Karl-Anthony Towns’ strong NBA Finals has hit a roadblock.
President Trump hit back at Stephen A. Smith before leaving New York just after midnight Tuesday after the ESPN analyst wildly ranted he would blame the president if the Knicks lost Game 3 in the NBA finals.
The San Antonio Spurs won by just four points in the heated matchup at Madison Square Garden, shattering the Knicks’ historic 13-game winning streak.
The first NBA Finals game in Manhattan since 1999 had Madison Square rocking.
Welcome back, Knicks fans. This is what the playoffs are supposed to feel like, you know.
Brunson and Anunoby combined to shoot 6-for-11 with 18 points in the fourth quarter.
The Knicks coach wasn't happy with the officials after his team's Game 3 loss to the Spurs Monday night.
As it happened: Spurs 115-111 KnicksFrench star leads Spurs to win with 32 pointsKnicks lead best-of-seven series 2-1Trump given hostile reception by New York crowdThe spectacle at Madison Square Garden on Monday night was such that the basketball almost took a back seat to everything else. The president in the suites. The mayor in the crowd. Movie stars along the sideline. The culmination of days of talk over $10,000 tickets, heightened security and cancelled watch parties alongside the anticipation for New York City’s first home NBA finals game since 25 June 1999.By the end of the game, Victor Wembanyama had given New York something fresh to talk about. The San Antonio Spurs snapped the Knicks’ 13-game postseason winning streak with a 115-111 victory, playing spoiler to the Garden’s party and cutting the deficit to 2-1 in this year’s finals. Game 4 is Wednesday in New York. Continue reading...
As a former NBA player, I know that criticism is part of the game. But in an age when players are under attack constantly, the Knick star is an example to us allThe entire basketball world is singing the praises of Jalen Brunson and rightfully so. He has led the Knicks to the NBA finals for the first time since 1999 and has united the entire city of New York in a unique way.On every New York street you can see people of every race, color, creed, nationality, religion, economic status and political affiliation unified in excitement as the team seek their first NBA title since 1973. While older Knicks fans break out their Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley and John Starks jerseys, younger fans have the names of Brunson, Josh Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns on their backs. Chants of “MVP!” fill the air in every New York borough every time Jalen Brunson steps up to the free-throw line. Knicks fans have staged watch parties on the sidewalks, in the parks, and on the corners. All of New York is, in the words of JadaKiss, “outside”. Continue reading...