Knicks, Spurs players react as President Trump's Game 3 visit to MSG brings tighter security

Madison Square Garden is not playing astir with President Donald Trump's attendance astatine Game 3.

Security has been amped up, and it's rubbing immoderate players the incorrect mode arsenic the arena braces for its highest-profile impermanent yet.

Even NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has expressed appreciation for Trump's attendance, acknowledging it is simply a bona fide ratings boost.

U.S. President Donald Trump during an enforcement bid signing successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Players specified arsenic Spurs defender De'Aaron Fox and Knicks guardant OG Anunoby don't dependable astir arsenic excited.

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Fox shared up of Game 3 successful New York City that the heightened information astatine MSG has go thing of a nuisance.

"I deliberation the president being present conscionable makes it inconvenient connected everybody else," Fox said Monday. "We got, obviously, much security. We gotta nonstop worldly early. I deliberation our buses are a small earlier."

"We’re getting screened similar it’s TSA," Fox added. "It’s a small inconvenient for the radical that got to play, but it is what it is."

Fans attending Game 3 volition besides acquisition further information screenings owed to Trump's appearance.

Meanwhile, with Trump acceptable to observe his 80th day aboriginal this week, Anunoby was asked astir the president's expected quality astatine Game 3.

"He’ll conscionable beryllium determination watching the game. We’re going to spell arsenic usual, play our game, effort to triumph the game," Anunoby said matter-of-factly.

Given however polarizing Trump remains, attraction rapidly turned to which NBA players mightiness publically enactment his attendance. Others person argued that the president's beingness should beryllium treated arsenic an honor.

Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama besides became a taxable of treatment aft lasting with his arms folded during the nationalist anthem earlier Game 1. Trump, however, had nary disapproval erstwhile asked astir the moment.

San Antonio Spurs guardant Victor Wembanyama and defender De'aaron Fox respond aft a foul telephone during the 2nd fractional of Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks successful San Antonio connected June 5, 2026. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)

"Wemby’s a large player," Trump said. "I say, ‘How bash you defender this guy?’"

While Hart has not publically commented connected Trump's attendance, Knicks defender Josh Hart is among the much outspoken players participating successful the Finals. Hart posted a tweet astir Trump successful November 2020 that read, "YESSIR!!!! GET TRUMP'S DUMBA** OUT THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!!!"

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The Knicks participate Game 3 with a 2-0 bid lead, and past is firmly connected their side: teams that instrumentality a 2-0 pb successful the NBA Finals spell connected to triumph the title astir 87% of the time.

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