Knicks blare music in apparent attempt to drown out 'sell the team' chant
The New York Knicks appear to be using loud music at Madison Square Garden to drown out chants from disgruntled fans.
Music blared nonstop during the final minutes of the Knicks' 126-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night as fans chanted "sell the team," according to Greg Joyce of the New York Post. Songs were even played during two late-game Bobby Portis free throws.
"I was thinking that in my head, like, 'Damn, this is crazy,'" Portis said. "It didn't bother me, but it was just crazy. … Most times, especially when you're at home, there's no music playing.
"The same theme kept repeating. I don't know, it was like a scary movie."
Others on Twitter also noticed the music.
Music at MSG has been jacked up to drown out the chants
— Mike Mazzeo (@MazzNYC) March 7, 2020
Even The Who would be thinking, "Man, the music is loud at MSG tonight."
— Steve Popper (@StevePopper) March 7, 2020
Funniest thing I forgot to tweet earlier was when the Garden PA system was playing the same 30 second clip of Sabotage for the first of about 8 times to drown out "sell the team" chants and the song went "WHYYYYY" right as Knox was shooting a 3
— Alex Wolfe (@thealexwolfe) March 7, 2020
He missed it. Poor guy.
This comes after a Knicks fan claimed MSG security "interrogated" and threatened him with arrest after he led a "sell the team" chant during Wednesday's loss to the Utah Jazz.
The Knicks are currently 19-44 on the season.