With the Spurs trailing 2-0 in his first Finals, Victor Wembanyama didn’t bother with the usual clichés. Instead, he called his team “spoiled kids” and drew a sharp contrast with the Knicks, whose experience is showing early in this series.
De’Aaron Fox did not turn Donald Trump’s NBA Finals appearance into a political debate, but he made clear it has changed how the Spurs are preparing for Game 3.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
Shannon Sharpe thinks the San Antonio Spurs’ biggest problem in the NBA Finals is not talent, but inexperience showing up at the worst possible time. The Knicks have taken a 2-0 lead after winning both games in San Antonio, and each loss followed a familiar pattern for the Spurs.
Second verse, same as the first. In Game 2 of in the NBA Finals, the Spurs looked better than in Game 1, which they lost in the last minute to the New York Knicks.
Victor Wembanyama is no stranger to outsized attention, but Game 3 of the NBA Finals takes it to a level that transcends basketball. With United States President Donald Trump scheduled to attend Madison Square Garden, the spotlight on the 22-year-old Spurs star takes on a whole new level.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely do you think returning to San Antonio with the series tied for Game 5 is, and why do you feel that way? Mark Barrington: There’s a fact in statistics that seems counterintuitive to people who aren’t into mathematics.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
The Spurs know what’s at stake. After dropping the first two games of the NBA Finals to the Knicks, San Antonio heads to Madison Square Garden facing what amounts to a must-win situation.
De’Aaron Fox earned flak for his poor performance in the San Antonio Spurs’ loss in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. Fox only had seven points on 3-of-13 shooting from the field, including 0-of-4 from three-point range.
As the San Antonio Spurs head into Madison Square Garden down 2-0 in the NBA Finals, there are a number of reasons to count them out vs. the New York Knicks.
Not wanting to miss the opportunity to be in the spotlight, President Donald Trump announced that he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
After failing to defend home court in the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a precarious position heading into Games 3 and 4 on the road.
The San Antonio Spurs are down 2-0 against the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals. With both of the first two games being in San Antonio, that early deficit isn’t something many fans would have predicted.
Magic Johnson is unarguably one of the greatest basketball players of all time, so when he talks, people listen. Like much of the country, Johnson has been glued to the TV, watching the New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals.
The San Antonio Spurs are in do or die mode as they head to New York for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Knicks. The Spurs dropped both of their home games to open up this series and will now head into Madison Square Garden, which could be one of the loudest environments in recent NBA history.