Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni teamed up to cheer on the New York Knicks at Monday night’s game.
The “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” co-stars sat courtside together during the San Antonio Spurs’ victory over the New York-based team in Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.
The 62-year-old actress showed her support for the team by wearing a Knicks jersey over a long-sleeved white shirt.
She completed her look with white eyelet pants and tennis shoes, while Meloni teamed her Knicks pullover with jeans and sneakers.
Hargitay and Meloni, 65, were spotted hugging each other on the jumbotron before the Texans defeated the Knicks 115-111.
At another point during the match, the Golden Globe winner stood with both hands raised in an excited fist pump.
Hargitay appeared on the Today show a few hours ago and gushed about his love for professional basketball teams, especially point guard Jalen Brunson.
“I love him,” she told viewers on Monday. “He’s a very unique and wonderful person. He’s a wonderful human being.”
The Emmy winner remembered the 29-year-old athlete while preparing for her role in Broadway’s “Every Brilliant Thing.”
“I just thought about him, his inspiration, his humility and his work ethic of, ‘You can do hard things, no matter what, you can do hard things,'” Hargitay explained.
She texted Brunson, especially after the Knicks beat the Spurs in Game 1 last week, he revealed on NBA Today.
Hargitay and Meloni are longtime Knicks fans who previously made headlines for attending a game together in April 2025.
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The two have been co-starring on “Law & Order: SVU” since 1999. Meloni left the show in 2011, but returned for multiple episodes.
The Emmy nominee went on to cast his beloved character in the “Law & Order: Organized Crime” spinoff, which was recently canceled after five seasons.
He and Hargitay’s characters once filmed a kissing scene, but creator Dick Wolf cut it, but cast members “disapproved” of this choice.
“We thought that was what we got, and the way it was handled was really complex, very beautiful, and very human, showing the complexity of their relationship and all the different ways they bond,” Hargitay told The Hollywood Reporter in April.
She and Meloni are married off-screen to actor Peter Herman and production designer Sherman Williams, respectively.
