An Acoustic Throw-Back for the New York Knickerbockers
Madison Square Garden went partly silent Sunday night, and not because the Knicks are terrible.
There was something decidedly unnerving about the atmosphere at Madison Square Garden during the Knicks-Warriors matchup on Sunday night.
“It was weird. It was really weird,” said Steve Kerr, the head coach for the Golden State Warriors, in a postgame interview. “It felt like church.”
Madison Square Garden had announced an unusual experiment, via a message on the arena’s jumbo screen, before the game: “The first half of today’s game will be presented without music, video, or in-game entertainment so you can experience the game in its purest form. Enjoy the sounds of the game.”
It’s not that it was quiet, exactly. You could still hear the atmosphere as “incredibly uncomfortable.”
