Brunson Lifts Knicks Past Spurs 105-104 in Knicks Vs Spurs Game 3

The Knicks edged the Spurs 105-104 in knicks vs spurs game 3, and Jalen Brunson finished the job after Victor Wembanyama’s late giveaway. New York has now beaten San Antonio twice in a row in the Finals, with both wins coming on the road.

Brunson and Wembanyama

Brunson tied the game at 104 with an off-kilter jumper after missing shot after shot against San Antonio’s defense. Seconds later, Wembanyama threw the ball away, and Brunson scored the game-winning point for New York.

That finish turned a tight game into a one-possession result. It also put the spotlight on the two players who shaped the closing stretch: Wembanyama dragged the Spurs back into the game with second-half heroics, then lost it with the turnover that ended San Antonio’s run.

Knicks’ road to Game Two

New York had already taken Game One on the road before winning Game Two in a game described as containing a dozen different games. The 105-104 result gave the Knicks their second straight win over the Spurs in the Finals and kept their road success intact.

Karl-Anthony Towns was the fulcrum for a roster that reached this point after major changes. Mikal Bridges arrived in 2023 for four unprotected first-round picks, a top-four protected first-round pick from the Milwaukee Bucks, an unprotected pick swap, a second-round pick, and Bojan Bogdanović, and he had never missed a game in his N.B.A. career. He had also never made an All-Star team.

Bridges under Mike Brown

The trade did not land cleanly at first. The Knicks lost in the second round of the playoffs against the Miami Heat before Bridges arrived, then their playoff run last season ended in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers. After that series, the team fired Tom Thibodeau and replaced him with Mike Brown, described as more tactically flexible and warmer.

Bridges struggled again at the start of the 2024-25 season and drew heavy criticism when his play dipped so far that New York’s commentariat called for him to be benched or even moved out. Brown later benched him for part of Game Three against the Atlanta Hawks, a reminder that the roster reshaping around Brunson has come with real volatility.

For New York, the scoreboard is the clean part: two road Finals wins and a 105-104 edge that came down to one turnover and one shot. For San Antonio, Wembanyama’s second-half surge was not enough to cover the mistake at the end, and Brunson left with the last possession that mattered.