Fresh off the New York Knicks' first NBA championship since 1973, Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and head coach Mike Brown appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s show to discuss the team’s title run, locker-room superstitions and the support of Knicks fans. Towns said the crowd connection mattered deeply, adding, "When we give fans a reason to cheer, it is something special."
The interview took an unexpected turn when Brown revived the team’s season-long "Who Let The Dogs Out" chant, leading the audience in the call that had become an unofficial Knicks rallying cry. The cameras caught Brunson and Towns looking visibly embarrassed, and Brunson joked to his coach, "We have to put an end to this."
Brown explained that the chant dates back to the early 2000s, when he was an assistant coach in San Antonio and first used it with his children’s football group, where he would gather kids and parents before games and shout, "Who let the dogs out?" He brought it back this season, and it became a fixture of the Knicks’ locker room, even showing up in championship celebrations, though not every player loved it.
Brunson, the Finals MVP, said the magnitude of the achievement still had not fully sunk in. "It still hasn’t really sunk in," he said. "Maybe it won’t sink in for a long time. We got a chance, fought as a team and found a way to do it." Brown’s performance quickly went viral, with fans saying he had stolen the show from the players, but the team seemed willing to laugh it off after ending a 53-year title drought.
