The New York Knicks had entered the day on an 18-game home losing streak, just one more loss away from tying the NBA record set by the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks.
Luckily they won, and avoided setting the NBA record.
IN the middle of his speech at the Oscars, actor and friend of Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, decided to give the infamous Knicks fan some good news.
Watch below:
Samuel L. Jackson delivered some HUGE news to Spike Lee at the Oscars 😂😂😂
(via @ABC) pic.twitter.com/BU1CV5yu3m
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 25, 2019
Moments later, Jackson delivered even better news, that Spike Lee had just won his first Academy Award.
“Samuel L. Jackson and I went to the same college. I have known Sam from way, way back,” Lee said afterward via The Hollywood Reporter.
“To have him open up the envelope and say my name it was a great thing. Did I jump up on him? That was a genuine reaction.”
The jokes came flying in:
When the Knicks win the lottery the same year Spike wins an Oscarpic.twitter.com/1jBSa5Vzlx
— Knicks Film School (@KnickFilmSchool) February 25, 2019
When the Knicks sign KD… pic.twitter.com/NteiJtv7SM
— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) February 25, 2019
Spike Lee and Knicks win on the same day. Hell freezing over as we speak.
— Stefano Fusaro (@FusaroESPN) February 25, 2019
What a night to be a Knicks and Spike Lee fan.
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