The team’s playoff run has brought a curious sense of amity to the city.

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Readers discuss Senator John Cornyn’s loss to Ken Paxton in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Also: Investigating E. Jean Carroll; Mets and Knicks; religion and A.I.

New York Knicks fans, still celebrating the team making it to the N.B.A. finals, are confronting high ticket prices for the games at Madison Square Garden.

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President Trump is said to be considering the appearance after his hometown team, the Knicks, clinched a championship spot.

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