The New York Knicks’ surprise run deep into the playoffs has been full of A-lister sightings on the floor seats of Madison Square Garden’s “Celebrity Row” — delightful glimpses of the rich and famous looking as thrilled and tormented as the rest of us. Look, there’s Larry David , characteristically agitated by a Tyrese Haliburton buzzer beater, or Timothée Chalamet freaking out with Ben Stiller over an unlikely bucket. Channeling the city’s hopes and dreams of a championship after a 52-year drought: Stars, they’re just like us!

But if the celebrity reactions are organic, their exact seating arrangement on the court is anything but. MSG and Knicks owner James Dolan himself apparently decides who gets to sit where — and when.

Insiders who formerly worked at the Garden or in celeb

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