Gov. Kathy Hochul tried to throw some shade at President Trump over his New York Knicks fandom — but totally threw up a brick instead. The Democratic governor got totally self-owned Wednesday when a reporter asked her what she thought of the president saying he was a lifelong Knicks fan and inadvertently appeared to show she wasn’t exactly bleeding orange and blue by misstating their last championship run.

Ducking quite the layup, the mayor played it straight when asked if the president could be "bad luck" for New York's team during the NBA finals.

Former Knicks player Bill Bradley joins MS NOW's Ari Melber ahead of Game 2 of the NBA finals. (The Beat's YouTube: <a href="https://ms.now/ari)">https://ms.now/ari)</a>

From exploding ticket prices to record valuation to booming merch sales, the Knicks are raking it in. Here’s a full accounting. The moment the New York Knicks clinched their 2026 NBA Finals berth, their first in 27 years,

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson provided one of the top highlights of this year's playoffs when he delivered a poster dunk on Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid in New York's 108-94 road win in Game 3 of its Eastern Conference semifinal series.