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Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks are mad at the New York Police Department and Mayor Zohran Mamdani for not letting them throw a big enough party for Game 4 of the NBA Finals. In a statement released Tuesday, the team called NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mamdani the city’s “biggest party poopers”…

NEW YORK — Viral footage of New York Knicks fans verbally and physically assaulting San Antonio Spurs fans, including at least one wearing a Victor Wembanyama jersey, seemed to have escaped the San Antonio star’s attention after Game 3 of the NBA Finals. But on Tuesday, Wembanyama called out fans for attacking one another. Advertisement…

What began as a calm, yet spirited gathering of New York Knicks fans on the manicured lawn of Bryant Park quickly turned chaotic Monday night, with more than 20 people taken into custody, five NYPD officers injured and video footage showing people in San Antonio Spurs attire being verbally and physically harassed. Advertisement A crowd…

NEW YORK — What could have been the best night in a New York Knicks fan’s life instead felt like a massive middle finger. From Jimmy, with love. Ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, James Dolan, the billionaire ruling over the city’s favorite team, walked through the event level floor Monday night inside…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this date in 1985, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 29 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers close out the Boston Celtics in six games. Kareem finished the NBA Finals averaging 25.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.2 assists…

NEW YORK — Gotham always needs a villain. New York prefers someone to revile. Someone to rally against. This city is girded with grievances. The abysmal traffic. The absurd rent. The oppressive weather. The idiot tourist in the way on a busy sidewalk. The taxi darting across three lanes with no blinker. The neighbor who…

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Be professional today. Inside:  🤠 Spurs survive Knicks, MSG 😵‍💫 A CFB breaking point? 🏆 USMNT’s pressure Survival: Spurs, Wemby come of age Games like last night’s thriller trigger one…

NEW YORK — The streak is over. All of the talk about the dominance is now an afterthought. The New York Knicks, for the first time in nearly two months, look mortal. And yet, that tends to be when they are at their most dangerous. New York breezed into Game 3 of the NBA Finals,…

NEW YORK — Mike Brown has been pitching a perfect game for a very long time, so yes, the man deserves some space and grace. One wild pitch in the heat of the NBA Finals will not define his impeccable work as the first-year head coach of the New York Knicks. But man, what he…

NEW YORK — For the first time in NBA Finals history, a sitting U.S. president was in the building to watch. And for what only seems like the first time in history, the New York Knicks finally lost a playoff game. With President Donald J. Trump, a New Yorker, in the Madison Square Garden audience,…