As it happened: Spurs 115-111 KnicksFrench star leads Spurs to win with 32 pointsKnicks lead best-of-seven series 2-1Trump given hostile reception by New York crowdThe spectacle at Madison Square Garden on Monday night was such that the basketball almost took a back seat to everything else. The president in the suites. The mayor in the crowd. Movie stars along the sideline. The culmination of days of talk over $10,000 tickets, heightened security and cancelled watch parties alongside the anticipation for New York City’s first home NBA finals game since 25 June 1999.By the end of the game, Victor Wembanyama had given New York something fresh to talk about. The San Antonio Spurs snapped the Knicks’ 13-game postseason winning streak with a 115-111 victory, playing spoiler to the Garden’s party and cutting the deficit to 2-1 in this year’s finals. Game 4 is Wednesday in New York. Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/08/nba-finals-game-3-knicks-spurs-madison-square-garden