Kathy Hochul doesn’t believe President Donald Trump is a true fan of the New York Knicks.The New York governor posed a trivia question to the president on Wednesday after Trump, who has said he follows the team, revealed plans to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden.“I’d ask him to name the starting lineup of the 1993 championship team and see how he does,” Hochul said.There was only one problem: The question cast doubt on her own knowledge of the team, as the Knicks didn’t win the NBA championship in 1993.The last time New York celebrated a basketball championship was actually 1973. That year, Willis Reed won Finals MVP, leading the Knicks to a 4-1 series win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Reed averaged 16.4 points and 9.2 rebounds in that series.The 1993 NBA Finals featured the Chicago Bulls, who beat the Phoenix Suns to complete the first of their two three-peats during the Michael Jordan era. The Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals that season. In 1993-94, New York broke through a Jordan-less Eastern Conference to make the finals. However, that group, led by Patrick Ewing and John Starks, fell to the Houston Rockets in seven games.
A post on the New York governor’s press X account offered what might have been a tongue-in-cheek response to Hochul’s gaffe.“She was baiting Trump into pretending that team won the Finals,” the post read. “A classic 4D chess move.”
