New York Knicks-San Antonio Spurs NBA Finals 2026 Live Updates

From a newly-painted 34th Street subway station, to a jersey-sporting robot, New York City is bleeding orange and blue.

Everyone is getting in on the Knicks NBA Finals action. Businesses are cashing in, including the Fox Sports Bar in Harlem, which hosted a watch party the night the Knicks made it to the finals.

The game will also be played outside during a huge watch party at Central Park.

Eyewitness News reporter Chantee Lans has more.

Chantee Lans has more on the excitement ahead of the NBA Finals.

At Bishop Loughlin High School in Clinton Hill, players are feeling particularly inspired. One of their own, Julian Champagnie, is playing in the NBA Championship.

Champagnie graduated from Loughlin in 2019 and now plays for the San Antonio Spurs.

Coach Edwin Gonzalez didn't just coach Champagnie; he also coached his twin, Justin.

They both now play in the NBA. Gonzalez said they had talent and a tremendous work ethic.

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Permits have been issued for watch parties inside Madison Square Garden and at Central Park, the mayor's office confirmed:

"The Mayor is excited that the Knicks will be hosting NBA Finals watch parties -- including one inside the Garden and one at Central Park. Our administration is proud to support these efforts, let's go Knicks!"

The Knicks fan store was packed on Tuesday morning.

Fans have been packing the store all week after the Knicks did a full revamp on Sunday, stocking the store with NBA Finals merchandise.

There was even a line outside the store Tuesday morning before it opened.

The best seller? It's not rocket science -- it's the Jalen Brunson jersey with the finals patch and it is flying off the rack.

CeFaan Kim has the latest on Knicks fans at MSG.

Eyewitness News found a group of firefighters in there grabbing merch and we even found a fan from New Zealand who flew in just for the finals. He says he spent $6,000 just on hotel and airfare and that's not including what he's dropping in the store. And he doesn't even have tickets to a game.

The fan from New Zealand flew out here a month ago for a regular season game and flew back for the finals. He is hoping to get watch party tickets but those are not easy to score.

One of the Garden's front office employees showed us where she is in line for one of those tickets and there are 11,000+ fans ahead of her in the queue.