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Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs stand before the Knicks’ first NBA title since the 1973 season after San Antonio’s 111-103 Game 7 win Saturday at the Thunder dethroned reigning-champion Oklahoma City in the Western Conference Finals, setting the stage for a matchup that has New York laser-focused as prep begins for Wednesday’s opener.
“They’re a special team,” Miles McBride said. “Obviously, they have a Defensive Player of the Year — obviously, a great organization — and they’ve got a lot of great young guys. So, we’re just excited for this matchup.”
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While the Knicks exude confidence with 11 straight playoff wins and two postseason series sweeps en route to winning the Eastern Conference, the Spurs are on a run of their own after they rallied from 3-2 and won the best-of-seven set with OKC and back-to-back NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
“It’s going to be tough,” Mike Brown said. “They’re well-coached. They have an, obviously, tremendous player in Wemby. They’re quote-unquote young, to a certain degree, but they have some really good veterans on the team that kind of uplift the young guys and give the young guys a lot of guidance. So, they’ve got a nice mix of players on their team and they’re a team that comes out really aggressive and hits first, their crowd is into it and we’ve just have to go make sure we try to match or exceed their physicality to start the ballgame while leaning on our standards.
“The group has been resilient the whole year and we’ve got to keep sacrificing, we’ve got to keep playing with a competitive edge, we’ve got to stay connected, got to keep believing in each other and what we’re trying to do out on the floor and if somebody’s slipping in this area, that area, we’ve got to make sure that we help get them back on track by holding them accountable. So, all those things are going to come into play, playing a talented, well-coached team like the Spurs.”
The 7-foot-4 Wembanyama jumps off the page as the 2026 NBA Defensive Player of the Year and Western Conference Finals MVP, and New York’s focus figures to start there, but the Knicks are not sleeping on the depth and…
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