From @TheAthletic: The first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game, President Trump was booed louder than the San Antonio Spurs by his fellow New Yorkers. https://t.co/LWQ3Jy4NlJ
Loud USA chants, boos when they put the camera on the only person with a spotlight on them, and then loud cheers when the scoreboard switches to Knicks.
The spirit, energy and vitality of NYC has developed into a main character during the Knicks' storybook run.
Fans have brought it to every road game. Atlanta, then Philadelphia and Cleveland, and finally to San Antonio.
Yet, the area in/around MSG has been the visceral epicenter of that enthusiasm, the primary power source, the beating heart of this magical playoff run.
Which is why it's so frustrating that, on the night die-hard Knicks fans have waited decades for, that space will be locked down and stripped of the very energy that made it special in the first place… all to accommodate one man.