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We had another nail biter in Game 2 and in historic fashion, Victor Wembanyama missed the game-winner after Jalen Brunson made the go-ahead free-throw following a Wemby turnover. The Knicks are up 2-0 in the series and Game 3 should be another festive contest. Madison Square Garden will be a madhouse and Knicks’ fans will erupt after every basket, but …

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is set to be the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game, bringing strict security measures that will require New York Knicks fans to navigate an extensive safety perimeter around Madison Square Garden and an expected lengthy wait to get inside the building. The security for Game 3 between the Knicks …

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA Finals are back in New York and the hype is unavoidable. The Knicks are two wins from their first championship since 1973 and it seems everyone in the city wants the chance to see it. Even President Donald Trump will be on hand Monday night at Madison Square Garden for Game 3, along with …

The Atlanta Hawks extended coach Quin Snyder’s contract on Monday. Details of the multi-year extension were not disclosed in the team’s announcement. Snyder led the Hawks to a 46-36 regular-season record and the franchise’s first outright playoff berth since the 2020-21 season. It was a year of significant turnover for Atlanta, which underwent a roster overhaul midseason, notably parting ways …

If the NBA’s Western Conference represented a different class of competition than the East, nobody told the New York Knicks. Mike Brown’s team extended their playoff win streak to 13 games after stealing two tight games in San Antonio, and are now playing their first NBA Finals games in Madison Square Garden in 27 years with a 2-0 series advantage. …

The San Antonio Spurs find themselves in both a privileged and unfavorable position. They’re in the NBA Finals, an accomplishment that few outside of their building had them achieving this early into the build. Headlined by the alien-like impact of Victor Wembanyama, this team of rangy, fearless attackers has navigated three rounds of playoff hoops in their first playthrough. Advertisement …

NEW YORK (AP) — In the NBA Finals, celebrity row property is worth $1 million. The New York Knicks announced that was the winning bid in an auction for two seats for Game 3 on Monday night, the first NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden since 1999. Advertisement The winning bid was split by the law firm Gibson, Dunn …

New York Knicks fans will do whatever it takes to watch their team win its first championship since the 1970s. That much has been proven by the rabid ferocity Knicks fans have shown during the first two games of the 2026 NBA Finals. But if you needed more evidence that Knicksmania is running rampant in New York, look no further …

Besides the stars on the court, a number of big names will flock to Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday, June 8. President Donald Trump is expected to attend the game between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs, the first at the iconic Manhattan arena in nearly three decades. Advertisement Days after …

Remember those long breaks between the second and third rounds, then the Conference Finals and the Finals? Having an extra day of rest between Games 2 and 3 felt like twice as long to me. Thank God we’re back at it. Advertisement Here’s another humongous Bulletin ahead of Game 3, covering everything that went down on practice day at MSG …

Australia’s relationship with the NBA has been a passionate and long-standing one, and its own domestic league, the NBL, has an enormous following. The NBL has contributed to the NBA Draft across the decades, but ever since LaMelo Ball plied his trade as an emerging guard with the Illawarra Hawks as part of the 2020 NBA Draft class, there has …

The Rockets debuted new jerseys and a complete makeover late last week. This makes sense because the video was a follow-up to the Rockets account’s Twitter video, which featured Rudy Tomjanovich’s dinner and honored the ’93-’94 and ’94-’95 Rockets teams that wore the Ketchup and Mustard jerseys, making them a fan favorite remembered by Rockets fans worldwide, regardless of age. …

This will come as a bit of a surprise to Duke fans, but the nation’s second-most hated NBA player? According to RotoWire, it’s former Blue Devil Jayson Tatum. He’s also the second-most hated NBA player nationally, including in Los Angeles, which is understandable given the intensity of the Celtics-Lakers rivalry, and also, for some reason, Hawaii. Advertisement He’s also the …

Cleveland Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman delivered his requisite end-of-season interview with the media a few days ago, several weeks earlier than he probably would have liked. His answers made it seem like the team will be running it back, indicating that this group has another attainable gear to hit. Altman is standing behind head coach Kenny Atkinson, …

Welcome to smokescreen season. The NBA Finals are underway, and the draft is just around the corner. The players in this class have already been measured and tested at the combine, and many have pulled out to return to school with millions flooding the marketplace in NIL money. The workout circuit has been popping lately, and there’s already some early …

NEW YORK (AP) — Knicks fever has set the stage for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs to be a must-see event — inside Madison Square Garden and out on the streets and in bars across New York City. With the Knicks in the finals for the first time since 1999 and leading the series …

The New York Knicks were never going to win the trade. Not in November. Not in December. Not in January. Not in April or May. Simply put, Mikal Bridges would forever need to carry the weight of landing in Manhattan by way of five draft picks sent across the bridge to Brooklyn. The Knicks’ package was loaded with first-round picks, …

We’re beginning our end-of-season review series for the Cleveland Cavaliers. This time, we’re going to go with the report card format. As is the case with our postgame report cards, a “B” grade represents a player or group meeting their standards. Advertisement We’ll start with Koby Altman and the front office. Key moves The Cavs had more postseason success this …

There are any number of reasons why New York’s Madison Square Garden is called “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” It’s hosted classic boxing matches, from Joe Louis vs. Rocky Marciano to the “Fight of the Century” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Advertisement It’s the birthplace of the Big East and the mecca of college basketball. It’s a legendary concert …

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 …