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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T12:58:46.000Z",
  "site": "https://defector.com",
  "tags": [
    "NBA",
    "2026 NBA Playoffs",
    "cleveland cavaliers",
    "dan gilbert",
    "nba playoffs",
    "New York Knicks",
    "Timothee Chalamet",
    "tracy morgan",
    "said Fat Joe",
    "talked to 10 other Knicks fans"
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  "textContent": "Knicks fans travel well, especially when there is a series sweep on offer. The Philadelphia 76ers' home arena was bursting with belligerent New Yorkers during Game 4 of the second round, and that augured grim possibilities for the Cleveland Cavaliers headed into what would be the last game of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday night. Would Cavs owner Dan Gilbert be able to keep Knicks fans from entering his arena and dicking around while his team got swept like chumps? More importantly, would he be able to keep the rich and famous Knicks fans off the floor?\n\nOne surefire way to keep Timothée Chalamet from stunting on you in your own building is to not be ass and go down 0-3 in a series. With that option foreclosed, Gilbert and the Cavs chose instead to leverage the power of legalese. Fat Joe became this controversy's whistleblower when he went on an ESPN pregame show and disclosed that, despite purchasing courtside tickets for Game 4, he was informed by the Cavs that his tickets were canceled and that he was being moved back a few rows. \"We had bought some courtside tickets to the game, and then once they found out it was superfan Fat Joe, it was like, I can't sit courtside. New York Knick fans can't sit courtside,\" said Fat Joe. \"They took the tickets away.\"\n\nKnicks beat writer Stefan Bondy did some additional reporting and talked to 10 other Knicks fans who had purchased courtside seats, only to receive a phone call from a Cavs executive telling them that they were being moved to a different section. When asked to explain why this was happening, the Cavs provided Bondy with a statement:",
  "title": "Rich People Mildly Inconvenienced By Clownish Organization"
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