The Knicks Stopped Moving And Died (opens in new tab)

Despite plenty of cause to fear that the NBA Finals would be derailed by Donald Trump's attendance and the resultant security apparatus that turned Madison Square Garden into a cage within a cage within a cage, Knicks fans showed up early Monday night, packed the house, , and watched their team lose a frustrating Game 3, 115-111. So much of the story of Game 3 concerns the various, overlapping off-court spectacles framing the game—the chirring that's emanated from a New York City totally entr...