Spurs, Knicks advance to 2025 NBA Cup finals
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The 2025-26 NBA season, still in its early stages, has seen a captivating mid-season twist with the ongoing Emirates NBA Cup tournament. As the league navigates the opening of the trade season, the spotlight has been firmly on the two teams who have defied expectations and injuries to reach the final: the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.
By how the NBA defines pace, which is a bit of a flawed stat, the Knicks aren’t playing that much faster. They’re still bottom-five in that category. Their secondary assists and passes per game aren’t much improved, if at all.
The Knicks could use a veteran backup point guard, and Blake Griffin says that Chris Paul would be the ideal fit.
The New York Knicks are hitting all the right notes — under new head coach Mike Brown, they’re singing a brand new hit. Twenty-five games into the 2025 NBA season, the Knicks stand tall with an 18-7 record.
Off the court, Dec. 15 is the day that 79 players who signed or extended their contracts last summer become eligible to be traded — it’s the unofficial opening day of NBA trade season. That, however, didn’t move things closer to an Antetokounmpo trade. Where do things stand with an Antetokounmpo trade? Let’s break it down.
Yes, guys like Kevin Durant or Kristaps Porzingis have transcended normal limitations for their size and been able to dominate all over the court. But Wembanyama has multiple inches on even those guys. He is a unicorn the likes of which the NBA has never really seen before.
The New York Knicks (18-7) have done a nice job of winning the games they are supposed to lately, and they did so again after earning a 132-120 NBA Cup Semifinals victory over the injury-hampered Orlando Magic (15-11) on Saturday.
A Brooklyn court heard plea deals might be possible in a massive NBA betting scandal involving players and the New York mafia. Miami Heat's Terry Roz