{"id":260338,"date":"2026-06-09T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/260338\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:03:09","slug":"trump-courts-boos-at-historic-new-york-nba-finals-appearance-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/260338\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump courts boos at historic New York NBA Finals appearance | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Donald Trump\u2019s appearance courtside at Madison Square Garden was supposed to be a historic moment, as, for the first time, a sitting president of the United States was attending an NBA Finals game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Instead, his arrival became part of the story, drawing boos from sections of the crowd and triggering a massive security operation that reshaped the atmosphere around the storied New York arena on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Trump watched from an executive suite as the New York Knicks hosted the San Antonio Spurs in a series that gripped the city and revived memories of the Knicks\u2019 glory years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When his image flashed up on the big screen during the national anthem, many fans jeered, underlining how sharply divided the country remains even in a space usually reserved for shared celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Outside, Manhattan\u2019s streets were locked down. Metal fencing, airport-style screening and a heavy Secret Service and police presence kept ticketless fans blocks away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Long queues formed as supporters queued early, while others gathered at public viewing areas across the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Inside, however, the spectacle went on. Hollywood actors, musicians, former players and New York fixtures filled the front rows, turning the event into a star-studded night out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Between the celebrity sightings, the political undertones and a tense 115-111 Spurs win, this was a New York basketball night unlike any other \u2013 on and off the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026 Donald Trump\u2019s appearance courtside at Madison Square Garden was supposed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4567,153,10370,9,11,10,12,4875,2272],"class_list":["post-260338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-basketball","tag-donald-trump","tag-gallery","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}