The epic story behind Josh Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns’ matching Knicks parade necklaces

A champion deserves more than just a ring.

And with the Knicks breaking their five-decade drought to secure the first NBA Championship win since 1973, the entire city is being painted blue and orange — with a bit of bling, of course.

Celebrity jeweler Alex Moss, a diehard Knicks fan, created a diamond-covered pendant necklace “before Game 1” as an art piece meant to mark the moment.

“I knew they were going to win. I f—king knew they were going to win this thing. So I made it,” he told Page Six Style exclusively of the piece, which features 12.3 carats of VVS white diamonds set in yellow gold.

Moss posted the design on Instagram after the team clinched the title against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday — and star player Josh Hart inquired about the piece at 7 a.m. the following morning, presumably still mid-celebration.

Karl-Anthony Towns was the next to reach out, securing matching necklaces for himself and fiancée Jordyn Woods; both were sporting them at the Knicks’ victory parade Thursday morning.

Moss’ NYC-based factory and atelier were able to whip up the orders in time for Hart to wear his necklace during the team’s Monday night appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

The shooting guard kept the dazzling diamond piece on while throwing the ceremonial first pitch at the Yankees vs. White Sox game Wednesday night with Jalen Brunson.

Originally born in Toronto, Moss has lived in NYC for more than 12 years and has made all of his jewelry since the beginning of his career in the Big Apple.

“I think that it’s important to embrace people from this city who are doing great things for the city,” Moss, who was in the Garden for the incredible Game 4 win, told us.

“We live and breathe New York, everyone in the company. Imagine if someone like Jason of Beverly Hills was making the Knicks pieces. It just doesn’t make sense.”

Knicks superfan Timothée Chalamet has worn Moss’ jewelry in the past, too, and had on a nearly 25-carat diamond Saint Mark necklace while sitting courtside to watch the Knicks advance in the playoffs.

Other celeb fans of Moss’ wares include Drake, Takashi Murakami, Hailey Bieber, North West and more.

Moss describes his styles as “very anti-establishment,” and “very f—k you,” calling himself “the Ferrari of jewelry.”

As for whether he’ll be designing the team’s championship rings? Time will tell — but if Moss gets the call, he told us, “It’ll look like nothing anyone’s ever seen before.”