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Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel used their respective late night shows on Monday to have their own New York Knicks celebration parties to mark the team winning their first NBA Championship in 53 years.
NBC’s The Tonight Show stole are march on its rivals by securing the champion Knicks as special guests on Monday’s episode, with the orange-tie-sporting Fallon joking in his monologue “of course, it’s the Knicks so they won’t really show up till the second half.” It was a New York type of night with Fallon revealing the audience was made up Knicks superfans, and that the musical guests were Staten Island legends the Wu-Tang Clan. “It sounds like Game 5 in San Antonio in here!” remarked Fallon as the crowd burst into an impromptu “Let’s Go Knicks!” chant.
The Knicks’ No.1 booster Spike Lee joined Fallon on stage to introduce the trophy-wielding team to a cacophany of cheers from the home crowd. Fallon split the main interview segment in two, speaking to NBA Finals MVP and Knicks captain Jalen Brunson, starting forward Karl Anthony Towns (KAT) and coach Mike Brown first. Fallon began the first interview by reminding the audience that the last time Brunson appeared on the Tonight Show, he promised that if the Knicks won the championship he would bring the trophy to the show on his next visit. “He’s a man of his word,” said Fallon. Brunson admitted that winning hadn’t really sunk in yet and both KAT and Brunson then spoke about the feeling of playing in Madison Square Garden during Games 3 and 4 of the Finals and the noise and energy inside the arena as victory crept closer.
