Knicks Star Mikal Bridges Celebrates NBA Championship with 95-Year-Old Woman Who’s Never Missed His Games
Knicks Star Mikal Bridges Celebrates NBA Championship with 95-Year-Old Woman Who’s Never Missed His Games
Natasha DyeWed, June 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM UTC
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Mikal Bridges (R) and his 95-year-old superfanCredit: @chelseadell/Instagram; Dustin Satloff/Getty -
Knicks star Mikal Bridges has a 95-year-old superfan who keeps track of the Knicks' scores throughout the NBA season
The sweet superfan showed off her shrine to Bridges and customized Knicks gear in an Instagram Reel shared by her granddaughter
Bridges commented on the Reel: "Nah imma cry," after the video went viral
Knicks star Mikal Bridges was nearly brought to tears by the dedication of a 95-year-old superfan.
The fan went viral when her granddaughter shared an Instagram Reel showing her "Grammy's" fandom for the Knicks, and particularly Bridges. "My favorite player is Mikal Bridges," the woman says in the viral clip, before showing how she supports the Knicks star.
"She's 95 years old hasn't missed a Knicks game and Mikal Bridges game," the caption of the video said.
The woman showed off the shrine to Bridges she created in her home and the video revealed that she keeps score of every Knicks game in a notebook. In another clip, the 95-year-old superfan unraveled a poster of Bridges from when he was on the Brooklyn Nets and said, "He's a nice, nice guy," as she looked at her favorite player.
Mikal BridgesCredit: Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty
A different clip showed the woman cheering for Bridges during the NBA season, saying, "get him, yeah," at her television screen. "On the night of the draft, I stayed up to watch it," the woman recalled while at a dinner table with her family in another clip.
The woman also showed off her customized hoodie featuring the Knicks logo and Bridges' name embroidered onto it. "That's my boy!," she excitedly told the camera.
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"We did it Grammy 💙🧡 @nyknicks," the fan's granddaughter captioned the Reel.
Bridges found the video of his superfan and commented, "Nah imma cry😭😭😭😭❤️❤️."
One fan commented, "She needs season tickets, a visit from Bridges, a personal tour of MSG and this notebook to be in some Knicks museum one day! 🥹🔥🧡💙," and another said, "@mikalbridges you have a new grandma and we need the meetup video!"
After the Knicks defeated the Spurs to win the 2026 NBA championship, Bridges took to social media and said, "My hearts full," in a post on Instagram.
In his postgame press conference, Bridges spoke about the support he's been given by the Knicks fans. "Even though there's times I've been struggling, I know the fans know me....I appreciate the tough love," he said.
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