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SAN ANTONIO — The day before a highly anticipated NBA Finals, both the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs met with the media. Here are a few highlights of what was said.
Spurs’ Dylan Harper on family members requesting tickets when the series moves close to his home in New York:
“As much as they say those tickets are going to be there, there ain’t going to be a lot of tickets going out.”
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Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama on hangover from Western Conference Finals Game 7:
“Coming back down from this is a challenge. It’s not done yet. We still need to really come back down to earth and realize we haven’t done the hardest yet. The job isn’t done at all. So we still got about, I don’t know, what time is it, like 30-plus hours to recenter.”
Spurs’ Stephon Castle on that Game 7 win:
“I mean, honestly, I think it was a feel-good win for us. Playing the defending champs on the road in a Game 7 like that, it’s hard to flush that out of the back of your mind, especially when you’re the team that came out on top. We have a balance where we understand we can’t get complacent or satisfied with that. We still have a job.”
Knicks’ Jalen Brunson on Wembanyama:
“Watching him as a player, it’s pretty unbelievable. Things he’s able to do on both sides of the ball include people have never really seen before, for a person of his size. It’s incredible to watch from a player’s perspective.”
Knicks’ Landry Shamet on Karl Anthony-Towns:
“I think he’s lived through a number of different seasons within the season this year, where we’ve asked him to do some different things… KAT has been kind of coming into that role. When we got into the Playoffs, he’s been a fantastic facilitator, playmaker at the top of the floor for us. Been really aggressive offensively, as well. Been asked to defend at a high level, and he’s done that.
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Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns on what it means to help the Knicks return to the Finals:
“It means a lot for my mother. When she emigrated from [the Dominican Republic] to New York, she saw Madison Square Garden for the first time and saw the energy the city has for Madison Square Garden and the Knicks. My…
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Publish date : 2026-06-02 23:41:00
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