{"id":482624,"date":"2026-06-08T17:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/482624\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:54:12","slug":"live-knicks-eye-3-0-lead-as-host-spurs-at-msg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/482624\/","title":{"rendered":"Live: Knicks eye 3-0 lead as host Spurs at MSG"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jalen Brunson and the Knicks will host the Spurs for Games 3 and 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

For the first time in 27 years, the NBA Finals are back at Madison Square Garden. The New York Knicks eye a 3-0 lead as they host the San Antonio Spurs (8:30 ET, ABC & ESPN<\/a>).<\/p>\n

What we know about Game 3 of the NBA Finals<\/p>\n

The Knicks seek their 14th consecutive win in these playoffs and a 3-0 lead in the series.
\nTeams that go down 2-0 in the Finals have a 22-15 record in Game 3s, but no club has ever climbed from a 3-0 hole in Finals history and won the title
\nMadison Square Garden last hosted an NBA Finals game on June 25, 1999, when the Spurs beat the Knicks in Game 5 to clinch their first NBA title.
\nWhere to watch: 8:30 ET, ABC & ESPN (U.S.), NBA League Pass (International).
\nPresident Donald Trump is expected to be in attendance for Game 3<\/p>\n

8:37 AM \/ JUNE 8<\/p>\n

Biggest surprises of the Finals<\/p>\n

NBA.com\u2019s writers discuss the biggest surprises of the Finals<\/a>\u00a0through two games<\/p>\n

7:27 AM \/ JUNE 8<\/p>\n

Check the Finals MVP Ladder<\/p>\n

NBA.com\u2019s Shaun Powell lists the most dominant players of the series thus far<\/a><\/p>\n

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Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson have been a difficult combination to guard in the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson and the Knicks will host the Spurs for Games 3 and 4 of the 2026 NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[179305,223496,223495,85,46,218196,217940,105,79949],"class_list":["post-482624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-brunson","tag-donald-trump-nba-finals","tag-game-3-nba-finals","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-knicks-spurs","tag-nba-finals","tag-sports","tag-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}