GOP gov hopeful Bruce Blakeman will join Trump to cheer Knicks at MSG for NBA Finals Game 3

Bigtime Bruce scored a plum seat for the Knicks game.GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman revealed Sunday that he’ll join President Trump in cheering the Knicks during the NBA Finals’ Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.The Nassau County executive confirmed he’ll be in Trump’s box for Monday’s game after a planned face-to-face meeting with the president.“We’ll be talking about a lot of things, but number one, we’ll be talking about Jalen Brunson, Karl Anthony Towns, Josh Hart,” Blakeman said at the 2026 Belmont Stakes, rattling off Knicks players.The Knicks’ first NBA Finals home game in 27 years has drawn New Yorkers of all political persuasions together in a rare display of unity for these fractious times.Trump’s socialist texting buddy Mayor Zohran Mamdani also plans to attend the game, albeit in likely less glamorous seats.Hizzoner, who quietly went to an Eastern Conference Finals game last month with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, said he’s paying for his own ticket to watch the Knicks battle the San Antonio Spurs.Tickets have been going for a whopping $7,000.Mamdani’s ally Hasan Piker, a far-left influencer, is also planning to attend.Trump, for his part, is attending as a guest of Knicks owner James Dolan.He’ll be the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game — and security at the Garden is expected to be tight.But Trump is no stranger to Knicks games as a born-and-raised New Yorker and his pre-presidency life as a tabloid fixture, often sitting courtside with other celebrities such as M*A*S*H actor Elliott Gould.Blakeman has highlighted his close relationship with Trump as he seeks to block Democratic Gov.

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