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NEW YORK — Typically, basketball immortality arrives with flair. A dagger 3 or a contested jumper worthy of a poster. A fearless drive through traffic and perhaps a thunderous dunk. A sudden steal or emphatic block. The moments that become legend, the ones etched into the psyche of fans who place their hearts on the…

The NBA Finals looked to be a rather ho-hum affair after the New York Knicks won the first two games in San Antonio. Then the series shifted to New York and everything changed. Game 3 featured a visit by President Trump, not to mention an accompanying security boost that created all sorts of chaos for…

NEW YORK — What De’Aaron Fox thought versus what De’Aaron Fox did were two very different things. And the disastrous disconnect between them, make no mistake, might have cost the San Antonio Spurs a title. In his mind, as the veteran Spurs guard explained after the worst collapse in NBA Finals history against the New…

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“I want to play a show at Madison Square Garden in New York, which is where the New York Knicks play. That’s what I want.” –William Beckett, lead singer, The Academy NEW YORK — The New York Knicks’ colors are orange and blue. Their fans’ color, as Wednesday night turned into Thursday morning, was red.…

NEW YORK — This was the most glorious basketball night in Madison Square Garden history, made possible by an NBA Finals comeback like no other, by a crowd that just would not quit, and by a stunning midair play from OG Anunoby that no other New York Knicks player could have made. Not Willis Reed,…

NEW YORK — Any sane person would have told Miles McBride that his team no longer stood a chance. The New York Knicks trailed by 27 at halftime. The NBA Finals were bound to go back to San Antonio tied at two games apiece. But McBride, surrounded by fellow believers, thought otherwise. The 25-year-old guard…

Staring down the company suggestion box at LA Gear, 19-year-old D’Wayne Edwards sketched a sneaker on a 3-by-5 notecard, signed his name and dropped it in the box. The next day, a different idea, and a different illustration, went in. Never mind that the Inglewood, Calif., native had no formal design education or training, or…

NEW YORK — It was just a fingertip, a redirection, a deflection. But to New York Knicks coach Mike Brown, it was the greatest shot ever taken in the basketball capital of the world. Brown was, of course, talking about OG Anunoby’s putback with 1.2 seconds left in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on…

NEW YORK — Once again, a great NBA team is left to explain the unexplainable after losing in a most unimaginable way. This time it’s the San Antonio Spurs, who are now in the dubious position of owning the biggest in-game collapse in NBA Finals history, blowing a 29-point lead in the second half to…