The team may have newly-elected Pope Leo XIV on its side, thanks to their shared Villanova roots, but the Celtics still blew them out of the Garden, 115-93, this weekend. The Knicks’ late-game heroics from Games 1 and 2 didn’t manifest, as the Celtics managed to make their early 20-point lead stick.

Jalen Brunson and Pope Leo XIV are both Chicago kids who attended Villanova, so it only makes sense that the new Pope watches the Knicks. Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attended Villanova and, according to reporting from The Athletic, watches the Villanova Knicks as well as his alma mater’s hoops team.

The New York Knicks fans on the internet are all saying the same thing after Villanova alum becomes the new Pope.