Robert O'Connell

The Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are barely halfway over. But the rest of the NBA is already terrified.

The NBA’s biggest player wanted San Antonio to have the NBA’s biggest home-court advantage. That’s when he formed “The Jackals.”

It’s been a long journey back to basketball’s promised land. It’ll be even longer for anyone who doesn’t pay Madison Square Garden prices.

When the New York Knicks signed Jalen Brunson in 2022, nobody expected it to be the start of a championship run. Then the NBA’s ultimate underdog turned into basketball’s biggest winner.

Dolan had led the New York Knicks through decades of misery. Now he has the team in the Finals—and one of the world’s hottest music venues to his name as well.

In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, time was running short and the Knicks were on the wrong side of the score. Which is exactly where Jalen Brunson likes to be.

Over the first two games of the NBA Finals, the Knicks have managed to counteract Victor Wembanyama, the league’s best defender. One sequence of brilliant passes shows just what they’re doing.

In their quest for global soccer supremacy, the World Cup’s superpowers are setting up shop in the heart of flyover country.

New York trailed the San Antonio Spurs by 29 in Game 4. Then they pulled off a comeback never before seen in basketball history.

While New York City was celebrating one of the most improbable wins in history, many others woke up Thursday morning to find that they had missed the game of a lifetime.