The parade had a historic police presence and avoided major hiccups—aside from a jersey that mistakenly used Patrick Ewing’s retired No. 33.

The New York Knicks' ticker-tape parade will be a first. The new NBA champions have won the title before, in 1970 and ’73.

Thursday's ticker-tape celebration will be the first for a Knicks championship — denied twice in the '70s by a cost-cutting mayor.