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NBA finals 2026 Game 3: San Antonio Spurs v New York Knicks – live buildup

Bryan Armen Graham at Madison Square Garden · June 9, 2026

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Less than a half hour before tip-off, Madison Square Garden is nearly full. I’m situated in the 300s with a bird’s-eye view of the court, and the fans at this level were some of the earliest arrivals. (I was also among the early arrivals, as my Apple Health step count tracker has made clear: I walked 5,293 steps around the entirety of this arena just to find a security access point that would let me inside.)

>Celebrity Row is starting to fill up. So far, I see Ben Stiller, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan and Spike Lee in a group. Lee is wearing a jersey that says “Pope Leo” on the back – a pointed choice, given a certain attender’s recent clashes with the head of the Catholic church? The director and longtime Knicks fan was hanging out with franchise cult hero Jeremy Lin earlier.