{"id":499062,"date":"2026-05-31T08:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=499062"},"modified":"2026-05-31T08:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:38:23","slug":"2026-nba-finals-set-spurs-and-knicks-to-battle-for-the-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/2026-nba-finals-set-spurs-and-knicks-to-battle-for-the-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Finals Set: Spurs and Knicks to Battle for the Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is now official: the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks will face off in the 2026 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Game 1 is scheduled for Wednesday night at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, with a potential Game 7 set for Friday, June 19.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks won two of the three regular-season meetings between the teams and enter the Finals riding an impressive 11-game playoff winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>The series will feature a fascinating clash between two franchises seeking to add another chapter to their histories, with San Antonio returning to the Finals for the first time since 2014 and New York looking to complete a remarkable postseason run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-499058 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/HJnYpflXcAAyebZ.jpg\" alt=\"nba finals programma\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/HJnYpflXcAAyebZ.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/HJnYpflXcAAyebZ.jpg?resize=240,300 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The San Antonio Spurs advance to the 2026 NBA Finals!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0fGame 1: Wednesday, June 3<br \/>\n8:30 PM ET on ABC<\/p>\n<p>The complete NBA Finals schedule \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M10530Pe0a\">pic.twitter.com\/M10530Pe0a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBAPR\/status\/2060916515088588878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">KNICKS. SPURS. 1999 REMATCH.<br \/>\nTHE NBA FINALS ARE OFFICIALLY SET!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf7f New York returns to NBA Finals for the first time since 1999<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf7f San Antonio returns to NBA Finals for the first time since 2014<\/p>\n<p>Game 1: Wednesday, June 3 at 8:30pm\/et on ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p5uZ4Dq5BO\">pic.twitter.com\/p5uZ4Dq5BO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2060917090345738712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game 1 is scheduled for Wednesday night at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":499061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-499062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/HJnZKsXXwAE5jtX.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499062"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=499062"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=499062"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=499062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}