Title 3, parade 1 for Knicks

This is third NBA championship for the Knicks yet just their first ticker-tape parade through the Canyon of Heroes in New York City.

Why the numerical discrepancy?

John Lindsay, New York City's mayor when the Knicks won the title in 1970 and again in 1973, had "discontinued the ticker-tape parade celebration in favor of more informal receptions," Kenneth Cobb, deputy commissioner at the city’s Department of Records and Information Services, told The City Reporter earlier this month.

Although, the Mets won the World Series eight months earlier and received a ticker-tape parade on Oct. 20, 1969. The Jets won Super Bowl III in January of 1969 but did not have a parade. 

The next sports-related ticker-tape parade was on October 19, 1977, after the Yankees won the World Series.