BING BONG! How Knicks fans have adopted the weirdest catchphrase as a rallying cry

BING BONG

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have seen the phrase BING BONG being thrown around everywhere on Twitter and wondered what was up with that and what it has to do with the New York Knicks. We’re here to help!

BING BONG is everywhere.

Well, at least in New York it is. The Knicks are good again — they just beat the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night and are 3-1 to start the season a year after surprising the NBA in 2020-21. And fans have adopted BING BONG. So let’s tell you the story behind it?