Crowds jamming nearby streets
The holding pens are full and hordes of fans have spread out onto neighboring Manhattan streets.
Everywhere, entrepreneurs are selling flags, T-shirts, horns and helmets. Convenience stores and Dunkin' are doing brisk business.
So far, there is no evident anger from fans who have been shut out of the parade-route pens some two hours before the parade's scheduled step-off.
Street art in Wu Tang style proclaimed: "Protect Yo Knicks Heart."
Robert Brodsky is a breaking news reporter who has worked at Newsday since 2011. He is a Queens College and American University alum.
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