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New York Mayor Eric Adams Cleverly Disses Celtics After Knicks Lose Game 5

Eric Adams drops a two-word diss directed at Boston after the Celtics beat the Knicks in Game 5 to force a Game 6 in New York.

Chaitanya Dadhwal
May 16, 2025
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As the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams has been vocal about the sports teams playing under his jurisdiction, whether it was on Kyrie Irving during the COVID-19 pandemic or now on the Knicks’ eccentric playoff run. After the Celtics beat the Knicks 127-102 in Game 5 of their series, Adams took to social media to express his take on the game.

Of course, as a Knicks fan, he was unhappy about the upset and wrote, “BUCK FOSTON” on X, a clever anagram of ‘F**k Boston’, directed as a dig on the Celtics for beating them.

While Derrick White and Jaylen Brown took the scoring burden with 34 and 26 points, respectively, Payton Pritchard’s spark from the bench arguably made the difference for Boston. Meanwhile, Josh Hart, who usually focuses on the defensive duties on the floor, led all scorers for the Knicks with 24 points. Hart, who averaged 13.6 points per game through the regular season, had to step up on a night when OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges struggled to contribute anything on offense. 

Moreover, Jalen Brunson shot 25% from beyond the arc (1 of 4), and Karl-Anthony Towns, who is a career 40% shooter from three-point range, only made 2 of 13 from three-point range for the entire series. This seems like a big drawback in the Knicks’ offensive plans. No wonder Mayor Adams was unhappy; while everything went right for the Celtics in this game, everything went the other way for the Knicks.

Fortunately for the Knicks, they have two more opportunities to close this series out. They would prefer to get the job done in Game 6 itself, as it would be a home game for the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.


Kyrie Irving Holds Mayor Adams Responsible For His Issues With The Nets

In February 2024, Kyrie Irving returned to Brooklyn for the first time since getting traded from the Nets. The controversial hooper dropped 36 points in a statement return to New York. When a fan heckled Irving during the game, he did not hesitate to respond. The fan asked him why he didn’t play this well in Brooklyn, to which he responded, “Thank Mayor Adams for that”.

The Mavericks star, during his time with the Nets, was forced to sit out 35 home games, which became a contributing factor in his trade demand. Even after the city allowed professional athletes to play in games without being vaccinated, Adams reminded Irving that the gravity of the danger involved with COVID-19 hadn’t changed at the time. “Kyrie … get vaccinated. Nothing has changed,” he said. 

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ByChaitanya Dadhwal
Chaitanya Dadhwal is an NBA Analyst and Columnist at Fadeaway World from New Delhi, India. He fell in love with basketball in 2018 after seeing James Harden in his prime. He joined the sports journalism world in 2021, one year before finishing his law school in 2022. He attended Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat, India, where his favorite subject was also Sports Law.He transitioned from law to journalism after realizing his true passion for sports and basketball in particular. Even though his journalism is driven by his desire to understand both sides of an argument and give a neutral perspective, he openly admits he is biased towards the Houston Rockets and Arsenal. But that intersection of in-depth analysis and passion helps him simplify the fine print and complex language for his readers.His goal in life is to open his own sports management agency one day and represent athletes. He wants to ensure he can help bridge the gap in equal opportunity for athletes across various sports and different genders playing the same sport.
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