Obi Toppin looked like the Knicks rookie with better prospects on Tuesday against the Warriors in front of a Garden crowd of 2,000.
Was it a coincidence that it came the first night that Garden allowed fans, including Roni and Obidiah Toppin, her Brooklyn parents?
“She had a great time,” Toppin said after Thursday’s shooting before the Knicks hosted Sacramento. “He said he had tears in his eyes when he saw me enter the pitch. That’s just how she is my mother: she is very emotional. But my mom, dad, girlfriend – all of them being in the garden watching me play the other day was great. They had a lot of fun”.