This friendship is a slam dunk.
Jalen Bruson confesses he looks for “Law & Order: SVU” actress Mariska Hargitay at every New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.
Point Guard, 29, Reveled on “The Richard Jefferson Show” Called him his “number 1”.
“Love her to death (and) she knows it,” he said. Added to revived episode Ahead of Wednesday’s Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals, where the Knicks will once again face the San Antonio Spurs.
He then named Knicks celeb line-up headliners Ben Stiller, Spike Lee and Tracy Morgan as some of his other favorite viewers.
There’s mutual love between Brunson and Hargitay as the 62-year-old Emmy winner gushed about being Brunson’s “good luck charm.” During Monday’s episode of “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle.”
Before participating in Game 3 With former “SVU” co-star Christopher Meloni, Hargitay said of the Knicks player, “I love him.”
He also admitted that he used Brunson as his “inspiration” while preparing for his Broadway debut in the one-person show “Every Brilliant Thing”.
“I just thought about him and his motivation and his humility and his work ethic, to say, ‘You can work hard. No matter what, you can work hard,'” she explained.
Calling her “so eccentric”, Hargitay said Brunson is “a fantastic human being” who promised to watch her play.
moreover, During an appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” in June 2025 He told how their friendship blossomed.
Seth Meyers spoke on the topic, saying, “Ben Stiller – who’s a fan and who has great seats like you – said all the celebrities are jealous because Jalen Brunson only hugs you after games.”
“And that was a choice made by Jalen Brunson,” he said. “You didn’t storm the court and hug him! So how did you get your first hug with Jalen after the game?”
Hargitay then explained, “I think Jalen has kind of grown up on ‘SVU’ in a way… I think he’s felt, as many people do, the intimacy and security that growing up on ‘SVU’ feels like.”
In fact, Brunson has previously admitted that “SVU” is “a pregame show” for him.
“I’ve always loved that show,” he said, noting that he had “never been super starstruck” until meeting Hargitay in person. “I looked at him, I was like ‘Oh s–t.'” When we first met he was amazing. We talked and everything,” he said Stiller told on the “Roommates Show” podcast.
Since then, the unlikely pair has been supporting each other on and off the court.
Brunson and his wife, Alison Marks, attend the premiere of Hargitay’s film “My Mom Janine” at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival.
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