{"id":717450,"date":"2026-06-05T18:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717450\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:33:10","slug":"adam-silver-responds-to-president-trump-attending-game-3-of-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717450\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Silver Responds To President Trump Attending Game 3 Of NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA<\/a> commissioner Adam Silver has offered his thoughts on President Donald Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Trump, a Queens native, tried to attend Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> and New York Knicks<\/a>. His hometown team had other plans though, sweeping their oppponent and earning a spot in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>. According to the president, Knicks owner James Dolan invited him to Game 3 this upcoming Monday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe answer is yes, he\u2019s invited me,\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cI\u2019ll be going [to Monday\u2019s game].\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump even shared his thoughts on the Knicks winning Game 1 on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched the end of the game \u2013 they were dominant,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWemby<\/a>\u2019s a great player. He\u2019s going to be a great player and he is already a great player. I said, \u2018How do you guard this guy? He\u2019s 7-foot-5 and has a great shot.\u2019 But they found a way to do it. They\u2019re a great team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jun 3, 2026; San Antonio, Texas, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) walks back up the court during the fourth quarter during game one against the New York Knicks of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images\u00a9 Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images&period;<\/p>\n

There’s no question Game 3 will draw even more attention due to Trump’s presence alone.<\/p>\n

Silver believes Trump’s trip to Madison Square Garden could “emphasize what we have in common, not what pulls us apart.” Suffice to say, he’s more than okay with the president shining the spotlight on the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re seeing that in New York<\/a>, and I think President Trump is very much a New Yorker, and I\u2019m thrilled that yet another New Yorker wants to participate in the enthusiasm and the joy around this Knick team,” Silver said, via The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What to expect for Game 3 at MSG.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Post, the staff at Madison Square Garden will have security measures in place for Game 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cMSG performed security walkthroughs in preparation for his potential visit, according to the sources,\u201d the New York Post reported. \u201cNew York City mayor and diehard Knicks fan Zohran Mamdani also plans to attend Game 3, although he is not expected to sit alongside the president, according to sources. The White House did not immediately respond to comment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fans attending Game 3 may want to brace for some delays.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Jun 5, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA commissioner Adam Silver has offered his thoughts on President Donald Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[7639,64,63,17603,2490,320111,590,2656,1025,1666,10549,85,218316],"class_list":["post-717450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-adam-silver","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-donald-trump","tag-eastern-conference-finals","tag-nba","tag-nba-finals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-wemby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}