AFTER MAKING NBA HISTORY, JALEN BRUNSON HAS ONE SURPRISING DREAM: A GUEST ROLE ON ‘LAW & ORDER: SVU’. K2

Jalen Brunson is ready for his close-up.

The star point guard and captain of the New York Knicks wants to appear on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit after leading his team to a historic victory in the NBA championships.

When asked by reporters what’s next for him after Saturday’s big win, Brunson smiled and offered, in a clip shared by the NBA on Sunday, “Try to go to SVU.”

New York, the city that both Brunson’s team and the police procedural call home, isn’t the only thing that connects them.

The Law & Order spinoff’s series-long star, Mariska Hargitay, has been a loyal New York Knicks fan for years. Hargitay’s fervent support of the team ratcheted up and up as they advanced through the championship against the San Antonio Spurs, as she frequently attended games, one time in customized, Knicks-colored shirts sporting Knicks puns with friends Taylor Swift and the Haim sisters.

After closing a 29-point gap to win Game 4 on Wednesday, Hargitay remarked, “I love my husband, and our wedding night was great and all, but I think it might have been the greatest night of my life.” Her love was so great it even spilled over into her own off-season work, starring in the one-person play Every Brilliant Thing while SVU is between seasons. During Thursday’s performance, Hargitay pulled out a Brunson jersey, causing the audience to erupt in applause.

The love affair between Hargitay and Brunson is hardly one-sided. During the championships, Madison Square Garden’s “Celebrity Row” has been packed with A-listers like Spike Lee, Sydney Sweeney, Ben Stiller, and Martha Stewart. But when asked to pick his favorite Knicks fan on Wednesday, Brunson responded, “My number one, love her to death, she knows it… Mariska Hargitay.”

The two even hugged after Game 4, in a viral clip that showed Hargitay telling Brunson, “I love you so much, I’m so happy.”

The Law & Order franchise is a notoriously guest star-friendly place. Numerous single-episode and multi-episode arc guests have even won Emmys for their performances on the show, from Ellen Burstyn to Cynthia Nixon.

Hargitay’s series, which was created by Dick Wolf, produced by his Wolf Entertainment, and has aired on NBC since its inception in 1999, has even hosted its fair share of athletes as guest stars.

Brunson hasn’t been confirmed as a player on the series’ upcoming 28th season, but he would fit right in alongside Serena Williams, who appeared on a season 5 episode, and Carmelo Anthony, who appeared on a season 13 episode.