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NBA Finals Game Three turned into a wild spectacle outside Bryant Park, with fans throwing bottles at cops, deploying pepper spray, and even climbing parked cars chanting “We want Wemby!” Chaos escalated further with reports of Spurs gear being set on fire and fans chasing down rivals down the street. Earlier this week, seventeen arrests already occurred after a Friday night game for climbing light poles and refusing to leave Madison Square Garden — this latest incident saw twenty-one arrests, eight charged, thirteen summoned. Amid Mayor Mamdani’s plea for responsible celebration and condemnation of violence against officers, young fans shook bus signs into weapons and scaled barricade trucks, exposing a breakdown in crowd control despite NYPD in riot gear. And with President Trump in attendance at Madison Square Garden, the scene became even more charged — turning a basketball game into a national spectacle of disorder.

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