By: Betty Lacey-Cantley
Oklahoma City, OK – Game 7 of the 2026 NBA Western Conference Finals played at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on May 30, 2026. The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 to advance to the finals (per NBA.com).
The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder shattered social media records, passing over 2 billion views across platforms.
Even though the Spurs are a favorite to win, you can’t count out the Knicks. Despite being the underdogs on paper, the Knicks have a highly compelling case to pull off the upset
The Spurs are favored to win the Larry O’Brien trophy. Victor Wembanya is playing at a generational MVP-caliber level.
He just streamrolled through a 7-game series against the defending conference champs.
San Antonio finished with a better regular-season record for home-court advantage against the New York Knicks.
The Knicks wrapped up the Eastern Conference sweep on May 25 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. New York has been resting, scheming, and recovering.
The Spurs just went through a grueling, physical 7-game series that ended May 30. New York will have a massive freshness advantage in Game 1.
During the regular season, the Knicks actually blew out the Spurs 114-89 back on March 1. More importantly, New York is one of the few teams with the frontcourt size (Karl-Anthony Towns and a returning Mitchell Robinson) to actually bother Wembanya when he’s on the floor.
The “NBA Cup” precedent: The Knicks already beat the Spurs 124-113 earlier this season to capture the in-season NBA Cup Championship. They know exactly how to be at this time in a big state.
This is shaping up to be an incredible series.
Game 1 – Knicks-Spurs is 8:30 EDT. On June 3rd.
Game 2 – Knicks-Spurs is 8:30 EDT June 5th.
Game 3 – Spurs-Knicks is 8:30 EDT June 8th.
Game 4 – Spurs Knicks at 8:30 June 10th.
Games 5-7 if needed.