The San Antonio Spurs have reached the NBA finals and will face the New York Knicks there.
Victor Wembanyama’s team won the decisive seventh game of the semi-final series in Oklahoma City with 111:103 and won the title in the Western Conference. That’s what they play with Spurs in the N.B.A-Final against the winner from the Eastern Conferencethe New York Knicks. For Spurs it’s about their first championship in twelve years.
The extremely strong Knicks are in the final for the first time since 1999; the team last won the title in 1973. The Knicks celebrated in the Playoffs most recently eleven wins in a row, both against Philadelphia 76ers as well as against them Cleveland Cavaliers around national team captain Dennis Schröder was the Knicks “Sweep” succeeded.
| Game | Appointment | Home |
|---|---|---|
1 | June 4th, 2:30 a.m | Spurs |
2 | June 6, 2:30 a.m | Spurs |
3 | June 9th, 2:30 a.m | Curtsy |
4 | June 11, 2:30 a.m | Curtsy |
5* | June 14, 2:30 a.m | Spurs |
6* | June 17, 2:30 a.m | Curtsy |
7* | June 20, 2:30 a.m | Spurs |
*all times CEST, games 5 to 7 only take place if they are needed for a decision.
Wembanyama: “We’re not done yet”
“We want four more wins. We’re not done yet”said Wembanyama: The 2.24 meter tall Frenchman had his team with 22 points and seven rebounds led to victory, Julian Champagnie also scored 20 points.
“We had a good team, a great team”said Champagnie and added to Wembanyama, who was named the best player of the series and fell into the arms of his teammates after the game with tears in his eyes: “We never knew if we would get this far, but when you have the best player in the world, things happen.”
Hartenstein and OKC fail Title defense
Oklahoma and Isaiah Hartenstein failed to defend their title. In the fourth quarter, the Spurs were already ahead by double digits. The guests scored points in the first six attacks of the final period. Hartenstein remained inconspicuous with seven points, while Oklahoma was led by the league’s most valuable player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (35 points).
Luke Kornet (r.) blocks Isaiah Hartenstein (l.)
This means there will be a new champion in the NBA in 2026. Lastly it is the Golden State Warriors We managed to defend the championship title in 2018. With the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, Warriors, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder, there have always been different champions since then, and this series will continue in 2026.
