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The Knicks are just three wins away from a title.

After securing a 105-95 win in Game 1 over the Spurs in San Antonio on Wednesday — thanks to an 11-0 run to close things out — they return to the Frost Bank Center for Game 2.

Another win in enemy territory would send Jalen Brunson & Co. home to Madison Square Garden up 2-0 and to a city aching for them to accomplish something they haven’t since 1973.

Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will look to bounce back and throw a wrench into that plan.

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Victor Wembanyama: Things got 'blurry' down the stretch

By Ryan Dunleavy

The Knicks have Victor Wembanyama flustered.

No doubt about it.

One of the NBA's great players present and future came alive in the fourth quarter after a pedestrian first seven quarters of the NBA Finals. And then he had a costly turnover, a foul and a missed shot to win the game in the final 10 seconds.

Yikes.

Wemby on the last 3 possessions of the game:

"I'm still very blurry, and that's the whole problem. I need to have more poise, more control over the game."pic.twitter.com/NG0jRSBYc8

— Underdog NBA (@UnderdogNBA) June 6, 2026

Mike Brown: Don't forget Mitchell Robinson

By Ryan Dunleavy

Mikal Bridges was huge.

Karl-Anthony Towns was even better.

Throw in Landry Shamet, too.

But don't forget Mitchell Robinson, who contested Victor Wembanyama's last-second miss.

"What I'm proud about more than anything else is," head coach Mike Brown said. "Mitch defended him the right away. Wemby's iconic. If he makes the shot, he makes the shot. You're not blocking his shot, but you make him work."

Mike Brown is fired up. Big shout outs for Mitchell Robinson for his late contests on Wemby.

— Stefan Bondy (@SbondyNBA) June 6, 2026

Mike Brown: Knicks' mental toughness is a 'joy to be around'

By Ryan Dunleavy

The Comeback Kings are also The Collapse Survivors.

The Knicks, who rallied from a 14-point third-quarter deficit in Game 1, survived a 14-point blown fourth-quarter lead to win Game 2.

"It's an amazing feeling as a coach to know how mentally tough your team is no matter what the situation in front of them is," head coach Mike Brown said. "You don't experience what I'm experiencing with this group a lot. It is a freaking joy to be around."

Mikal Bridges: Keep playing 'desperate'

By Ryan Dunleavy

Who says the Knicks are up 2-0?

Well, everyone who is tracking the NBA Finals.

But Mikal Bridges says the Knicks need to play like it's 0-0.

"Desperate," Bridges said, while apologizing for slipping in an F-bomb. "Nothing but the offseason ahead."

Charles Barkley, Shaq: KAT has to be MVP of NBA Finals

By Ryan Dunleavy

The superstar usually wins MVP in the NBA Finals.

But the Knicks are up 2-0 on the Spurs despite Jalen Brunson's shooting woes.

Why?

Because Karl-Anthony Towns is playing like an MVP at both ends of the floor.

"He's played two of the best games I've ever seen a big man play," Inside the NBA analyst Charles Barkley said.

Shaq agrees: Towns for MVP.

"He has outplayed Victor (Wembanyama) in both games," Barkley said.

Charles Barkley: Knicks fans are 'incredible'

By Ryan Dunleavy

Charles Barkley is looking down on the floor at Knicks fans chanting "Knicks in 4" and he can't believe what he's seeing.

"It's incredible," Barkley said. "We're not in New York."

13 wins in a row

By Ryan Dunleavy

The Knicks just swept the first two games of the NBA Finals in San Antonio.

They have won 13 straight playoff games, including eight straight road wins.

What 14-point blown fourth-quarter lead?

Victor Wembanyama, who got hot in the fourth quarter, missed an elbow jumper at the buzzer and the Knicks survived with a 105-104 victory.

Victor Wembanyama just choked away Game 2 of the Finals. Damn. pic.twitter.com/g9YoOh4cj8

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) June 6, 2026

Captain Steal

By Ryan Dunleavy

Jalen Brunson missed a potential go-ahead jump shot.

Victor Wembanyama grabbed the defensive rebound with the Spurs having a timeout and a chance to hold for the last shot.

But Wemby threw the ball to a non-looking Stephon Castle and Brunson stole the errant pass.

Wemby knocked Brunson down.

Brunson made 1-of-2 free throws (a killer?) and so the Knicks lead 105-104 with 7.5 seconds to go.

Spurs ball.

Spurs' take 1st lead of second half

By Ryan Dunleavy

This could be the reverse of a Knicks' comeback.

The Spurs have wiped out a 14-point deficit and lead 104-102 after Victor Wembanyama's three-point play.

Huge replay review goes Knicks' way

By Ryan Dunleavy

The Knicks offense has disappeared.

The Spurs are on a game-tying 14-0 run.

The Frost Bank Center is erupting, sensing a collapse.

And OG Anunoby just pushed the ball out of bounds after getting stripped.

Or did he?

The Knicks challenged the play and Julian Champagnie was ruled to have slapped Anunoby's arm, giving him three free throws with the score tied at 97-97 and 2:37 to go.

9-0 Spurs run

By Ryan Dunleavy

Don't count your wins just yet.

The Spurs just scored nine straight points to cut their deficit to 97-92 with 4:17 to go.

It's Jalen Brunson time, right? He's shooting 5-of-18 and getting outplayed by De'Aaron Fox, who has rebounded from his quiet Game 1.

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