Josh Hart’s Wife Shannon Reveals Why She 'Cannot' Watch the Knicks Star Take Free Throws in NBA Finals (Exclusive)

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• Shannon Hart, wife of New York Knicks star Josh Hart, spoke with PEOPLE before Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals about the superstition she follows during his games
• The Knicks wife explained that she only taps into this ritual when the basketball star is at the free throw line during the best-of-seven championship series
• Hart and the Knicks are looking to win the championship when they face the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 on Saturday, June 13

Karl-Anthony Towns’s fiancée Jordyn Woods isn’t the only Knicks WAG with a “lucky” superstition during the NBA Finals — Josh Hart’s wife, Shannon, has a unique one of her own to get through the championship series.

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE ahead of Game 5 on Saturday, June 13, Shannon revealed the hard-to-believe ritual she follows while watching her husband of nearly five years shoot free throws during the NBA Finals: “I have to look away,” she admits.

“I used to do these little spirit finger things [during his free throws] and then he started missing all the time, so I was like, ‘Okay, that’s not working.’ That started at Villanova because that was the thing,” says Shannon, who spoke with PEOPLE the day before Game 5 on behalf of her partnership with Reese’s.

“There was one time I was like, ‘I’m just going to look away because I cannot watch him miss again.’ So I looked away and he started making them!” she shares. “So now I have to look away. I cannot look until the ball rolls off of his hand.”

The only way she knows if Josh’s bucket is good, is by “going off of what the crowd’s reaction is like,” she explains.

Shannon has teamed up with Reese’s in honor of the brand’s special mashup with Oreo for a bold blue-and-orange packaging for the cookie snacks inside. The partnership was a perfect fit for the Knicks wife, who is no stranger to the color scheme.

“We’ve been wearing orange and blue day after day after day. So, it’s a perfect match with our outfits with the colors of the city,” says Shannon, who actually rocked a custom Reese’s jacket to the Knicks game with her friend, Ali Brunson (Jalen Brunson’s wife), at Madison Square Garden for Game 4.

She adds, “It’s just been great and it’s delicious!”

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Similar to Woods’ lucky bag, Shannon has a purse of her own that she’s bringing with her for good luck in San Antonio for Game 5 on Saturday. She also has jewelry that she incorporates into her game-day looks, which include a special detail in tribute to her husband.

“For me, I always wear this cross necklace. I wouldn’t take it off,” she tells PEOPLE. “And then something that has my husband’s name on it… I actually had this purse last game, I’m not trying to copy Jordyn or anything, but it was a crazy win so I’m bringing it this time.”

“It’s this blue YSL purse that I brought last time,” she explains of the bag she’s bringing with her to the matchup in San Antonio on Saturday, where her husband the Knicks hope to close out the Spurs to secure the championship.

“Obviously, you saw what happened last time,” she says of the Knicks’ epic comeback win in Game 4, adding, “So I’m like, I have to run that back because why wouldn’t I?”

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