The bickering began when plans for a watch party outside Madison Square Garden, a now-common sight during the Knicks' playoff run, were scrapped ahead of Wednesday night's game.The NYPD said there was no watch party allowed for Game 3 due to President Donald Trump's appearance.Well, Dolan decided to cancel Game 4's watch party, which was slated for 1,000 ticketed fans, because "we're about millions of people."ZERO BS.
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DOWNLOAD NOW!James Dolan and Zohran Mamdani were at odds at one another ahead of Game 4 of the NBA Finals (Elsa; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)"He gave us the gift of allowing us to screen 999 people and tell 20,000 no… Our hope was that the mayor and the commissioner would change their minds and then we’d put the screens up," Dolan told WFAN in a rare interview on Wednesday."This is about celebrating the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, at the Mecca of basketball.This is what the mayor’s office and the commissioner’s office is trying to kill, they don’t want the celebration."However, at around 5 p.m.
ET, Mamdani took to X to say that MSG had actually requested the permit for 500-999 fans, and Dolan "decided to cancel the watch party."New York Knicks fans climb on an ice cream truck and scaffolding outside of a watch party at Bryant Park for Game 3 of the NBA Finals between New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs on June 8, 2026 in New York City.(Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images) (Adam Gray/Getty Images)KNICKS STAR KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS REJECTS MIKE BROWN'S OFFICIATING CRITICISM: 'WE DIDN'T EXECUTE'Roughly an hour before Game 4's tip, MSG went scorched earth on Mamdani again."Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks declined to use the permit that was granted by Mayor Mamdani's office due to the fact that only 1,000 people would be allowed into the area and they would need to be ticketed, leaving the tens of thousands of people who want to come to The Garden to celebrate the Knicks out in the...