By
Bindu Bansinath,
a senior writer who covers news, culture, and relationships.
Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Electric Literature. She was previously an assistant editor at Harper's.
After a 13-game winning streak, the New York Knicks lost 115-111 to the San Antonio Spurs Monday night at Madison Square Garden. The game, which was the third round of the best-of-seven NBA finals, drew in a wide assortment of celebrity attendees, from Timothée Chalamet to Cardi B to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and — to the displeasure of booing crowds — President Donald Trump. The loss cuts the team’s NBA finals lead down to 2-1, but for many fans, the euphoric vibes had already been quashed by the news that Trump would be in attendance, a big to-do that led to mass security, a canceled watch party over safety concerns, and more than hour-long waits to get in the stadium. As Cardi B, who also performed at halftime, put it on Instagram Live last night, the vibes “felt kind of dark.”
