The Spurs now have to find a way to win four of the next five games against that Knicks team, including three of them at Madison Square Garden.

Case in point: Brunson scored 13 of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter, including five back-breaking points in the final two minutes, of a 105-95 win over the San Antonio Spurs in Wednesday's opener of the 2026 NBA Finals. The performance increased his clutch points total over the past four years to 144, more than anyone.

The 2026 NBA Finals will be able available to watch in many formats on ABC, the ESPN app and NBA App, and at global fan events.

Spurs rookie Dylan Harper is following in the footsteps of his father, Ron Harper by playing in his first NBA Finals.

It was in San Diego where Free’s career took off. The 6-foot-2 gunslinger averaged 28.8 points per game in 1978-79, making second-team All-NBA, before pouring in 30.2 points per game while earning his only All-Star selection in 1979-80.

The comparison some NBA observers are now making is uncomfortable, controversial, and impossible to ignore: Ben Simmons.

The Sesame Street character, whose fictional home is in New York, was called a traitor after not fully backing the city's basketball team.

President Trump is expected to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals​ at Madison Square Garden. That means a massive security undertaking.