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Fans of both the Knicks and Nets returned to their teams’ arenas on Tuesday night to watch the action on the court in-person for the first time in nearly a year.
“The evening was completely electric,” Knicks fan Ben Soffer said outside Madison Square Garden following the team’s 114-106 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
“Only real Knick fans were there — completely die hard. The Knicks almost won, but it wouldn’t have been a Knicks game if they didn’t lose,” said Soffer, an Upper East Side resident who attended the game with two friends.
Roughly 2,000 fans were allowed into MSG for the first time in 352 days.
Soffer and other fans said that the games signaled somewhat of a return to a sense of normalcy — albeit a socially-distanced one with many guidelines in place.
“Unbelievable amount of hand sanitizer,” said Soffer. “They made ads with the players talking about standing six feet apart.”
Inside the arena, whole rows of seats were blocked off to promote a safe distance.
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