariska Hargitay and celebrating in MSG back hallways with the Knicks’ Seventh Ave Squad, and some fans criticized the appearances as bandwagoning while the Haims defended their fandom.
- The sisters’ ties to Swift from past tours helped explain the invite and the viral moment, and separate media reports have claimed Swift and Travis Kelce plan a July wedding at MSG though those reports remain unconfirmed.