Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni teamed up to cheer on the New York Knicks during Monday night’s game.
The “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” co-stars sat courtside together for the NBA Finals Game 3 at Madison Square Garden as the San Antonio Spurs beat the New York-based team.
The actress, 62, showed her support for the team with a Knicks jersey over a long-sleeve white shirt.
She completed her look with white eyelet pants.
As for Meloni, the 65-year-old actor paired a Knicks pullover with jeans and sneakers.
Before the Texas team beat the Knicks 115 to 111, Hargitay and Meloni were spotted hugging on the Jumbotron.
At another point during the game, the Golden Globe winner stood with her hands raised in excited fists.
Hargitay appeared on the “Today” show hours prior to gush over her love of the professional basketball team — specifically, point guard Jalen Brunson.
“I love him,” she told viewers Monday. “He is so singular, and magnificent. He is a magnificent human.”
The Emmy winner even thought of the athlete, 29, while prepping for her “Every Brilliant Thing” Broadway role.
“I just thought about him and his inspiration and his humility and his work ethic, to say, ‘You can do hard things. No matter what you can do hard things,’” Hargitay explained.
She, notably, texted Brunson after the Knicks emerged victorious against the Spurs in Game 1 last week, he revealed on “NBA Today.”
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