retreating to the nearby intersection, each time after which the fans again swarmed the vehicles.

After Game 4, cops arrested 56 people in the area between Fifth and Eighth Aves. and 10 police officers were injured, according to the NYPD. Videos online showed Knicks fans stomping on Citi Bikes, climbing street lamps, shattering windows and attacking taxi cabs. One of the injured cops was hit by a thrown bottle, police said.

The same night, a 17-year-old boy was beaten into a coma by an assailant who had been screaming  Spurs in seven!  outside a bar about two blocks away from MSG, on W. 35th St. near Eighth Ave. The attacker, who was wearing a referee-style jersey with black and white vertical stripes, has not been caught.