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The NBA Finals 2026 features two of the best teams in basketball. Over the next two weeks, the Knicks and Spurs battle for glory and compete to hoist the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy at center court starting on Wednesday, June 3.
The championship series features the New York Knicks (53-29) taking on the San Antonio Spurs (62-20) with Game 1 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. Tipoff is at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.
The NBA Playoffs have been a ratings win across the league’s network partners. The Western Conference Finals drew in an average of 9.62 million viewers over the course of the seven-game series for NBC, per Nielsen, while the Eastern Conference Finals brought in an average of 7.4 million viewers for ABC and ESPN. Overall, postseason games have been the most-watched for the NBA in nearly 30 years.
Meanwhile, with the popularity of the Knicks and Spurs, a number of celebrities and athletes have attended playoff games throughout the season, including New York fans Timothée Chalamet, Spike Lee and Ben Stiller, as well as San Antonio fans Selena Gomez, Shane Gillis, George Strait and others. To find out who might be at games, tune-in with out of the streaming services, below:
