{"id":1410,"date":"2026-06-09T04:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2026-06-09T04:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:07:31","slug":"donald-trump-booed-by-the-crowd-during-the-anthem-prior-to-game-3-of-the-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1410","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump booed by the crowd during the anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1408\">6.1 magnitude earthquake confirmed off coast of Cuba, reports of shaking felt across Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump was shown for several seconds giving a military salute. The boos ended when the U.S. flag followed him on the screens, and fans cheered when New York Knicks players were shown. Mentions of the San Antonio Spurs also elicited loud boos.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is watching from Knicks owner James Dolan\u2019s suite, along with granddaughter Kai, personal adviser Boris Epshteyn and Cabinet secretaries Lee Zeldin, Sean Duffy and Doug Burgum. He is the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Marine One helicopter flew from his home in New Jersey and landed near Wall Street before his motorcade made its way up through Manhattan and to the arena roughly an hour before tipoff. He encountered a handful of people making rude gestures, and outside the area, one group held signs saying \u201cTrump must go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He settled into Dolan&#8217;s suite shortly afterward.<\/p>\n<p>During the afternoon before Trump&#8217;s arrival, the New York Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service set up a large perimeter surrounding Madison Square Garden. Fans lined up to get inside the arena more than four hours before tipoff, in a scene more closely resembling New Year\u2019s Eve in Times Square than the usual leadup to a basketball game.<\/p>\n<p>They were required to provide a ticket or pass to get past various checkpoints, along with going through a Transportation Security Administration-style magnetometer. Secret Service personnel and police were positioned at every corner and in large numbers. Daily commuters, tourists visiting Manhattan and fans were all confounded at various times as they tried to maneuver the security.<\/p>\n<p><b>New Yorkers forced to adjust<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After traveling from his new home in Florida for the game, Knicks fan Greg Weldon said the main inconvenience faced so far has been the lack of information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve asked so many cops, secret service, guys with machine guns, what to do, where should we go,\u201d he said. \u201cNobody knows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knicks coach Mike Brown and Spurs counterpart Mitch Johnson downplayed any concept of being inconvenienced by the closures and enhanced security because of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on, and I\u2019d much rather be a part of it than not,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>With security stepped up, a watch party outside was canceled, and ticket-holders were not allowed to bring bags inside the Garden. Fans had gathered near the arena to watch games during this playoff run, during which the Knicks have won 13 games in a row to reach the final for the first time since 1999 and move two victories from their first NBA title since 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1406\">Excitement builds in New York as Knicks take 2-0 lead into Game 3 of NBA Finals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to bringing back watch parties for Game 4,\u201d Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference Monday. &#8220;But I think New Yorkers are used to presidents coming to town, and they understand that that generally means lockdowns of areas and that\u2019s what you\u2019re going to see tonight at the Garden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><b>President Trump confirms NBA Finals appearance, shrugs off $8,000 ticket prices<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Incidents heighten attention to Trump&#8217;s security<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the latest major sporting event Trump has attended during his time as president, and the security measures have created major hassles for fans.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of fans missed the start of last year\u2019s U.S. Open men\u2019s singles final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner because of lengthy security lines. Even though the U.S. Tennis Association pushed back the start of the match by a half-hour, many fans still couldn\u2019t get in because added measures meant that they had to go through screening not only when they arrived at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center but again in front of the steps into Arthur Ashe Stadium, where Trump watched from a suite.<\/p>\n<p>Federal law enforcement officials have been reexamining Trump\u2019s security in light of three incidents in the past two years: a shooting at a 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania; the discovery of a man armed with a rifle as Trump played golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, later that year; and the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Asked Sunday his thoughts on Trump attending, Knicks center Mitchell Robinson said: \u201cCool, I guess. We can still get out there and play (no matter) who\u2019s here and who\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other dignitaries were also at the game.<\/p>\n<p>It was already hard enough for Knicks fans to get inside Madison Square Garden because of astronomical ticket prices. The get-in price for a ticket is higher than the average cost of monthly rent in New York, surging over $5,000. The best seats are tens of thousands of dollars. Mamdani said he bought his ticket, which he said was standing-room-only, for about $1,000 directly from Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>The difficulty of seeing the game in-person has prompted fans to crowd bars, streets and watch parties all over the city. The watch party near the Garden has become a major event all through the playoffs, but with Trump attending, that event was moved a few blocks away outside the security perimeter, at Bryant Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe improvise,\u201d said Knicks guard Jose Alvarado, who is a New York native. &#8220;We&#8217;re New Yorkers. We\u2019re going to find a way to watch a game, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1404\">Anonymous donation helps ALS patients in Arizona access wheelchair-accessible vehicles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donald Trump booed by the crowd during the anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals - 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