Daily Discussion Thread + Game Thread Index | Finals
[Highlight] Karl-Anthony Towns:
“I just felt a calm and a peace that had to come from the woman above … I felt like I was a kid getting ready to go play my Saturday AAU games and Sunday AAU games. In a way, I felt like I was seeing [my mom] in the stands.”
[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (1-0) steal Game 1 on the road against the San Antonio Spurs (0-1), 105-95, behind Jalen Brunson’s 30 point performance
Jalen “King of New York” Brunson in his NBA Finals debut: 36 MIN | 30 PTS | 12-31 FG | 2-9 3PT | 4-4 FT
The get-in price for Game 3 Spurs @ Knicks is now \(7258 w/ highest courtside ticket at \)106k. The get-in price for Game 4 is \(7500 and the highest courtside tickets at \)133k
[Highlight] The Spurs played Cartoon Music during the Knicks Player intros.
Mike Brown: “We were all bitching too much at the officials. Rick Brunson was great. He told me to shut the hell up and he told the rest of the team to be quiet and leave the officials alone. It was great of him because we were all kind of losing our mind”
[Highlight] The New York Knicks take Game 1 of the NBA Finals with a 105-95 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. The Knicks have now won 12 straight playoff games, tying the 1999 Spurs for the 2nd-longest win streak in a single postseason.
[All-Access] A view from the court in San Antonio as Jalen Brunson gets the clutch jumper to fall to put the Knicks up by 6 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
Mike Brown’s timeout 38 seconds before the TV timeout marker was a game-winning decision
After beating the Spurs, the Knicks extend their Franchise Playoff Win Streak to 12 Straight Wins.
19 years ago after the Spurs swept the Cavaliers, Tim Duncan tells a young LeBron James “This is gonna be your league in a little while… but I appreciate you giving us this year.”
Jalen Brunson exchange words with Spurs Fan
[Highlight] Scott Foster announces that the Spurs win their coach’s challenge, and the Spurs mascot waves a big Uno reverse card to the crowd
Tonight the Spurs ended a 40-game streak of scoring at least 100 points. The last team to hold them under 100 was the New York Knicks.
[Highlight] Karl-Anthony Towns shares heartwarming moment on Inside the NBA post-game: “I felt like a kid. It was just fun out here.”
[Haynes] Sources: NBA is looking into two courtside fans who allegedly directed vulgar profane “flopping” remarks towards Knicks star Jalen Brunson late in Game 1 of Finals. Brunson met with official Scott Foster after the game to address the fans’ behavior to which the remarks continued.
Josh Hart in a Game 1 Finals win against San Antonio: 3 PTS │ 15 REB │ 6 AST │ 4 STL │ 1 BLK │ +21
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[Lowlight] Wemby dribbles the ball off his foot
[Highlight] Jalen Brunson hits the tough fadeaway jumper to put the Knicks up 6, with 38 seconds remaining. Brunson also slips a couple of times.
The Knicks fans are celebrating.
KAT’s career arc is kind of insane.
[Howenstine] Dylan Harper is the first rookie to score double-figures in the opening quarter of a Finals game in the last 25 years - in his first-ever Finals game.
The longest tenured active head coach, Eric Spoelstra (18 years), has not won the Coach of the Year Award
[Highlight] Karl-Anthony Towns: “That was two heavyweights going at it!”
[Russo] New York Knicks have won 7 consecutive road playoff games in this postseason, which is now one shy of tying the all-time NBA record for a single playoff run. The record is 8, by the 2001 Los Angeles Lakers.
Houston Rockets launch new uniforms and redesigned logos in a return to the “Ketchup and Mustard” era
Inside the NBA comes back from a montage of Chuck ripping San Antonio to the Mayor, Gina Ortiz Jones, dropping a devastating comeback
[Haynes] Jalen Brunson is hobbling and headed to the locker room.
[Highlight] A fan runs to the court before security takes him away
De’Aaron Fox is subbed in for Keldon Johnson, who tries to dap him while looking at the Jumbotron, and instead, he daps Fox’s sensitive part.
Karl-Anthony Towns in the win: 18/12/4 on 54% TS
Victor Wembanyama in the Loss against the Knicks: 26 PTS | 6⁄21 FGS | 2⁄9 FGS | 12⁄13 FTS | 12 REBS | 6 TOS | 3 BLKS
[Bontemps] Adam Silver declined Wednesday to put a timeline on the conclusion of the investigation of the LA Clippers… “they are doing the work independent of the league office, and my instruction to them is we can’t be investigating forever, but at some point, we have to wrap it up.”
Jalen Brunson in the 4th quarter of 2026 playoffs: 105 PTS, 59% FG, 62% 3PT, 93% FT 13 PTS in the 4Q tonight.
[Injury] Landry Shamet bumps into Harrison Barnes while going for the rebound, gets called for the foul, and Barnes lands on Jalen Brunson’s foot, who holds his right knee in discomfort, looking at the bench. Brunson went to the locker room.
With a replay.
Victor Wembanyama arriving for his NBA Finals Debut
[Highlight] Wemby on his Game 1 performance:
“I’m gonna figure it out. I was bad tonight. It’s not more complicated than that.”
Karl Anthony Towns through 15 games in the Playoffs: 17.0 PTS | 5.7⁄10.2 (56.2%) FGS | 1.5⁄3.1 (46.8%) 3PTS | 4.1⁄4.5 (89.7%) FTS | 69.7% TS | 10.7 REBS
[Injury] Jalen Brunson immediately calls for assistance after rolling ankle
Adam Silver: “Tanking is not a new issue in this league. What surprised us is how quickly it became acceptable behavior in this league. It used to be limited to a small group of teams. Oddly in some markets, fans were cheering on their teams saying ‘of course this is the right strategy!’
Karl-Anthony Towns’ Heartfelt Post-Game Interview with Inside the NBA Crew following the Knicks’ Game 1 Win against the Spurs
[Highlight] Julian Champagnie connects on a pair of 3-pointers. He is 5-for-6 on 3-point field goals for 15 points in the first half. The Spurs lead 55-48 at halftime.
NBA Finals Game 1 Player Correspondent Caleb Wilson reacts to Jalen Brunson’s clutch jumper in crunch time
[Highlight] Jalen Brunson hits a big corner 3 to put the Knicks up 2, with 1:51 remaining in regulation (with a replay).
[Highlight] 26 years ago Kobe with the iconic alley oop to Shaq.
[Injury] Jalen Brunson heads to the locker room
OG Anunoby’s highly efficient shooting continues, averaging 19.5 points on 56.4⁄48.4⁄85.7 splits in the playoffs (72% TS)
The New York Knicks have not lost a playoff game since April 23.