Ramaswamy had shared a snap of himself and his wife, Apoorva Ramaswamy, flashing smiles courtside during an intermission of game four of the Eastern Conference Finals at Cleveland’s Rocket Arena.
“Date night in Cleveland. Let’s go Cavs…all the way back!” wrote Vivek Ramaswamy alongside the picture as the Cavs — who lost three straight games and were facing elimination in the best-of-seven series — were down 38-26 to the Knicks at the end of the first quarter.
The Ohio-born Republican’s show of support, however, wasn’t much of an assist.
The Knicks went on to eliminate the Cavs in a 130-93 win, adding to a historic NBA Playoffs run where they’ve outscored their opponents by a combined 262 points in the last 11 games (the largest in any such span, regular or postseason, in NBA history, per ESPN).
Mamdani swiftly used the victory to troll Ramaswamy, reposting the failed 2024 GOP candidate’s “date night” snap without commentary to both his personal and mayoral accounts on X.
Users on X delighted over the mayor’s share, with at least one account likening Ramaswamy’s appearance at the game to the so-called “Ted Cruz curse.”
″.@NYCSanitation I’d like to report a sweep,” the mayor wrote.