Knicks fans found a hilarious reason for their unbeaten playoff run
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Sometimes fans tend to look for patterns where there shouldn't be any, and the New York Knicks' current postseason run has handed them one of the more entertaining coincidences of the playoffs.
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A theory has been bouncing around social media since mid this month with a simple premise. The Knicks have not lost a single game since Karl-Anthony Towns showed up on screen across from Anne Hathaway in "The Devil Wears Prada 2."
The observation came from journalist Marlow Stern, who posted on X on Wednesday:
"The Knicks have not lost since Karl-Anthony Towns chatted up Anne Hathaway in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2.'"
The sequel was released in theaters earlier this month, the same day Towns and the Knicks closed out the Atlanta Hawks in a 140-89 Game 6 blowout to advance past the first round.
New York has since swept the Philadelphia 76ers and taken the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden against the Cleveland Cavaliers, including the wild double-OT Game 1 comeback from 22 points down.
A scripted scene in the Hamptons became a real-life Knicks talking point
the knicks have still not lost since karl-anthony towns chatted up anne hathaway in 'the devil wears prada 2' https://t.co/sXgOzS4QJJ
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) May 22, 2026
Towns' cameo, written specifically for him, places the 7-footer at a Hamptons party hosted by Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep. Hathaway's Andy Sachs gets introduced to Towns, who is so tall he doesn't fully fit in the frame, and praises him directly.
"It was a great series. It was a thrill to be a New Yorker," Hathaway's character tells him in the film.
https://t.co/H19gY86xf1pic.twitter.com/puabyD5idB
— 20th Century Studios (@20thcentury) May 1, 2026
Frankel told ScreenRant the production sought Towns out specifically because he's a genuine fan of the original 2006 film.
"We reached out to him, and he was thrilled," Frankel said. "I think Miranda's world on weekends is filled with cool, interesting people. Anybody who's the best at what they do, she wants to have for lunch. That's how we sought out KAT."
Towns talked about the experience after a Knicks practice earlier this month.
"It was an honor, and it was awesome to just see the masses of work at work in the acting world," Towns said. "To be able to see them just do what they do at the highest level, it was such an honor."
Coincidence or not, the streak continues, so let's look out for Game 3 in Cleveland on Saturday, which will be the theory's next test.
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