Trump expected to attend Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals Game 3 at Madison Square Garden

After previously banning watch parties due to fan rowdiness, the NYPD reversed course for New York Knicks fans ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

President Donald Trump is expected to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden on June 8, OutKick confirmed through a source familiar with the plans.

The New York Post was first to report the news Wednesday.

That means the president is expected to be in the building for one of the biggest nights in modern Knicks history.

The Knicks steamrolled the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games, setting up a rematch of the 1999 NBA Finals between New York and the San Antonio Spurs. ((Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images))

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The Knicks will host an NBA Finals game for the first time in 27 years after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. New York last reached the Finals in 1999, when it lost to the Tim Duncan-led Spurs in five games.

The team again finds itself up against San Antonio, but this version is led by rising NBA star Victor Wembanyama, the 22-year-old Western Conference Finals MVP.

The president previously said he had been invited to attend a Finals game by several people, including Knicks owner James Dolan.

"I think I’ll be going to one of the games," Trump said last week when asked about the Knicks’ run.

Trump also said he had planned to attend Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals before New York ended the series early with a four-game sweep of Cleveland.

"I was going to go on Wednesday," Trump said. "But they closed it out very quickly. ... Boy, what a team."

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