Fat Joe Says Cavaliers Revoked Courtside Seats Over Knicks Support
The Cavaliers moved at least 10 Knicks fans, including Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner, after enforcing playoff courtside ticket rules.
- The Cleveland Cavaliers relocated at least 10 Knicks fans from courtside seats ahead of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals on May 26, moving them to higher seating sections after a Cavaliers executive informed them they would no longer be allowed in premium areas.
- Knicks fans had dominated Game 3 at Rocket Arena with "Let's go Knicks" chants as New York took a 3-0 series lead, prompting the home team to reassert control over courtside seating after the league's largest fan base demonstrated strong away support throughout the postseason.
- Rapper and superfan Fat Joe claimed the Cavs took his courtside tickets because they didn't want "Knicks fans sitting that close," telling ESPN: "We had bought some courtside tickets to the game and once they found out it was superfan Fat Joe, they was like, I can't sit courtside."
- Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner, who arrived Monday, were moved from courtside to the second row, while Spike Lee watched from the fourth row; the Cavaliers required all courtside holders to sign a DocuSign agreement prohibiting ticket resale.
- The Knicks swept Cleveland to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, though Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell noted the seating restrictions were not unique to Cleveland, saying "I'm from New York, this doesn't shock me. It wasn't just us, you look at Philly.
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Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner’s Seating Controversy at Knicks Game Explained
When New York Knicks superfan Timothée Chalamet and his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, took their seats in Cleveland for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the power couple were noticeably removed from their usual courtside vantage point. As it turns out, the Cleveland Cavaliers organization took preventive steps to help make sure Rocket Arena didn’t turn into Ohio’s own version of Madison Square Garden, which meant Chalamet, 30, and Jenner, …
Fat Joe Accuses Cavaliers of Blocking Him From Courtside Seats!
Fat Joe is celebrating the Knicks’ Finals run, but he says Cleveland tried to keep his fandom from the floor. On ESPN’s NBA Today, the rapper said he bought courtside seats for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals before Cleveland objected. “I wanna say to Cleveland, I have bad news,” he said. “We had bought some courtside seats to the game and then, once they found out it was superfan Fat Joe, they was like, ‘I can’t sit courtside. New York …
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