Knicks battle late, but snap playoff winning streak with 115-111 loss to Spurs in Game 3 of NBA Finals

The Knicks were defeated by the Spurs 115-111 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night.

New York’s 13-game playoff winning streak has come to an end, and the series sits at 2-1.

Here are some takeaways…

— MSG was unsurprisingly jumping from the get-go in the first home Finals game since 1999, but it was the Spurs who got off to a strong start. With Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle leading the charge, they were able to make 10 of their first 13 buckets from the field to establish an early double-digit advantage (11).

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Wemby was somehow not called for a foul after shoving Jalen Brunson in the neck in the first.

— New York struggled to get into a groove as a team, but Josh Hart was doing what he could to keep them in the game. Hart came into the night with just three points over the first two games of the series, but he started 3-of-4 from the field to more than double that total.

Hart received a technical foul for retaliating on Luke Kornet following a collision after the whistle.

— The Knicks trailed by 11 after one, but quickly came storming back with as good a quarter as they’ve had all series. Led by OG Anunoby (17) and a suddenly hot Hart (13) they knocked down 14-of-19 shots to put up a franchise finals record 42 points and open up a seven-point lead.

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Jordan Clarkson (5) and Jose Alvarado (4) also stepped up with big minutes off the bench.

— San Antonio came out of the locker room with some fire and they were eventually able to regain the momentum. They trailed for most of a back-and-forth quarter until they were finally able to jump back in front after Brunson picked up his fourth foul of the night with four minutes to go.

New York’s bench stepped up again in the non-Brunson minutes, but they still trailed going to the fourth.

— The Knicks’ offense looked a bit lost with their captain sitting early in the fourth, as they didn’t record a bucket until Mitchell Robinson had a putback just over four minutes into the quarter. New York quickly found themselves in the bonus as well, and the lead was stretched back out to seven.

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— Every time it looked like the Knicks were…

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Publish date : 2026-06-09 03:34:00

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