{"id":249230,"date":"2026-05-31T04:23:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/249230\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T04:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:23:24","slug":"when-do-the-nba-finals-between-spurs-knicks-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/249230\/","title":{"rendered":"When do the NBA Finals between Spurs, Knicks start?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the San Antonio Spurs getting past the Oklahoma City Thunder in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/sports\/spurs\/article\/spurs-defeat-thunder-advance-to-finals-22279206.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">111-103 Game 7 victory<\/a>, the matchup in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/business\/article\/academy-spurs-western-conference-championship-22283883.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">NBA Finals<\/a> has been decided. Fans will see the Silver and Black face off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/sports\/article\/we-want-wemby-knicks-fans-are-chanting-and-22277684.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">against the New York Knicks<\/a> in hopes of taking home the team&#8217;s first title since 2014. Here&#8217;s when things tip off.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA Finals begin with Game 1 on Wednesday, June 3. It will be a home game here in San Antonio at the Frost Bank Center, and all games are scheduled for\u00a07:30 p.m. CT. Game 2 \u2014 another battle in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/sports\/spurs\/article\/san-antonio-spurs-nba-player-poll-22272018.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Frost Bank Center<\/a> \u2014 kicks off at. 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 5. The Spurs will travel to Madison Square Garden on Sunday, June 7, and Tuesday, June 9, for Games 3 and 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should Games 5, 6 or 7 be necessary, the teams will alternate cities for each game, starting with San Antonio for Game 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ABC and\u00a0ESPN are the &#8220;exclusive home of the NBA Finals&#8221; \u2014 that means San Antonio fans with cable can watch the game on the local ABC affiliate as well as with\u00a0Hulu+Live TV, YouTube TV, Fubo TV and other live TV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/sports\/spurs\/article\/where-to-watch-spurs-game-22242371.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">streaming <\/a>services. You can also catch it in the ESPN app when logging in with your provider.<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio Spurs vs. New York Knicks<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs and the Knicks met twice during the regular season and split the record. The Spurs took the first game on December 31, 2025, by a small margin: 134-132. The Knicks posted a sound defeat on March 1, besting the Spurs 114-89.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some fans say this Finals match-up proves the relevance of the NBA Cup, a fairly new in-season tournament that has only been around since 2023. They might have a point \u2014 in December 2025, the Spurs beat the Thunder\u00a0to advance to the NBA Cup final, where\u00a0they fell to the Knicks, 124-113. The last series of the\u00a0season will show if history repeats itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the San Antonio Spurs getting past the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 111-103 Game 7 victory, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[97390,97389,29598,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-249230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-mysasports","tag-mysaspurs","tag-mysastaff","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}