Officials from the Garden issued a statement after the verdicts.

“We believe that the jury’s decision was incorrect and plan to vigorously appeal the verdict,” the statement said. “We look forward to presenting our arguments to an appeals court and believe they will agree that no sexual harassment took place and that Madison Square Garden acted properly.

“The normal operations of M.S.G. and the New York Knicks will continue unabated, and we will have no further comments until the appeals process has concluded.”

After the punitive damages were announced, Ms. Browne Sanders appeared outside the courtroom and said the decision was important not just for herself, but also for “the women who don’t have the means and couldn’t possibly have done what I was able to do” and for “everybody that cares about working in a civil work environment.”

Image Isiah Thomas outside federal court in Manhattan after the verdict. Credit... John Marshall Mantel/Associated Press

Today’s verdicts are the latest embarrassment for the Knicks, who have floundered in recent years. The team has had six head coaches since 2001, has only made the playoffs once in that time, and has signed numerous expensive players who have flopped.

During the trial, testimony by witnesses made the inner workings of the Garden appear dysfunctional, hostile and lewd. The Knick’s star guard, Stephon Marbury, testified that he had sex with a team intern in his truck after a group outing to a strip club in 2005.

Late Monday afternoon, the jury passed a note to United States District Court Judge Gerard E. Lynch, saying they had decided on eight of the points, but could not reach agreement on the final point — whether Mr. Thomas should pay damages to Ms. Browne Sanders.