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SAN ANTONIO — Jalen Brunson scored the game-winning point. Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns had big games. The Knicks bench was terrific again. But the MVP of the Knicks’ franchise-record 13th straight playoff victory may have been an assistant coach. Advertisement Jordan Brink, the team’s director of video services and player development, being able to convince coach Mike Brown to …

I used to live in New York, Brooklyn to be exact. I remember how expensive it was compared to San Antonio, where I grew up and currently live. Over a decade ago, I paid rent on an 800 square foot apartment that to this day is more expensive than the mortgage on my house. New York is a hub of …

The Knicks weren’t the only ones excited in San Antonio on Friday night. Their two most prominent celebrity fans were just as pumped in a moment of pure exultation. Timothée Chalamet and Ben Stiller were riding high off the Knicks’ thrilling 105-104 Game 2 win over the Spurs in the NBA Finals and hugged it out in the tunnel of …

SAN ANTONIO, TX – JUNE 5: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs goes up for a block during the game against the New York Knicks during Game Two of the 2026 NBA Finals on June 5, 2026 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or …

SAN ANTONIO — This is why. This is why there was so much attention around Mitchell Robinson and his injury. So much concern that he might be compromised. So much emphasis throughout the year on keeping him healthy. Advertisement It was the matchup — and perhaps the moment — everyone knew he would be needed for. Jalen Brunson’s free throw …

SAN ANTONIO — The only thing that can slow down Karl-Anthony Towns at this point is the officiating. On his way to a monster game, Towns was limited by a few questionable calls. He still helped the Knicks take a commanding 2-0 series lead after this pulsating 105-104 victory at Frost Bank Center on Friday night. Karl-Anthony Towns celebrates after …

I live in Harlem, and there’s a middle-aged man named Michael who grew up in Queens and holds court on a bench along the fringes of Morningside Park, where he chats with neighbors who stroll by. These days we talk mostly about the New York Knicks. Advertisement I met Michael the same way I met Jonah, who’s turning 30 and …

Victor Wembanyama bounced back from a slow, sometimes passive start Friday night to help lead a 14-0 run and get the San Antonio Spurs back into Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Then, with one miscue in the final seconds, that effort was all for naught. With the game tied at 104 and fewer than 15 seconds on the game …

Welp, the Spurs had a good run. Heading into Game 2 of the NBA Finals, it was obvious what was on the line. If they fell to the Knicks 2-0, their season would be over. There was no coming back from that against a team that had won 13 playoff games in a row. Advertisement Not with the next two …

SAN ANTONIO — Captain Clutch was crumbling. It felt like eons since Jalen Brunson had looked so cold in such a big moment, missing open shots he could normally hit with his eyes closed. The Knicks superstar had made seven shots. He’d missed 18, the last coming on a go-ahead attempt from the elbow with 15 seconds left, giving the …

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson was neither offended nor frustrated when the San Antonio Spurs began intentionally fouling him in the first quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Friday night. While he did go 3 of 6 on free throws in the opening quarter, the Hack-a-Mitch strategy inspired Robinson and the rest …

If you asked a Knicks fan to describe the ideal version of how they want to see their team play, they would end up describing this season’s version of the Knicks: a grind-it-out collection of men who are determined to fight it out for 48 minutes and outlast the opposition. If you asked coach Mike Brown that question, coming off …

The NBA can be pretty simple. There’s one ball and five players. If you have one of the best players in the league handling the ball the majority of the time, your team is going to win a lot of games. The issue that teams run into is the salaries. Teams rise and fall with the balance of contracts that …

The Knicks take a 2-0 NBA Finals lead back to New York after Friday’s 105-104 Game 2 win at the Spurs, swiping both of the series’ first two matchups in San Antonio and setting the stage for a chaotic MSG as Mike Brown‘s team could close out the championship chase on its home court. Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns put …

For five minutes on Friday night, it looked like the San Antonio Spurs were on their way to completing one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the NBA Finals. Instead, they are facing a harash reality: being in an 0-2 series deficit. Despite rallying from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter and taking the lead in the …

SAN ANTONIO — A few notes from the Knicks’ Game 2 win over the Spurs: The Knicks still owe the Nets four first-round picks as part of the Mikal Bridges trade. They’ll send them over with a smile if Bridges continues to perform like he did on Friday night. The wing had 20 points on 13 shots while adding six …

The New York Knicks survived a late rally by the San Antonio Spurs to win 105-104 and take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals as they seek a first championship in 53 years. With nine and a half seconds remaining on the clock, Jalen Brunson stole possession after Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama passed the ball into team-mate Stephon Castle’s back. …

SAN ANTONIO — The physicality began about an hour and a half before Friday’s opening tip. That’s when Mike Brown started flicking himself in the head. “One of the things that we preach is being present,” the head coach of the New York Knicks explained to reporters during his press conference before Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals. “In …

SAN ANTONIO — If the vote took place after two games, Karl-Anthony Towns would be the NBA Finals MVP. It’s not just me saying that. “The MVP of the Finals is gonna be Karl-Anthony Towns. That man earned his flowers,” Charles Barkley said on Inside the NBA Friday night. Advertisement That nod to Towns is with all due respect to …

Thirty seconds. It’s enough to change a lifetime. Whether the final 30 seconds of Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals alter the course of San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama’s career remains to be seen, for the 7-foot-4 phenom is still only 22 years old, but there is no doubt he was shook in the biggest moment of a …

The New York Knicks managed to thwart the San Antonio Spurs’ fourth-quarter rally, taking a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals on Friday, June 5. The game saw both teams hold leads as large as 12 points. The Knicks trailed the Spurs 34-25 at the end of the first quarter and did not see their first lead of the game …

On a special late night edition of The Dunker Spot, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones react to a wild ending in San Antonio as the Knicks steal both road games as the series switches to MSG. If you ever have NBA or WNBA questions, email us at [email protected] (01:45) Chaos in the final sequence (06:36) KAT has taken over(20:25) Wemby …

SAN ANTONIO — For all the communication that had transpired over the final 12 minutes of the Spurs’ 105-104 loss to the New York Knicks in Game 2, it was perhaps a fitting inflection point of their first Finals — and a cruel punishment from the basketball gods — that the lack of understanding between Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle, …

Victor Wembanyama said the focus has already shifted to Game 3 of the NBA Finals, but the final three possessions of Game 2’s one-point loss to the Knicks will long linger in the Spurs star’s mind as San Antonio missed an opportunity to complete a 14-point fourth-quarter comeback and New York grabbed a 2-0 series lead. Twice, he missed pull-up …

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama described himself in a rather unusual way when Game 2 of the NBA Finals was over on Friday night. “Very blurry,” Wembanyama said. The San Antonio Spurs’ situation, though, is very clear. They’re in trouble. Big trouble. And Wembanyama pointed the finger of blame squarely at himself. Advertisement The Spurs had an epic comeback …