CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten on Monday argued ahead of the New York Knicks-San Antonio Spurs NBA Finals outcome that President Donald Trump should not have attended, as he had also been at a 2006 New York Mets game — only for the baseball team to lose.The Knicks were on a historic 13-game playoffs winning streak and had galvanized the city into raucous anticipation for Game 3 of the finals Monday, only for the Spurs to win in an 115-111 upset some fans are blaming on Trump and his controversial attendance.“I would argue, during my lifetime, the best chance the Mets ever had to win a World Series was in 2006,” said Enten. “They ran through that regular season, they had a very big Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS, Carlos Beltrán was at the plate at the bottom of the ninth inning.”He continued, “And what happens? Carlos Beltrán takes a called strike three. Mets lose. And what is the photo? Who’s in the background of that photo? No other than Donald John Trump, looking down in maybe the exact same suit he is wearing tonight.”Enten noted at the time that Knicks fans would hold a potential loss against Trump “forever.”No sitting president has ever attended an NBA Finals game, and Trump — whose approval ratings were already dire — was booed heavily Monday when his motorcade arrived and during his appearance on the MSG jumbotron right before the game.Enten on Monday walked down memory lane a bit, noting he was “a big New York Mets” fan in his childhood as a “born and bred New Yorker.” He recalled the baseball team losing in 2006 to the St. Louis Cardinals, who ultimately went on to win the World Series that year.While Trump hails from Queens just like the Mets, even his ex-White House communications director chimed in Monday to urge him not to attend the NBA game. Alyssa Farah Griffin, now a co-host on “The View,” echoed widespread warnings on CNN that it would be a distraction.“From a political standpoint, I would have advised him against this, because the Knicks are on this incredible winning streak,” she said. “If he loses tonight, everyone is going to blame him. They’re going to say, ‘He jinxed it. He cursed it. His presence was a distraction.’”The Knicks can still win the title and are set to play the Spurs again on Friday in Game 4.