{"id":681383,"date":"2026-05-20T07:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/681383\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:08:13","slug":"knicks-fans-already-have-nba-finals-opponent-in-mind-after-game-1-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/681383\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks fans already have NBA Finals opponent in mind after Game 1 comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/19\/sports\/heroes-zeros-from-knicks-game-1-win-over-cavaliers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knicks won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals<\/a> in the most inconceivable of fashions, so it\u2019s no surprise their fans were on a high. <\/p>\n<p>But in their exultation outside Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, the Knicks faithful might\u2019ve gotten a little too ahead of themselves. <\/p>\n<p>The area outside the Garden is always a party after a Knicks playoff win, and Tuesday night was no different after a 115-104 overtime victory over the Cavaliers. But some Knicks fans were already thinking about an NBA Finals opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want Wemby!\u201d some fans on the plaza chanted in unison, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/19\/sports\/the-victor-wembanyama-factor-that-delivered-knicks-rare-nba-lottery-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">referring to Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, whose team has a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference finals over the Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>Some exuberant fans in another chant yelled out, \u201cKnicks in four.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>If the Knicks do end up playing the Spurs in the 2026 NBA Finals, New York does bring in a championship edge over San Antonio from this season. The Knicks beat the Spurs, who were limiting Wembanyama\u2019s minutes, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/16\/sports\/knicks-win-nba-cup-final-on-back-of-dominant-fourth-quarter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the NBA Cup final in mid-December<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Knicks fans celebrate their team\u2019s 115-104 overtime win outside Madison Square Garden on May 19, 2026. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks fans were all smiles after the win. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Knicks fans watched the game from outside MSG. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The two teams split the other two games in the regular season, with each squad winning at home.<\/p>\n<p>But the Knicks will still have to get past a Cavaliers team, which did luck vulnerable after blowing a 22-point lead in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n<p>Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell led the way with 29 points, but it wasn\u2019t enough. He didn\u2019t pull back any punches after the loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost, we f\u2013king blew it,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio would have to get past the defending champion Thunder to make a Knicks-Spurs 1999 NBA Finals rematch happen, too. That series resumes on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals in the most inconceivable of fashions, so it\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,2357,37412,459,2699,231245,2901,2696,82,21217],"class_list":["post-681383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-nba-playoffs-2026","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}