President Trump said he plans on attending an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden next month after the New York Knicks won the Eastern Conference title for the first time since 1999.
“I think I’ll be going to one of the games,” Trump said.
“I was invited by numerous people, and Jim [Dolan], and I think I’ll be going,” he continued.
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NEW: President Trump reveals he was invited to a New York Knicks game for their first NBA finals appearance in 27 years:
"I was invited… I was going to go on Wednesday, but they closed it out very quickly."
"They have some great players. I think I'll be going to one of the… pic.twitter.com/MYu8t87KjM
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 27, 2026
ESPN shared further:
The Knicks clinched their spot in the NBA Finals on Monday by winning Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, completing a series sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Trump said he initially was going to attend Game 5 of the Knicks-Cavs series, but New York canceled those plans by winning the series in four games, extending its historic run this postseason.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Knicks have won 11 straight games, outscoring their opponents by 262 points over that stretch. It’s the most lopsided 11-game span in NBA history, regular season or playoffs.
The Knicks will play either the Oklahoma City Thunder or the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals.
The eventual Western Conference champion will host Game 1 on June 3.
Trump may attend Game 3, scheduled on June 8, or Game 4, scheduled on June 10.
Game 6, if necessary, will take place at Madison Square Garden on June 16, when Trump is scheduled to be in France for the G7 summit.
🇺🇸🏀 Trump is considering attending the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden to watch his hometown Knicks, which would make him the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game.
– The Knicks swept Cleveland to reach their first Finals in 27 years
– Trump is eyeing Games 3… https://t.co/lBd188E3E3 pic.twitter.com/EOxgRKtdCW— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 27, 2026
More from the New York Post:
The Knicks last won the NBA title in 1973, one month before Trump, now 79, turned 27 years old.
New York swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in four straight games to make the Finals, precluding Trump’s attendance at the World’s Most Famous Arena Wednesday night.
MSG CEO James Dolan, who owns both the Knicks and the arena’s other primary tenant, the NHL’s New York Rangers, is a longtime friend of Trump — even getting married at Mar-a-Lago in January 2002.
ADVERTISEMENT“I support him as a friend,” Dolan told ESPN.com of Trump in a December 2018 interview. “And you don’t have to agree with everything that he’s doing in order to support him. And he’s, by the way, our president, and I don’t understand people who wish our president to do badly. Why would you wish your president to do badly? It’s like wishing that your milkman will bring you sour milk.”
Trump would be the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game after he became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl in February 2025.
Due to security considerations, the president is unlikely to be seated courtside on “Celebrity Row,” where the regulars include actors Timothée Chalamet and Ben Stiller, comedian Tracy Morgan, film director Spike Lee, and “Law & Order” star Mariska Hargitay.
