NBA FINALS GAME NOTES
A ‘ROWDY’ KNICKS WATCH PARTY ENDS WITH 21 IN CUSTODY AND 5 OFFICERS INJURED NEW YORK (AP) — An NBA finals viewing party in Manhattan on Monday turned “incredibly reckless,” New York City police claimed, as some dejected Knicks fans scaled light poles,…
VICTOR WEMBANYAMA CARRIES SPURS TO 115-111 WIN THAT CUTS KNICKS’ NBA FINALS LEAD TO 2-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama has his first NBA Finals win — and the New York Knicks suddenly have a lot of work left to end their 53-year championship drought. Wembanyama had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists, carrying the San Antonio Spurs…
WEMBY MISSES AT THE END, KNICKS BEAT SPURS 105-104 FOR 2-0 LEAD IN NBA FINALS
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Go crazy, New York. Or, perhaps more accurately, crazier. The red-hot Knicks are going home, two wins away from an NBA championship that the capital of the world has been waiting to see for generations. Jalen Brunson hit a go-ahead…
GETTING READY FOR NBA FINALS GAME 2
TOWNS MORE THAN HELD HIS OWN AGAINST WEMBANYAMA, AND KNICKS LOOKING FOR MORE IN GAME 2 OF FINALS SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns’ first two baskets of the NBA Finals were like countless others in his career. The New York forward got the ball 30…
JALEN BRUNSON SCORES 30 AND KNICKS FINISH ON 11-0 RUN, STEAL GAME 1 FROM SPURS WITH 105-95 WIN
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The New York Knicks’ winning streak lives on, and they struck first in the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to…
NBA FINALS PREVIEW
THE NBA FINALS, WHICH START WEDNESDAY, WILL BE A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR MANY KNICKS AND SPURS SAN ANTONIO (AP) — For a few hours on Tuesday, the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks held practices on a floor that had the NBA Finals logo painted at…