On a warm May night in 1973, in a working-class New Jersey suburb just across the Hudson from Manhattan, 17-year-old Greg Hourdajian stood in front of a television set shouting himself hoarse alongside his mother.
The New York Knicks are one win away from their first NBA championship since 1973, energizing a city transformed over five decades.
Lifelong fans like Greg Hourdajian are reliving the emotions of that last title run with a new generation of supporters.
The team's playoff journey has united New Yorkers across neighborhoods, backgrounds and generations in ways that transcend basketball.
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