Overview
- Spurs coach Mitch Johnson has not committed to starting Wembanyama and says the team will closely manage his workload.
- Wembanyama logged 22 points and nine rebounds in about 21 minutes off the bench to help San Antonio edge Oklahoma City in the semifinal, ending the Thunder’s 16-game win streak.
- New York reached the final by beating Orlando 130–120 behind Jalen Brunson’s 40 points and has gone 9–1 in its last 10 games.
- This is the franchises’ first meeting with a trophy on the line since San Antonio beat New York in the 1999 NBA Finals.
- Players on the winning team will receive $530,933 each, the finalists have already earned $212,373 apiece, and tipoff is 8:30 p.m. ET on Prime Video.