After the Knicks beat the Celtics in double overtime to open the 2021 season, Abby Chin and her fellow media members funneled into the press conference room at Madison Square Garden. It was the first in-person postgame media session since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the room was buzzing.
While she took in the excitement around her, Chin realized something that stopped her in her tracks.
“These are the two marquee franchises in the NBA, and among a group of 50 to 100 people, I was the only woman,” said Chin, NBC Sports Boston’s veteran Celtics sideline reporter.