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New York Knicks-San Antonio Spurs Game 1 of the NBA Finals 2026: Live Updates
Watch the NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs starting Wednesday on ABC 7
Last updated: Thursday, June 4, 2026 2:37AM GMT
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.
Déjà 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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Here's how the news is developing.
ByRyan Field, Sam Ryan
2 hours and 20 minutes ago
Breaking down the Knicks' journey to the NBA Finals
Sam Ryan and Ryan Field chronicle how the New York Knicks made it to the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, in what is essentially a rematch of the 1999 NBA Finals.
2 hours and 23 minutes ago
Knicks' center Mitchell Robinson available to play in Game 1: ESPN
Knicks' center Mitchell Robinson will be available to play tonight in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Wednesday.
Robinson had hand surgery after fractured the fifth metacarpal bone in his right hand.
ByCeFaan Kim, Anthony Carlo
2 hours and 39 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.
