New York ? New York Knicks owner James Dolan promised U.N. ambassadors tickets to every game if the team won Tuesday night.

So much for that.

With Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and several VIP diplomats on hand, the Knicks went down to their seventh straight loss. As kind of a bonus, the dignitaries got to see what a New York crowd can be like when it turns on the home team.

Fans at the Garden booed relentlessly throughout the game and chanted for coach Isiah Thomas to be fired.

Despite the scene, it was a night for new and old members of the U.N. Security Council and top U.N. officials to forget about global conflicts and crises and watch cheerleaders, a dance contest and some great plays by the Golden State Warriors.

“The important thing is to have a good time,” said Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who kept up a tradition started by his predecessor, John Bolton, by inviting the envoys to Madison Square Garden for a rare night off the diplomatic circuit.

They didn’t take the night off from being diplomatic, though.

“Of course, we’re neutral, but given the offer we got, we favor the Knicks right now,” Khalilzad said at the start of the game. “Maybe our presence will help them, cheer them on, motivate them, energize them!”

Or not. The Warriors won by a lopsided score of 108-82.

Ban, who was excited at attending his first sports event at the Garden, said after the game: “I’m sorry that the New York Knicks lost.”

The Knicks have been embroiled in a series of dramas. Thomas was involved in a sexual harassment trial over the summer, then star guard Stephon Marbury was benched and skipped a game last week.

Before Tuesday night’s game, Dolan said Marbury would be in the starting lineup, adding: “Even the Knicks have to practice a little diplomacy inside their own organization to get everybody going.”