With the 2026 NBA Finals now set, all eyes will be on the city of San Antonio and the mecca of basketball New York City. Both storied franchises earned their keep to challenge for the Larry O’Brien trophy, but only one team will emerge victorious.
The New York Knicks’ NBA Finals matchup is set. They will face the San Antonio Spurs, a team against whom they won two of their three matchups in 2025-26.
NBA fans noticed something cool about the shirt Karl-Anthony Towns wore to his first New York Knicks game in 2024 in light of the NBA Finals matchup. The San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday to clinch a berth in the Finals against the Knicks.
Much of the talk in recent days surrounding the Knicks is centering on the injured pinky of Mitchell Robinson. Head coach Mike Brown was adamant that the big man didn’t suffer the injury during a game or practice (h/t @KnicksBeast).
You couldn’t have written it any better. Knicks vs. Spurs. Smells like 1999 revenge. On Leon Rose and James Dolan building the Knicks into a Finals team: “Leon and his staff have done a freakin’ fantastic, fantastic job.
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.
While the Knicks' main rotation features many veteran players brought in as outside additions, the Finals are uncharted territory for most of them. In fact, only Jordan Clakrson and Mikal Bridges have played for the title before.
New York Knicks forward Jeremy Sochan can already carve out a spot in his trophy cabinet for a 2026 NBA championship ring. Sochan will almost certainly receive said hardware this June regardless of who comes out on top in the NBA Finals between his Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, who beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday to emerge out West.
History is almost repeating itself in the most poetic way possible. Just as the New York Knicks clinched their first NBA Finals spot in 27 years, the Western Conference Finals Game 7 gave them the same opponents they faced in 1999.
It’s said that everything’s bigger in Texas. The New York Knicks certainly hope revenge is included on that list. The Knicks finally know who they’ll face in the upcoming NBA Finals after the San Antonio Spurs took a 111-103 decision from the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night’s Western Conference Finals finale.
The New York Knicks are playing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals after their opponent pulled out a gutsy Game 7 win on the road to get back to the Finals for the first time in 12 years.
The New York Knicks have their mark for the NBA Finals. After winning Game 7 at the Paycom Center, the San Antonio Spurs have completed their comeback and will face off against the Knicks in the NBA Finals.
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.
Star point guard Jalen Brunson is a large part of why the New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. As the main engine of a potent offense, Brunson has been as clutch as ever in this postseason, although the Knicks haven’t allowed many teams to make it close.
The Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals, and according to the players, that was always the expectation. Back in January, Knicks owner James Dolan raised eyebrows when he publicly said New York “absolutely” needed to reach the Finals.
The Knicks head into the NBA Finals with an eight-day gap between games, while the winner of Spurs-Thunder Game 7 has no time to catch their breath. This doesn’t just shift the conversation from rust to rotation; it also adds a tactical layer for how coaches approach their lineups early in the series.
In Game 4 on May 25, New York won 130-93 to seal the series, those little things showed up most clearly in the minutes from Josh Hart and Miles McBride.
Karl-Anthony Towns says Jeremy Lin made him fall in love with the New York Knicks long before he ever wore the jersey himself. The answer works because it is not the obvious Knicks nostalgia pick.
The New York Knicks have a tricky situation going into their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999. While the roster mostly looks clean and ready, a significant injury concern has suddenly emerged.