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In the wake of the Spurs taking Game 3, my mind is stuck on a postgame quote Dylan Harper gave about Stephon Castle, who hit two clutch free throws to seal the 115-111 victory on Monday. Harper was asked by ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt about what makes his teammate smile. He replied, “Nothing.” Stick with me. Let’s think about what …

How excited are New York Knicks fans to watch their team potentially win its first NBA championship since 1973? Knicks fans have come out in a major way to support their team all season, and that has only gotten more intense during the 2026 NBA Finals. Viewership is way up after the first two games of the Finals, with an …

The Knicks’ sluggish starts to games were a recurring problem in the regular season. But by the postseason, they largely fixed their propensity to come out of the gate slowly. In these Finals, though, it’s returned. Advertisement They’ve fallen to early first-quarter deficits in each of the three games of this series so far. In their Game 3 loss Monday, …

Shouts out to everybody who reads and enjoys and comments on the Knicks Bulletin pieces at P&T. Y’all keep it going even though my Kindle died in the making of this, the longest-ever edition of it. Advertisement You bet karma will make up for it tonight. Knicks in five! On returning to their winning offensive principles after the Game 3 …

The Dallas Mavericks are trying to figure out what direction to go in this offseason, especially after the dismissal of head coach Jason Kidd. The decision to move on from Kidd suggests that the Mavericks might be trying to go in a brand new direction, which could lead to a total youth movement that’s led by Cooper Flagg. However, veterans …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Now the NBA Finals get interesting. Assuredly, the New York Knicks will respond with vigor after their first loss since April, but the San Antonio Spurs have their own adjustments to make. Advertisement My Spurs vs. Knicks props and these NBA picks lean …

A rowdy mob pummeled a San Antonio Spurs fan and snatched his jersey in a viral caught-on-camera beatdown amid the mayhem that broke out in Midtown after Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The 39-year-old Spurs fan was walking back to his hotel just after midnight on Tuesday when the large crew descended upon him outside 306 West 47th Street, …

Craig Porter Jr. hoped to take the next step forward as a consistent rotational player for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season. How close did he get? All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. Advertisement Regular Season Stats Cleveland leaned on Porter during the first half of the season when injuries decimated their roster. He quickly made …

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama should have been called for a foul after he shoved Jalen Brunson hard in the first quarter of their Game 3 win over the New York Knicks on Monday night. Monty McCutchen, the NBA’s head of officiating, acknowledged that a foul was missed in the moment while speaking on ESPN on Tuesday. While the …

Editor’s note: No flagrant foul upgrading is coming for Victor Wembanyama. The San Antonio Spurs have officially made the 2026 NBA Finals a series after taking Game 3 on the road in Madison Square Garden. However, their victory may have come at a heavy cost. After reviewing a first quarter shove of New York’s Jalen Brunson by Victor Wembanyama, the …

They always say the series doesn’t start until a road team wins an away game on their opponent’s home court. Redundantly speaking, that thought process means this series started in Game 1 when the New York Knicks took the victory. After the “desperate” San Antonio Spurs won Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, one could argue that this series began …

Globe Payton Pritchard says people took Jaylen Brown’s ‘favorite year’ comments the wrong way NBA Insider hasn’t heard ‘one iota’ about Jaylen Brown being available for trade The Spurs figured out some things in Game 3, and showed that the NBA Finals are far from over Advertisement Victor Wembanyama carries Spurs to win that cuts Knicks’ NBA Finals lead to …

The NBA is letting them play — at least with Victor Wembanyama in this one instance. The Spurs star will not receive a flagrant foul upgrade for pushing Knicks star Jalen Brunson in the first quarter of NBA Finals Game 3, The Post’s Stefan Bondy reported. Advertisement Wembanyama will stay at two flagrant points, which he received for a flagrant …

The number is somewhat stunning, considering how well Karl-Anthony Towns has performed up until recently in the NBA Finals. He has logged 30 minutes across the fourth quarter of the three games of the series, and the Knicks center hasn’t scored a point. Advertisement Not a single field goal or free throw. He has only taken six shots and tallied …

It’s been pretty blatant. The Spurs, after Jalen Brunson’s huge fourth quarter carried the Knicks to their Game 1 victory, have made a clear effort the past two games to be as physical with Brunson as possible and rough him up. It seemed to cross the line a few times, though no flagrants were given. Advertisement Most notably, Victor Wembanyama …

Victor Wembanyama left Stephon Castle out to dry, giving him the ball with less than a second left on the shot clock, forcing him to quickly fire a 25-footer from the wing. The buzzer screamed and thousands groaned as the game-changing 3-pointer fell with less than two minutes left. When the 21-year-old next looked at the rim, he was standing …

On the most recent Bill Simmons podcast, Simmons talked with J Kyle Mann about the upcoming NBA draft. You can listen to the entire podcast here (the draft talk takes place in the second half): Simmons talked a lot about who he thinks the Utah Jazz might draft, and he thinks it could be Cam Boozer. Simmons seems very worried …

On the Sean O’Connell Show, Krysten Peek joined the show to talk about all things NBA Draft, and she brought some incredible insight and intel. If you haven’t listened, make sure you do here: If you don’t have a chance to listen, here are the different insights she brought: Advertisement Wouldn’t surprise her if AJ Dybantsa goes #1 and Darryn …

I’ve never been much for horror films. Sure, I’ve always been fascinated by the destabilizing and open-ended duality of The Shining (Stephen King owes Kubrick a debt for improving on the book, the ungrateful wretch), or the bizarro excesses of a young Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive, and though I have enjoyed the return of more psychological horror over the past …

Jeremy Lin knows better than anyone how it feels to excite New York. Before Jalen Brunson carried the Knicks within two games of winning the franchise’s first championship since 1973, Lin imbued a flailing organization with the most joy it had experienced since its playoff runs in the 1990s. Advertisement Lin went from being an undrafted, Harvard walk-on to becoming …

The Knicks may have overlooked the Spurs after becoming the third road team in NBA Finals history to take the first two games of the series. At least, that’s what Karl-Anthony suggested was one issue in their Game 3 defeat. Advertisement “The details that made us special, we were too relaxed in them, and we didn’t execute them at the …

Legendary basketball coach Rick Pitino has some thoughts on the officiating in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Pitino appeared on The Post’s “Schein Time” on Tuesday, the morning after attending Game 3, which the Knicks dropped to the Spurs 115-111. Advertisement “It was unreal,” Pitino said of the fans at MSG Monday night. “The fans were up. I’d say …

Players from the Knicks and Spurs denounced the fights between fans of their teams during Game 3 of the Finals. “We can’t forget it’s a game,” Victor Wembanyama said Tuesday. “We’re just playing a game out there. I am all for passion, but to the respect of each other. It’s unacceptable.” Advertisement Multiple videos went viral of fans clashing at …

This NBA Finals has been exciting — and is already hitting some strong viewership numbers. Games 1 and 2 between the Knicks and the Spurs were the most-watched NBA Finals games since Games 6 and 7 of the Raptors-Warriors Finals in 2019, according to Nielsen Big Data + Panel shared by ESPN. Advertisement Game 1 led the way, averaging 16.93 …

Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show Kevin O’Connor is joined by four-time NBA champion Draymond Green to break down the tactical battles shaping the Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals after Game 3. Draymond shares elite player insights on Victor Wembanyama’s rim gravity, the Spurs’ pressure defense and the offensive adjustments he’d like to see for both teams. The conversation dives into Wemby’s …