New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence, including a shooting in Times Square.

It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence

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The football match kicks off approximately three hours before the Knicks game

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Invited by Knicks owner James Dolan, he will be the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game.