[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (1-2) get back into the series as they defeat the New York Knicks (2-1) in Game 3, 115-111, behind Wemby’s 32 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 stocks performance
LeBron says the Knicks had an advantage starting the NBA Finals on the road because there’s nothing to do in San Antonio: “You ain’t doing shit in San Antonio. Nothing at all. Nothing. And I mean nothing.“
Knicks fan tries to set a Spurs fan on fire (wish i was joking)
Knicks legends Carmelo Anthony and Jeremy Lin finally reunite after years
NYC Mayor Zoharan Mamdani on X: “We’ll win this series on the court (even if the refs refuse to call a flagrant on Wemby), not by targeting, harassing, or attacking Spurs fans”
Knicks Fan Fighting With Police in The Streets Following The Second Night of Game 3 Loss
[Highlight] 4 years ago Steph Curry dropped 43 points in Game 4 to tie the series up.
[Stein & Fischer] league sources maintain that Golden State remains legitimately interested in adding LeBron to their Stephen Curry/Jimmy Butler/Draymond Green core… pitch presumed to include the idėa that LeBron could commute from Los Angeles to some TBD degree without having to move his family.
[Vorkunov] Knicks call New York mayor, NYPD ‘party poopers’ for NBA Finals Game 4 security measures
[Deveney] Increasingly, word is that the Lakers like a lot of the players they have on hand, and rather than making sweeping changes to the roster, could instead bring back a lot of last season’s players with just one midrange addition worth in the $20 million AAV range, likely for a big man.
[Charania] No flagrant upgrade on the uncalled foul of Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama to Knicks’ Jalen Brunson on Monday night, a league spokesperson tells ESPN. Wembanyama will stay at two flagrant points in postseason.
Carter Bryant: “Vic loves to do extracurricular activities. He shoots me a call or shoots me a text, usually me, him and HB. … We’ve done painting, we’ve done game days like playing board games. We went to the world’s quietest room. We’ve done a bunch of dope stuff.”
[Charania] The President is not expected to attend Game 4 of Knicks-Spurs in the NBA Finals on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden due to scheduling conflicts and obligations, sources tell ESPN. A lifelong Knicks fan, watched the majority of Game 3 from a suite.
Brian Windhorst eyes Warriors as likeliest non-Lakers LeBron James destination: “I’d watch Golden State. He played with Steph Curry and Steve Kerr on the Olympics. You know he’s close with Draymond Green.
Victor Wembanyama when asked about reports of Knicks fans attacking Spurs fans in New York after Game 3:
“I didn’t know that… We’re just playing a game out there. And I’m all for passion, but to the respect of each other. It’s unacceptable.”
LeBron: “I’m not taking nobody over me. No question. Mike would say the same. Kobe would say the same. Magic, Bird, Shaq, Wilt, Kareem…. none of us are taking somebody else. If there’s a [GM] and he’s eyeballing all of us on a baseline, with the #1 pick, it’s gonna be hard not to take me, champ.”
Jeremy Lin showing love to all the immigrant moms out there including his, Dylan Harper’s and KAT’s
[Amick] Sacramento and Charlotte have had recent talks about Kings big man Domantas Sabonis.
Shaq supports Wemby shoving Jalen Brunson: “Get your little ass off me. Keep doing it Wemby. Tell Brunson get your little ass out the way. That ain’t no dirty play.”
As a knicks fan I’ve got this really bad feeling that this finals is going to be one of, if not THE biggest LOLKNICKS moment ever
Trae Young: “This is the most slept on I’ve been in my whole life…I understand there’s a lot of recency bias going on in the media. Imagine the Wizards as the No. 1 team in the East next year. What people gonna be saying?”
ClutchPoints Brett Siegel: Atlanta Hawks are interested in acquiring Isaiah Hartenstein if Oklahoma City doesn’t exercise his $28.5 million team option.
Stephon Castle: “I expect us to win the next 3”
[Highlight] Josh Hart Goes For The Ball On a Made Basket, and Then Proceeds to Try to Kick Luke Kornet in the Knee Region
NBA Finals between Spurs and Knicks hits second-straight high. Most-watched through Game 2 since 2018
NYPD surrounding Spurs fans to protect them from angry Knicks fans after the game 3 of NBA finals
[Marc Stein] NBA head of officiating Monty McCutchen, appearing now on ESPN, acknowledges that a foul was missed on Victor Wembanyama’s first-quarter shove of Jalen Brunson and says the league’s review is still ongoing regarding whether the play will be deemed a retroactive flagrant foul.
Brian Windhorst: “I was talking to people at the Spurs and like two weeks into them having him, they were like, ‘We got him. We got Victor’s running mate, we got him. We hit the jackpot, we got him.‘”
21 taken into custody outside Knicks watch party at Bryant Park following Knicks loss, NYPD says
What went wrong with Cedi Osman ‘s career?
Jalen Brunson dribbles the ball 21 times in one possession without passing the ball
Victor Wembanyama on What He Did in NYC To Relax Before Game 3: “I’m not gonna tell you.”
Presti on lottery reform: Good “short term” solve but hopes NBA will eventually move away from a “luck based solution… Hopefully we can get to a point where we have a system that isn’t tied to record entirely.” Said he prefers a complex predictable system to a simple unpredictable one.
The Spurs are being outscored by 20.1 points per 100 possessions against the Knicks when Victor Wembanyama is off the court: On: +3.4 Net Rating Off: -20.1 Net Rating
Jose Alvrarado on Wemby shoving Jalen Brunson: “I think that’s not basketball. That’s something they gotta look at. But he got away with one. That’ll be the last one.”
Amick: “There are signs that he’s (Giannis) looking at what that roster in Miami might look like after a trade and hypothetically comparing it to what a roster might look like in Boston after a trade with a deeper roster and more help around you”
21 Arrested after Bryant Park Knicks watch party; 5 officers injured
Karl-Anthony Towns has not yet scored at all in the fourth quarters of this Finals series. 1Q-3Q: 50 points in 4Q: 0 points
[Noh] Townsend was the first Filipino-American to ever play in the NBA… “It brings tears to my eyes to see Dylan Harper hug his mom the way he did,” Townsend told me.. Maria’s voice began to crack.. “If that shines through with the way that we interact.. then I’ve clearly done my job as a mother”
Knicks fans lighting sage in front of MSG before Game 4
[Vorkunov] Victor Wembanyama is embracing being New York’s newest villain. With a caveat. “I guess,” he said. “I’m nowhere near Trae Young’s level.”
ABC’s Finals halftime coverage is 54.5% ads — a significant improvement from previous years.
I just learned that 4 flagrant points in the postseason = an automatic one-game suspension
Chuck watching Cardi B’s halftime performance: “I don’t know if those are B’s. They might be Cardi D’s…She should change her name.”
[Highlight] Arena erupts in boos as The President is shown on the jumbotron
Knicks fans at MSG boo the president during National Anthem
Bus in NYC Swarmed By Giant Group of Knicks Fans Last Night in Retaliation For Their Loss
Mikal Bridges:“I think I played a terrible game… I know personally that I got to be better.”
Zach Zarba To Be Crew Chief For Game 4
De’Aaron Fox on the president attending the Knicks game: “The president being here just makes it inconvenient on everybody else”