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Ben Stiller Couldn't Help But Post About Knicks' Win vs. Heat, Even While at Oscars

He's a man obsessed.

Brigid Kennedy

Actor Ben Stiller at a New York Knicks game on May 14, 2024.
Actor Ben Stiller at a New York Knicks game on May 14, 2024. / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
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Actor and director Ben Stiller might be the talk of the town right now thanks to his hit AppleTV show Severance. And he might have been presenting at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. But it's clear neither of those things matter as much to him as his beloved New York Knicks.

Despite being at the Oscars, Stiller sent out one of his frequent "KNICKS WIN" social media posts after New York beat the Miami Heat 116–112 on Sunday. And when a fellow X (formerly Twitter) user jokingly called him out on it, Stiller doubled down.

"I'm crying bro you're at the Oscars," the user wrote, to which Stiller succinctly replied, "Go Knicks."

Keepin' it simple. Love it.

In Stiller's defense, the Heat-Knicks contest, which went to overtime, was a nail-biter. Guard Jalen Brunson scored 31 points to help New York climb back from a 19-point deficit, while OG Anunoby and Karl Anthony Towns had 23 points and 19 points, respectively. It was the team's third straight win.

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BRIGID KENNEDY

Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.

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