President Donald Trump said he is planning on attending an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden next month.

Trump announced his plans Wednesday to reporters at a Cabinet meeting, saying he was invited to attend the Finals by New York Knicks owner James Dolan.

“I think I’ll be going to one of the games,” Trump said. “I was invited by numerous people, and [Dolan], and I think I’ll be going.”

Trump would be the first sitting United States president to attend an NBA Finals game. He has attended multiple high-profile sporting events in recent years, including Super Bowl LIX last year in New Orleans and the College Football Playoff National Championship Game earlier this year in Miami.

The Knicks clinched their spot in the NBA Finals on Monday by winning Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, completing a series sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Trump said he initially was going to attend Game 5 of the Knicks-Cavs series, but New York canceled those plans by winning the series in four games, extending its historic run this postseason.

The Knicks have won 11 straight games, outscoring their opponents by 262 points over that stretch. It’s the most lopsided 11-game span in NBA history, regular season or playoffs.

Only three other teams — the Los Angeles Lakers in 1989 and 2001, and the Golden State Warriors in 2017 — have had postseason winning streaks of at least 11 games entering the NBA Finals.

“I was going to go on Wednesday,” Trump said. “But [the Knicks] closed it out very quickly. … Boy what a team, they won all their games. They have some great players.”

The Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999 and will face either the Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs.

“It’s great to see it,” Trump said. “The Knicks have really suffered for years.”

Game 1 of the NBA Finals will be played June 3 in either Oklahoma City or San Antonio, with Game 2 two days later in the same location. The Knicks will host Game 3 at Madison Square Garden on June 8, with Game 4 set for June 10.

Trump becomes first sitting president to attend NBA Finals game

NEW YORK — Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend the NBA Finals when the New York Knicks hosted the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the championship series at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

Trump arrived before tipoff and mingled with Knicks owner James Dolan, several members of his cabinet, and his granddaughter Kai Trump in a box suite. The suite, which was located at the back of the arena’s lower bowl, was surrounded by protective glass, one of several additional security measures enacted to facilitate his appearance.

Trump, dressed in a dark suit and a red tie, stood and saluted the flag during the national anthem, drawing boos when he was shown briefly on Madison Square Garden’s jumbotron.

Though Trump and high-profile basketball stars such as LeBron James have exchanged social media barbs over the years, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the president was a “genuine Knicks fan” who was “welcome” at the most-anticipated NBA game in New York since the Knicks’ last Finals appearance in 1999.

“What makes sports so special, especially when there’s so much that divides people, is that it’s something we have in common,” Silver told ESPN’s “Inside the NBA” during a pregame interview. “We should look for those things we have in common and build off that.”

Trump’s Marine One helicopter flew from his home in New Jersey and landed near Wall Street before his motorcade made its way up through Manhattan and to the arena roughly an hour before the 8:30 p.m. ET tipoff. He encountered a handful of people making rude gestures, and outside the area, one group held signs saying “Trump must go.”

During the afternoon before Trump’s arrival, the New York Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service set up a large perimeter surrounding Madison Square Garden. The NBA advised fans to arrive at least two hours before the tipoff, and all attendees, including Spurs star Victor Wembanyama, were put through Transportation Security Administration-style security screenings as they entered the building.

Fans, media members and stadium employees were required to provide a ticket or pass to get past various checkpoints, and they were instructed to pass through a magnetometer upon arrival. Secret Service personnel and police were positioned at every corner outside the arena in large numbers.

Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox said Monday that Trump’s presence made it “inconvenient on everybody else,” noting that his team planned to arrive earlier than usual to clear security.

“Yes, there’s some inconvenience to the fans, but looking around at the arena, it’s packed,” Silver said. “People listened, they came early, they got through the extra security, which is necessary. I think we should use sports to create more of a sense of community.”