You are, of course, allowed to roll your eyes at the prospect of reading yet another profile of a celebrity NBA fan. And especially a celebrity New York Knicks fan. In contrast, I will now fanboy my socks off because Edie freaking Falco is on the phone. The four-time Emmy Award-winning actress — the fierce co-star of the seminal HBO series “The Sopranos” with the late, great James Gandolfini, and who went on to more acclaim as the star of the Showtime series “Nurse Jackie” — is, like many fellow Gothamites, in total thrall these days.

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