You do hear a big ‘Bing Bong’ in return from the fan base. They’re trying to excite the crowd every time they do it on the Jumbotron. I texted my friend during the Warriors game. It started when Fournier hit a 3, they’d rip a ‘Bing Bong.’ When the Knicks were up after a 3 that would cause a time out for the opposing team, they’d rip a ‘Bing Bong’ timeout. “When they initially did it, I have nothing but respect for the Knicks and its public address system,” Bloom said. But Bloom is starting to feel it’s misused. The arena response to “Bing Bong” echoing on the public address system is strong, but it’s often used when the club is down double-digits. How the ‘bing bong’ Knicks fan is turning viral moment into a career path Screenshot courtesy of the Garden’s entertainment staff has incorporated “Bing Bong’’ into their home games on their scoreboard after critical 3-point baskets.īut with the Knicks reeling at 13-17 after a 5-1 start, “Bing Bong” has taken a turn for the worse. Bloom set up a Twitter account called “Bing Bong Guy.’’ Jordie Bloom is the “Bing Bong Guy” from the recent viral video of Knicks fans. Knicks Twitter adopted the phrase as a mantra. 21 - Bloom became a mini-celebrity after the double-overtime victory.ĭuring the celebration outside the Garden, Bloom raced up to the cameras from “Sidetalk’’ - a show on social-media platforms - and boomed joyously “Bing Bong.’’ (The show had an ongoing riff about the sound of the MTA’s subway doors closing). Last time the Knicks faced Boston - in their season opener Oct. Knicks’ Jalen Brunson tells Josh Hart how to spend windfall after fat extensionīOSTON - Even the “Bing Bong Guy’’ has COVID-19.Įarlier this week, Jordie Bloom, who “integrated’’ the “Bing Bong’’ sound of the closing doors of the MTA’s subway system into Knicks’ lore, came down with coronavirus symptoms - headache, fatigue, fever, chills.ĬOVID-19 has ravaged the Knicks, who were without six players and two broadcasters during Saturday’s 114-107 loss to the Celtics. Jalen Brunson elevated into the Knicks’ go-to guy and Team USA’s leader - now the real pressure starts Knicks can turn attention to this guard with Josh Hart back in fold Knicks set for Christmas Day showdown vs.
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