Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/a> is celebrating the New York Knicks\u2019<\/a> long-awaited NBA Championship win<\/a> like a true New Yorker.<\/p>\n \u201cCongratulations to the New York Knickerbockers, NBA Champions!!!!!\u201d Lopez, 56, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, June 13, and alongside footage showing the Puerto Rican pop star watching the final seconds of Game 5 as the Knicks clinched the win and took home the Larry O\u2019Brien Championship Trophy for the first time in 53 years.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember the last time the Knicks were making a run for the championship and rushing home every game day from the set to watch Ewing, Starks and Oakley make a hell of a run,\u201d Lopez continued in the caption \u201cWe have all been waiting patiently for this day for years. Thank you for uniting our city again\u2026for uniting the world. You restored faith, hope and belief in that there\u2019s nothing we can\u2019t do!! Hard work, goodness and teamwork pays off. You set the city on fire!!\u201d<\/p>\n She concluded, \u201cProud to be from the block!! You already know. Knicks forever. CONGRATULATIONS!! Love, Jenny.\u201d<\/p>\n The Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals<\/a>, held in San Antonio. Despite not winning at Madison Square Garden in New York City, plenty of A-list celebrities and die-hard Knicks fans made the trip to Texas to watch the Knicks secure their historic championship win, including Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>,<\/strong> Sydney Sweeney<\/strong><\/a> and Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Lopez was not in attendance, though that certainly did not keep her from celebrating accordingly. Her Knicks-loving comments come, however, after Jenny from the Block made waves for her controversial take<\/a> on TikTok\u2019s popular \u201cSubway Takes\u201d<\/a> account.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to be born in New York to be a New Yorker,\u201d Lopez said on June 4. \u201cYes, I know everybody wants to claim the city. Everybody wants to claim our city, but you have to be born in New York. You have to be born in one of the five boroughs to be a New Yorker.\u201d<\/p>\n (For the uninitiated, Lopez was born and raised in the Bronx, New York.)<\/p>\n \u201cSubway Takes\u201d host Kareem Kareem Rahma<\/strong> took issue with Lopez\u2019s take, arguing that most people assume you can claim the title of \u201cNew Yorker\u201d after you have lived in the city for at least a decade.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n
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