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The Athletic has live coverage of Spurs vs. Knicks in Game 3 of the 2026 NBA Finals. NEW YORK — In the middle of the national anthem, moments before the first NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden in 27 years, President Donald J. Trump stood at attention in his suite, surrounded by bulletproof glass,…

Oklahoma City Thunder lead executive Sam Presti said he’s never talked to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander about the internet’s relationship with his drawing fouls, and that the back-to-back NBA MVP would “kill me for talking about this,” but Presti needed to say his piece. In a near-seven-minute tangent during Presti’s annual end-of-season availability, which ran almost two…

The Athletic has live coverage of Spurs vs. Knicks in Game 3 of the 2026 NBA Finals. The plan was to get out and then get back in. They had four tickets and were going to find a way to get seven, probably by selling theirs and buying new ones. That’s how Daniel Kim and…

The Toronto Raptors have extended the contract of general manager Bobby Webster, the team announced Monday. Additionally, they have given him the title of executive vice president. Webster, the Raptors’ longtime GM, became the top-ranking basketball executive in the organization when the franchise parted ways with Masai Ujiri after the 2025 NBA Draft. After a…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Shaquille O’Neal was swept in his first NBA Finals in 1995. Jason Kidd was swept in his first finals in 2002. LeBron James was swept in his first in 2007. It’s not the worst thing in…

MINNEAPOLIS — So many things were going through Alex Rodriguez’s head in the days and weeks after he teamed with Marc Lore to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves for $1.5 billion. He thought about how to use his years of experience as a baseball superstar to connect with the players and help them develop as professionals.…

Back in mid-April, the NBA playoffs were beginning, and we looked at the potential legacy boosts (or declines) of several NBA players. What would a second title mean for guys such as Jaylen Brown, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Nikola Jokić? Or even a third, Stephen Curry-less ring for Kevin Durant? What about a first ring for…

The series is a blowout. The road team has won the first two games of the NBA Finals, and generally speaking, in the NBA, that’s a death sentence. Teams almost never hang in; they almost never recover. It’s why, at this stage of the series between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks,…

This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here. Anthony Goods played with Mitch Johnson, the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, at Stanford. Goods is now an assistant coach at Arkansas State. To paint a picture: Mitch Johnson is a cool dude. Advertisement…

Chuck D has been a prominent voice in music and popular culture dating back to the 1980s when he first became the lead emcee for legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy. But to know Chuck is to know he is also a big sports fan. And like many New York natives, he’s excited about the New…