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Although he’s behind bars, a certain ex-multiplatinum musician has been given the green light to tune in to some NBA postseason action, should he so choose.

In the midst of a trial for sex trafficking and racketeering, disgraced former hip-hop superstar and fashion mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been granted access to a TV with basic cable for Friday night, per TMZ Sports.

A former courtside presence in Madison Square Garden, Combs apparently hopes to check out his beloved New York Knicks as they continue their march through the Eastern Conference playoffs.

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Combs is currently incarcerated at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center without bond for his alleged crimes. The 55-year-old ex-mogul’s business interests and musical success led to him becoming a billionaire in 2022, per Larisha Paul of Rolling Stone, although much of that fortune now is presumably being spent on legal fees.

Game 6 of the Knicks’ second-round series against the Boston Celtics on Friday night tips off at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. New York currently leads the Celtics, 3-2.

Boston lost six-time All-Star power forward Jayson Tatum for the rest of the postseason due to a right Achilles tendon tear, incurred in Game 4.

The Knicks won that contest, but somehow dropped Game 5, 127-102, despite fielding a healthy roster, with the Celtics’ best player shelved. Now, the action returns to Madison Square Garden. New York can close out Boston on Friday night.

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Led by All-Stars Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, New York is on the cusp of toppling the reigning champs, an outcome few pundits had predicted ahead of the series.

Tatum’s injury makes an eventual end to Boston’s title defense feel inevitable, but the Knicks looked to be in control of the series even in the waning minutes of Game 4, when the 6-foot-8 former Duke Blue Devil went down.

Should the Knicks make the Eastern Conference Finals (where they would place the Indiana Pacers), it would mark their first appearance there in 25 years.

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