{"id":698693,"date":"2026-06-12T00:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/698693\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:16:10","slug":"mariska-hargitay-on-being-courtside-for-knicks-game-4-win-honored-and-grateful-to-say-i-was-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/698693\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariska Hargitay on Being Courtside for Knicks Game 4 Win: \u2018Honored\u2019 and \u2018Grateful\u2019 to Say \u2018I Was There\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mariska Hargitay arrived at Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks<\/a> and Spurs<\/a> on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden after matinee and evening performances of \u201cEvery Brilliant Thing\u201d at the nearby Hudson Theatre.<\/p>\n

At first, she was spotted wearing a black shirt, but quickly changed into a customized orange and blue t-shirt emblazoned with \u201cStevie Knicks,\u201d an apparent gift from Taylor Swift, who wore a matching T-shirt along with Alana and Este Haim.<\/p>\n

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A regular at Knicks games, Hargitay was seen celebrating the team\u2019s turnaround win and hugging Swift as well as player Jalen Brunson<\/a>. \u201cI want everyone to throw out every book on leadership they have and replace it with a photo of Jalen,\u201d Hargitay told me in an exclusive statement Thursday. \u201cWe have so much to learn from his brand of strength. And it\u2019s not just his own strength, his whole family\u2019s heart beats inside him when he plays.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I feel so lucky, so honored, so grateful, that in the future when people talk about that game, which they will forever and ever, I get to say \u2018I was there,\u2019\u201d she continued. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how much I love and respect and cherish this Knicks team!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Game 5 of the NBA finals takes place on June 13 at 5:30 p.m. PT\/8:30 p.m. ET. It will broadcast live from the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio<\/a> on ABC.<\/p>\n

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Other bold-faced names at Game 4 included NYC staples like\u00a0Spike Lee<\/a>,\u00a0Larry David<\/a>,\u00a0Adam Sandler<\/a>, Jerry Seinfeld,\u00a0David Zaslav<\/a>, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Kyle Jenner, Ben Stiller<\/a>, Chris Rock, John McEnroe and Tracy Morgan.<\/p>\n

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