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New York Knicks-San Antonio Spurs Game 1 of the NBA Finals 2026: Live Updates

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Last updated: Thursday, June 4, 2026 3:16AM GMT
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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs is underway Wednesday night in Texas.

The last time the Knicks made the NBA Finals, the Spurs were the opponent and just happened to have a generational big-man talent who was heading to the title round for the first time.

DĂ©jĂ  vu. Back then for the Spurs, it was Tim Duncan. This time for the Spurs, it's Victor Wembanyama. Here they go again - San Antonio vs. New York is the matchup for the 2026 NBA Finals, a Spurs team looking to return to basketball's mountaintop for the sixth time and a Knicks team looking for its first championship in 53 years.

The Knicks stormed through the Eastern Conference, winning 11 consecutive games by an average of 23.8 points to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.

The Spurs ended the Oklahoma City Thunder's hopes of becoming the first team since the Kevin Durant-led Golden State Warriors of 2017 and 2018 to win back-to-back titles.

Channel 7 is also your home for the NBA Finals.

Ryan Field, Sam Ryan, and Anthony Johnson will all be on the road in San Antonio. You can watch their reports on Eyewitness News.

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ByCeFaan Kim, Anthony Carlo WABC logo
3 hours and 16 minutes ago

A look at New York City's Game 1 watch parties

For those fans who did not make the trip down to Texas, official watch parties were underway in New York City.

NewsCopter 7 was live over The Garden, where there is not only a watch party inside, but there is also a big screen setup in Plaza 33.

Meanwhile in Central Park, there was another watch party outside at SummerStage.

Eyewitness News reporters Anthony Carlo and CeFaan Kim report from the watch parties.

Anthony Carlo reports from the watch party outside Madison Square Garden, then CeFaan Kim has more from the watch party in Central Park.
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Jun 03, 2026, 11:32 PM GMT

Knicks are making 2 NBA Finals seats in celebrity row available in an auction

Still looking for tickets to the NBA Finals? The New York Knicks are making available two of the best seats in the house - right by the likes of Ben Stiller and Spike Lee - to the highest bidder.

The Knicks are auctioning two celebrity row seats for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, when the NBA Finals return to New York for the first time since 1999.

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Jun 03, 2026, 11:20 PM GMT

Knicks superfan's Billy Joel parodies go viral

One singing Knicks superfan was just having fun recapping games to the tunes of Billy Joel - but now his Piano Man parodies have gone viral.

Luke Wenner used "New York State of Mind" to recap game 3 when the Knicks beat the Cavs.

The 21-year-old has entered the conversation and is rewriting lyrics from some of Joel's greatest works to reflect the Knicks' winning streak.

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Jun 03, 2026, 10:04 PM GMT

Archbishops of New York and San Antonio place friendly wager on NBA Finals

Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York and Archbishop Gustavo GarcĂ­a-Siller of San Antonio have made a friendly wager in anticipation of the NBA Finals which begins Wednesday night.

The two, who have been friends since their days serving together in the Archdiocese of Chicago, made the bet on Wednesday, just hours before Game 1.

If the Spurs win, Archbishop Hicks will send a box of bagels, cream cheese and lox from H&H Bagels to Archbishop Gustavo. If the Knicks are victorious, Archbishop Gustavo will send curated packages of Texas favorites gift boxes from San Antonio-based grocery chain H-E-B, including such items as Texas pecan coffee, cowboy cookies, Texas Heat Trail Mix, 1877 Mineral Water, That Green Sauce, Texas-style barbecue sauce, and butter tortilla scent candles, among other products.

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