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The NBA Finals head to Madison Square Garden for Game 3 between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. Jalen Brunson and the Knicks will have a chance to close out the series at their home arena after winning the first two games on the road at the Frost Bank Center. Advertisement The Knicks’ last NBA finals appearance …

Before Liberty star Breanna Stewart sat down for her obligatory media availability after Wednesday’s win against the Toronto Tempo, she checked the score of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs. Two nights later, Stewart was watching Game 2. Advertisement But since the Liberty were hosting the Indiana Fever on Saturday, she had to turn off …

Down two games to zero, the San Antonio Spurs are playing not only against the New York Knicks, but against history. Only five teams in NBA history have come back from a 0-2 defecit in the NBA Finals: the 1969 Boston Celtics, the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers, the 2006 Miami Heat, the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers, and the 2021 Milwaukee Bucks. …

Perhaps the best way to humanize the world’s biggest celebrities is to get them talking about sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden for a New York Knicks game. Rapper Fat Joe always says a prayer once he’s in his seat, grateful he no longer has to watch from the top of the “World’s Most Famous Arena.” Actress Anne Hathaway says …

Mikal Bridges has been in this exact same position before — five years ago. His Suns thought they were on their way to a championship, leading the Bucks 2-0 in the NBA Finals. Then, everything went wrong. They didn’t win again. Advertisement “It’s always going to stick with you,” the two-way wing recalled Sunday, on the eve of the first …

All eyes are on Victor Wembanyama. But all ears are on De’Aaron Fox. The Spurs point guard and one of their veteran leaders at 28 years old, Fox made it clear Sunday that he believes San Antonio can recover from a 2-0 deficit against the Knicks in the NBA Finals. Advertisement “We’ve lost a Game 1 at home and we’ve …

The Spurs got a true New York welcome outside their hotel Sunday. As the team was walking out to its bus, Knicks fans lined the street and jeered the Western Conference foes ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday. Advertisement The Knicks and Spurs have had two days between games after the Knicks toppled San Antonio on …

With the NBA Finals underway, it’s time for all but two franchises to begin looking ahead to the draft and free agency. This year’s selection is critical for the Detroit Pistons, as they look to capitalize on moving up seven spots as part of a deadline deal that brought in Kevin Huerter. Coming off a 60-win season, it’s feasible for …

The Draft is two weeks and two days away. Free agency is three weeks away. And all we have is speculation – a lot of it – which is exactly how Sean Marks & co. want it. The number and range of possibilities is near infinite, at least by NBA standards: Stay at Nos. 6, 33 and 43, move up, …

Some have waited 53 years for this moment. Some have waited their entire lives. But most of the Knicks’ most loyal and devoted fans will watch the most-anticipated games of the century somewhere other than Madison Square Garden. Advertisement As of Sunday, the cheapest ticket on the secondary market for Game 3 of the NBA Finals was listed at more …

As Knicks coach Mike Brown and his players spoke to the media Sunday ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, rapper Fat Joe sat in the back of the room at Madison Square Garden. He teased Brown about his shoes. Advertisement He shouted “wooo” after Jalen Brunson said talent evaluators missed “everything” by allowing him to slip to the …

Sixers promoting Nelson to executive VP of basketball operations under Gansey originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Along with hiring Mike Gansey as their new president of basketball operations, the Sixers are making other significant front office changes. Advertisement ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Sunday that the team is promoting Jameer Nelson to executive vice president of basketball operations, the No. …

Courtside chair Taylor Swift sat in for Cavs-Knicks game is up for auction originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The courtside seats in Cleveland will soon have a blank space. The chair Taylor Swift sat in during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks has been listed for auction. Advertisement According to …

The Spurs find themselves 0-2 in the Finals, and the way they got there isn’t surprising. The Knicks have been a horrific matchup for a while in no small part because San Antonio lacks size at the forward spots, an issue that has been apparent for a while but has only recently become troublesome. And Johnson was expected to be …

Former NBA guard Jameer Nelson is taking on a significantly larger role within the 76ers organization following a dramatic front-office shakeup. With Daryl Morey no longer the team president, the 76ers have also removed Elton Brand from his role as general manager — a position he held since September 2018. Advertisement Taking his place will be Nelson, the Philadelphia native …

As the Spurs head into Game 3, they have some positives to build on defensively. In Games 1 and 2, they utilized a similar defensive stratagem on Jalen Brunson that worked in the Western Conference Finals against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. So far, they have limited the Knicks star point guard from taking over. In San Antonio, the Spurs stayed within striking …

The Knicks have found pretty much every way to win a game during their 13-game playoff win streak. They’ve blown out opponents by as much as 51 points, and they’ve also had some nail-biters. Added to the win streak was another close affair on Friday night. The Knicks won Game 2 of the NBA Finals 105-104 in dramatic fashion. New …

Mitchell Robinson no longer has a technical foul from Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals on his ledger. The NBA on Saturday rescinded the tech given to the Knicks center during the second quarter of their 105-104 win over the Spurs in San Antonio on Friday after the league reviewed the play. Advertisement Robinson and 7-foot-4 Spurs star Victor …

Jerry Stackhouse reveals best lesson Steve Kerr taught him as Warriors assistant originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Jerry Stackhouse won’t be returning as a Warriors assistant for the 2026-27 NBA season, but he gained some valuable knowledge while coaching under Steve Kerr for the last two years. Advertisement On a recent episode of FanDuel TV’s “Run It Back,” …

In 1919, eight members of the Chicago White Sox attended a series of meetings and plans were hatched to throw the World Series in favor of the Cincinnati Reds. The fix was far from the first in baseball. At the time, America’s pastime was in its infancy and the notion of ‘integrity of the game’ was also in its infancy. …

After taking the first two games of the 2026 NBA Finals in San Antonio, the Knicks head home to Madison Square Garden for the next two games with a chance to secure a sweep, which would cap off one of the greatest winning steaks in NBA postseason history. And while the Knicks, currently on a 13-game winning streak, aren’t allowing …

The Trail Blazers are willing to trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo without long-term assurances. Antetokounmpo has just one year left on his deal worth more than $58 million and he’s expected to decline his 2027-28 player option for over $62 million in favor of a new, and potentially final, long-term max contract. Giannis Antetokounmpo has played with the Milwaukee Bucks since …

With the 2026 NBA Draft lauded as one of the deepest in quite some time, even teams like the Lakers, who have a late pick, are looking to add a quality player to their roster. Los Angeles is doing everything possible to find a draft prospect who can help the team win now. They’ve hired former Virginia coach Tony Bennett …

The loudest I’ve ever heard Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden was May 16, 1997. Game 6, Knicks vs. Heat. 48 hours earlier, P.J. Brown lit the match that David Stern’s dumb de jure brain fanned into the fire that torched the ’90s Knicks last shot at MJ and the Bulls, ergo their last shot at a title. 19,763 New …

Stacey King, a big man during the first Bulls three-peat in the early 1990s who became a beloved game analyst for the team’s television broadcasts, died Sunday, the team announced. He was 59. A cause of death was not disclosed. Advertisement “Stacey King was a cherished member of the Bulls family and one of the truly unique personalities in our …