Emily Ratajkowski with Mystery Man at Knicks Game, Eric Andre Sits Solo

Emily Ratajkowski‘s making Madison Square Garden the setting for her personal little cleaning soap opera — she and Eric Andre hit the Knicks recreation, however not collectively … as a substitute, she was with a thriller dude.

Emily and an obvious new date had been chatting it up courtside Wednesday night time because the Knicks defeated the rival Pacers, 119-113.

The duo was undoubtedly giving first-date vibes, however appeared to have some chemistry … and even arrived collectively exterior the Garden.

Once they had been inside, the soap-esque plot twist grew to become obvious … as Eric was additionally having fun with the sport.

The comic did not publicly make any contact with Emily — with whom he lately went on a date — however did do some celeb hype for the cameras and different Knicks followers.

It appears to be like like he may’ve gotten the higher seats than ER this time round, as a result of he confirmed off his good view.

As we reported, Emily and Eric loved a romantic night collectively in NYC over the weekend, going out for meals, drinks … and presumably plenty of laughs.

Emily’s been tremendous lively on the courting scene since she filed for divorce from estranged husband Sebastian Bear-McClard in September … the 31-year-old mannequin’s been linked to DJ Orazio Rispo, artist Jack Greer and, in fact, Pete Davidson.