𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓝𝓮𝔀𝓼

In search of their first championship since 1973, Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks square off against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

The Knicks got off to a hot start, but a 20-3 Spurs run powered by Dylan Harper off the bench — and Wembanyama on the bench — gave San Antonio an eight-point lead after one quarter.

Brunson went to the locker room late in the first quarter after Harrison Barnes was pushed into his right knee, but returned to game in the second quarter with his knee heavily wrapped..

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