{"id":13214,"date":"2026-06-09T02:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13214"},"modified":"2026-06-09T02:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:31:27","slug":"trump-attends-knicks-spurs-nba-finals-game-3-at-madison-square-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=13214","title":{"rendered":"Trump attends Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals Game 3 at Madison Square Garden\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump was spotted saluting the flag beside his granddaughter Kai at a heavily secured Madison Square Garden Monday night to watch his hometown team, the New York Knicks, take on the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s appearance at the Mecca marks the first time a sitting president has attended an NBA Finals game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president, sitting in an MSG suite, was loudly booed by some of the Knicks faithful when he was shown on the jumbotron during the National Anthem, although there were a smattering of cheers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>President Donald Trump made history by attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, a first for a sitting president. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump was saluting NYPD officers carrying the American flag when he was shown on camera and jeered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He attended as a guest of Knicks owner James Dolan and was seen with EPA administrator Lee Zeldin, Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner in the suite.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game is the first NBA Finals on the Knicks\u2019 home court in 27 years. The Knicks, up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series, are attempting to secure their first NBA championship since 1973.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a host of celebrities \u2014 including Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, Timothee Chalamet, Dave Chappelle, Larry David and Pete Davidson \u2014 were also at the game, though not sitting near Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>President Trump attending the Knicks Game 3 Finals matchup with the Spurs Monday at Madison Square Garden.  <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI actually think it\u2019s pretty remarkable that you\u2019ve got Trump and Mamdani in the same building tonight,\u201d Lorenzo Caradonna, a 41-year-old Knicks fan from Hoboken, NJ, told The Post. \u201cThere aren\u2019t many places left where people from completely different political universes are all focused on the same thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a few hours, everybody\u2019s just a Knicks fan. That\u2019s kind of refreshing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raucous watch parties previously held outside MSG during the Knicks\u2019 playoff run were moved to other parts of the city for Game 3, as the Secret Service and the NYPD set up a multi-block security perimeter around the arena ahead of Trump\u2019s arrival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Trump watching the Knicks courtside at Madison Square Garden in 2007. <span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A strict no-bags policy for fans attending the game was announced ahead of Trump\u2019s visit, and Secret Service screened anyone entering the arena with TSA-style magnetometers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Long lines wrapped around the building hours before tip-off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe security situation was unbelievable,\u201d David Rosen, a 47-year-old from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand why it had to be that way with Trump here, but it took forever to get inside,\u201d Rosen continued. \u201cMultiple checkpoints, long lines, restrictions on what you could bring in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been coming to games for years and I\u2019ve never seen it quite like that. By the time I got to my seat, I felt like I\u2019d already worked a full day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, a massive sports fan, has attended several major sporting events since the start of his second term, including Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, the College Football Playoff National Championship in Miami, the men\u2019s US Open tennis final in Queens and the Daytona 500 auto race in Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Heavy security, including a multi-block perimeter and TSA-style screening, was in place for Trump\u2019s visit to MSG. <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The president told The Post last month that he has been enthralled by the Knicks\u2019 playoff run.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was going to go [to Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals], but they closed it out very quickly. They\u2019re great, and Jim Dolan\u2019s a great guy \u2014 he\u2019s, as you know, owns and in charge of Madison Square Garden. He\u2019s having a good year,\u201d Trump said on May 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoy, what a team! They win all their games,\u201d he said of the Knicks. \u201cThey really have some great players.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump added, \u201cThe Knicks have really, they\u2019ve really suffered for years and they\u2019re doing right now very well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), however, charged that Trump isn\u2019t as big a Knicks fan as he is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also is not clear to me that Donald Trump is a big Knicks fan. I mean does this guy even know the difference between Karl Rove and Karl-Anthony Towns? I don\u2019t think so,\u201d the Brooklyn Democrat said at a Capitol Hill press conference, while wearing a Knicks hat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just injecting himself into the NBA Finals because he always has to bring the MAGA circus into town and that\u2019s unfortunate,\u201d Jeffries argued.\u00a0Meanwhile, Knicks center Mitchell Robinson said it was \u201ccool\u201d that Trump would be attending the game, but his team would \u201cstill get out there and play [no matter] who\u2019s here and who\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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