Knicks Championship Parade: Timothée Chalamet & More Celebs Attend

“Way rather this than the Oscars,” the 30-year-old—who has been nominated for four Academy Awards—said in a social media clip shared by ESPN after the game. “Come on, baby! Knicks are champions, baby!”

Lee, a longtime Knicks fan, knew that his favorite team was going to come out of the Frost Bank Center June 13 as winners.

“I wasn’t going to get on a plane, go to San Antonio to lose,” he teased during a June 15 interview with Fox 5 New York. “They had so many leads over the series. The Knicks refused to die. Our heart was bigger than theirs.”

For a closer look at the hearts that bleed blue and orange at the Knicks’ historic championship celebration, keep reading.