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SAN ANTONIO — All season long, there has been a cloud darkening the skies over the LA Clippers and the NBA, an investigation into owner Steve Ballmer and the organization allegedly using former team sponsor Aspiration to funnel money to Kawhi Leonard outside of his contract. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sounds ready for that investigation to be over. That investigation …

For the next month before the 2026 NBA Draft, we’ll take an in-depth look at different prospects here at Liberty Ballers and try to figure out which players would be the best fit for the Sixers at No. 22. Next up in this series is Iowa State’s Joshua Jefferson. After spending two years at St. Mary’s, Jefferson transferred to Iowa State. With the …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The San Antonio Spurs are in a tough spot when it comes to how Victor Wembanyama should defend the New York Knicks in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Advertisement In the series opener, the lanky Wembanyama was effective defending outside shooters but …

SAN ANTONIO — The NBA has banned for life the fan who ran on the court in the third quarter of Game 1 of the Finals to apparently take a selfie with Victor Wembanyama, as well as that person’s accomplice, the league has said (the Associated Press was first with the story). The fan who ran onto the court also …

The fan who disrupted Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals by running onto the court to take a selfie with San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has been arrested and banned for life from attending NBA games, the league announced. The NBA also said a second individual involved in the incident had also been banned from attending NBA games …

Monday will mark 9,851 days between NBA Finals games hosted by the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. When it is time for Game 3, the series against the San Antonio Spurs could be split 1-1 or see the Knicks up 2-0 following their 105-95 win in Game 1. The excitement in New York City for this Knicks playoff …

SAN ANTONIO – The NBA’s defending champions required five regular season games and seven Western Conference Finals bashfests to suss out San Antonio’s Spurs, failed. The Knicks needed but three quarters. Another dynamite fourth quarter from Knick hero Jalen Brunson gave New York its first Finals lead in a over a half-century on Wednesday night, toppling San Antonio 105-95 in …

Caleb Wilson has been a busy guy over the last month, to say the least. One recent stop that he made was to NBA Today, where he was asked about the NBA Draft, and whether or not he felt like he should be drafted #1 overall. Here is what the now former Tar Heel had to say: ”I definitely do. …

As noted, New York Knicks superfan Spike Lee said in one of the Nike commercials he directed in 1988, starring Michael Jordan, “it’s gotta be the shoes.” Even Mars Blackmon, who was played by Lee in the spot, has to admit that Knicks guard Jalen Brunson changing his sneakers at halftime worked wonders in the second half of Game 1 …

The list of celebrities expected at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Madison Square Garden just got a lot more interesting. President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend Game 3 in Manhattan next Monday, reports Joe Varden at The Athletic. Barring a schedule change, Trump plans to attend the Knicks’ first home NBA Finals game in 27 years. Advertisement …

It took a full team effort for the Knicks to take a 1-0 lead in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Jalen Brunson came on late with 31 points in New York’s 105-95 Game 1 win. Karl-Anthony Towns was sublime with 18 points, 15 rebounds and six assists. Josh Hart did a little bit of everything. OG Anunoby …

The New York Knicks took the 1-0 lead in the 2026 NBA Finals after a 105-95 Game 1 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, June 3, at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. The Knicks are three wins away from capturing their first NBA championship in 53 years. Jalen Brunson was the driving force for the Knicks, scoring …

One of the New York Knicks’ biggest supporters won’t be in the stands when the team returns home. Former Knicks forward Charles Oakley remains banned from Madison Square Garden despite pleas from both Michael Jordan and Adam Silver, according to NBA reporter Rachel Nichols. Prior to Game 1 of the Finals, which the Knicks won 105-95, Silver revealed he and …

The New York Knicks overcame a 14-point third-quarter deficit to snatch a 105-95 victory at the San Antonio Spurs in the opening game of the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 13 of his 30 points in the final quarter as the Knicks scored 11 points without reply to surge clear in the final two minutes. Advertisement With their 12th win …

SAN ANTONIO – A few notes after the Knicks’ win over the Spurs in Game 1 of the NBA Finals… KAT-A-LYST Victor Wembanyama didn’t leave the court on Wednesday with any overt concerns about himself or his team. Advertisement “I’m not worried (in) the slightest,” he said after the Knicks’ come-from-behind win in Game 1. It almost sounded like Wembanyama …

SAN ANTONIO — Midway through the third quarter Wednesday night, the New York Knicks found themselves in a position they haven’t been in much over this past magical month: staring up at an opponent on the scoreboard, thanks to an inability to consistently generate good looks. Trailing by 13, Jalen Brunson got what might’ve been his cleanest look of the …

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The NBA’s hopes of starting a new independent league in Europe by the end of 2027 are on schedule, Commissioner Adam Silver said before the start of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night. That plan — a joint effort involving the NBA and FIBA, the sport’s global governing body — has been in the works for …

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The San Antonio Spurs are back in the NBA Finals. It may not seem like it, but it’s been over a decade since their last Finals appearance in 2014. Back then, the team looked a lot different. Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili were the names to know. Now, it’s young guns like Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper, …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Basketball bettors can party like it’s 1999 when the New York Knicks collide with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. Advertisement Game 1 finally gets going Wednesday night in Texas, and if everything is bigger in the Lone Star State, then …

Still looking for tickets to the NBA Finals? The New York Knicks are making available two of the best seats in the house — right by the likes of Ben Stiller and Spike Lee — to the highest bidder. The Knicks are auctioning two celebrity row seats for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, when the NBA Finals return to …

For many reasons, it’s hard to think of many better NBA Finals pairings than the Knicks versus Spurs one we’re about to be treated to. The Spurs feature a generational talent in Victor Wembanyama, who might already be the best all-around player in the NBA. He’s paired with a roster chock full of exciting, young players like Stephon Castle, Dylan …

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is trying to help out the New York Knicks. It seems unlikely to work. Mamdani extended an invitation to San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama on Wednesday to attend his Commission on Government Efficiency Hearing from 5 to 8 p.m. ET on June 10. That happens to be the night of Game 4 of …

The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals, taking on the San Antonio Spurs for the first time in 27 years. With the game inching closer, we spoke with Pounding the Rock contributor Mateo Mayorga to learn more about the Spurs’ current state of affairs going into the matchup. The Spurs had a tough seven-game series against the …

We live in an era of sports fandom where championships are among the most important pieces of the puzzle that is a player’s legacy. Regardless of the sport, players have been torn down or elevated above others, sometimes unreasonably or unfairly, because of a championship. In individual sports such as tennis, track and field, gymnastics, or swimming, there’s an argument …