Selena Gomez makes savage comment at Taylor Swift over basketball game appearance

Fans have been left confused as Selena Gomez appeared to turn on her close friend Taylor Swift as the star celebrated the New York Knicks' win last night.

Swift and a whole host of other celebs were seen at the NBA finals, with the popstar celebrating alongside Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay and Alana and Este Haim.

They were clad in matching t-shirts which read 'Stevie Knicks' as a nod to the team, as well as the Fleetwood Mac star.

They watched a closely fought game between the Knicks and Spurs, with the Knicks scraping a last second comeback and winning by 107-106.

Swift was elated, and was seen celebrating wildly with Hargitay, and pics of the moment were soon plastered all over social media.

But after Swift had already been savaged by a radio commentator, many were surprised to see the comment her longtime friend Gomez's made on an MTV post of the star's celebrations.

Taylor Swift was spotted celebrating at the Knicks game in New York (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

She simply wrote 'lol' on the post of Swift's happiness, and fans were quick to respond.

MTV replied "HELLO???" while one fan just added crying laughing emojis.

"What are you doing here?" wrote another.

"We need you at the Spurs game," pleaded another, while one wrote: "Where are you bestie? Get on that red eye from London with your Spurs jersey, PLEASE."

One confused fan quizzed: "Are you laughing or sending love?"

Fans were unsure how to interpret Selena Gomez's Instagram comment (Instagram)

"Half happy for Taylor, half sad for you," said one fan, as it's reported that Gomez is a fan of the losing team.

"She's just a bitter Spurs fan," added another.

Others defended her, saying it was all in good spirits: "She's joking around because her team lost and the one Taylor rooted for won."

"Me and my friends when we're rooting for two different teams," joked another.

Asking the big question ahead of Swift's upcoming nuptials to Travis Kelce, writing: "Omg Selena are you the maid of honour? BE HONEST"

One fan demanded: "Honest question, when did TAYLOR become a Knicks fan?"

Swift and Gomez have been friends for a long time (Photo by Christopher Polk/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images)

Seeing as Gomez and Swift are such good friends, it does seem like it was just spirited commenting and teasing about rival teams.

Other A-listers in attendance on the so-called 'celebrity row' next to the court, included Hailey Bieber, Timothée Chalamet, Kylie Jenner, and Ben Stiller.

In a now-deleted story, Gomez also wrote: "Mad respect for the game!! Congrats to the peeps that represent! What a comeback. So funny how some are all the sudden fans though lol," which some people have taken as another hit at Swift, or Bieber, who (as we all know) is married Gomez's ex Justin Bieber.

One Redditor took her 'sudden fans' comment as Hailey being 'shady' towards Bieber.

One added: "Even if that wasn't meant for Hailey, what's wrong with being excited by basketball, avid fan or not? Is there a rule nobody can like anything suddenly???"

Tyla has contacted Selena Gomez's representatives for comment.