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The 2025 NBA Cup Finals are here.
After a gruelling tournament, the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks have emerged from their respective brackets and will duke it out in the finals. Both teams were three-seeds in their respective region.
The Knicks overcame the Toronto Raptors in the quarterfinals, 117-101, and then moved past the Orlando Magic, 132-120, in the semifinals. The Spurs took down the Los Angeles Lakers 132-119 in their quarterfinal matchup, then beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-109 in an intense game, advancing to the Cup finals and giving the Thunder their second loss of the season.
It will be interesting to see how the Spurs use star center Victor Wembanyama in the finals. He had been dealing with an injury, so for the first time in his career, he came off the bench against Oklahoma City. Wembanyama played 21 minutes and finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and two blocks with five turnovers.
The Sporting News is tracking all of the updates and highlights as the Knicks take on the Spurs in the 2025 NBA Cup finals.
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10:11 p.m. — The Spurs took a timeout with 7:58 left. It looks like New York called a good timeout because it cut San Antonio’s lead back to five points. Both teams are shooting under 50% from the field and are shooting 32% from beyond the arc.
Spurs lead 72-67.
10:03 p.m. — The Knicks take a timeout with about 10 minutes to go in the third quarter. San Antonio is starting the second half hotter than New York, up 8-2 in the frame. Fox has turned it up for the Spurs, now with 15 points and 8 assists, but he picked up his third foul.
Spurs lead 69-61.
9:51 p.m. —
First half team stats
SpursKnicksPoints6159Rebounds2425Assists1615Steals23Blocks22Turnovers44Field Goals24-5124-533-point field goals6-206-18Free throws7-105-8
Spurs first half stats
PlayerPointsReboundsAssistsHarrison Barnes610Luke Kornet1050De’Aaron Fox928Devin Vassell1220Stephon Castle637Keldon Johnson330Julian Champagnie310Dylan Harper830Victor Wembanyama441
Knicks first half stats
PlayerPointsReboundsAssistsOG Anunoby2013Karl-Anthony Towns971Josh Hart652Mikal Bridges433Jalen Brunson1524Tyler Kolek312Jordan Clarkson200
End of first half: Spurs lead 61-59
9:45 p.m. — Anunoby is playing out of his mind. He made some high effort plays in the final minute, including a falling shot that happened to go in. He leads all players in the game with 20 points.
9:39 p.m. — Castle got whistled for a foul on Brunson with 1:47 left in the half. Kornet is the first Spurs player with 10 points. More impressive on the box score is that both Fox and Castle each have seven assists.
Brunson is up to 15 points. He is 6-14 shooting and is 1-2 from deep. The teams have combined for 29 assists so far.
Spurs lead 56-54.
9:28 p.m. — The Knicks called another timeout, this time with 5:22 left in the half. Wembaynama had a steal and then tossed it up the court to Stephon Castle for the slam, which forced the timeout call.
San Antonio continues to spread the ball around with Dylan Harper up to eight points off the bench and no Spurs shooter with double digits yet. Anunoby still leads the Knicks, and has been tough for San Antonio to slow down. He is already up to 16 points. Towns has five points and six rebounds.
Spurs lead 50-43.
9:22 p.m. — The Knicks called a timeout with seven minutes left in the half. The Spurs are on a bit of a run and lead 46-40. San Antonio is shooting 53% from the field and are 5-14 from beyond the arc. The Knicks are shooting 45% and are 5-15 from three-point range.
Wemby registered a block and now has a block in 99 consecutive games.
Spurs lead 46-40.
9:17 p.m. — The teams are playing clean early. With nine minutes to go in the half, they have combined for 22 assists and three turnovers. Fox already has seven assists for the Spurs.
End of first quarter: Spurs 30, Knicks 28
9:09 p.m. — Neither team was able to mount momentum and create separation ahead of the quarter break. Anunoby leads both teams with 10 points. The scoring for the Spurs is more spread out with Vassell pacing the team with seven points, but Harrison Barnes and De’Aaron Fox with six points apiece. Wembanyama finally got on the board and has two points on 1-4 shooting.
The highlight of the first quarter was actually an assist from Karl-Anthony Towns. He was getting double teamed on the sideline, but threw a laser beam to Anunoby who dunked it home.
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— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) December 17, 2025
9:00 p.m. — The Spurs took a timeout with 4:27 left in the quarter. The Knicks are currently up 21-19. Wembanyama has only played three minutes, but missed his first shot of the game and then had a turnover.
Anunoby is the first player in the game to reach double-digits. He has 10 points with two assists in eight minutes early on.
Knicks lead 21-19.
8:51 p.m. — Both teams are playing fast, and trying to get into their rhythm shooting from the floor. The first foul of the game came with 7:03 left in the first quarter, and it allowed for Wembanyama to check in.
Early on, the Spurs are led by Devin Vassell (six points) and Luke Kornet (four points), while OG anunoby has five points for the Knicks. Currently, the Spurs are up 15-12 with about seven minutes left in the opening frame.
Spurs lead 15-12.
8:44 p.m. — The game is underway and the Knicks won the tip.
8:37 p.m. — Here is the starting five for the Knicks in the NBA Cup finals.
starters for the cup finals 😤 pic.twitter.com/c9o2fxDw12
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) December 17, 2025
8:30 p.m. — The game is being played at a neutral site in Las Vegas. At least when the two teams took the floor for the pre-game warm-ups, it sounded like the crowd favored the Knicks.
8:25 p.m. — Just like their win in the semifinals, the Spurs are going to bring Victor Wembanyama off the bench to begin the game. He is expected to check into the game at some point in the first quarter.
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— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) December 17, 2025
8:20 p.m. — During the pregame show on Amazon Prime Video, it was revealed that the Knicks’ Mikal Bridges calls his point guard Jalen Brunson “Dome Lillard” dude to the size of his head.
8:05 p.m. — We are about 30 minutes from tip of the NBA Cup finals. Both teams are playing in their first NBA Cup Finals.
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Where to watch NBA Cup final tonightKnicks vs. Spurs start timeDate: Tuesday, December 16Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Tip-off for the NBA Cup final between the Knicks and the Spurs is set for 8:30 p.m. ET. The game will be held at a neutral site so as to not give either team a home court advantage. The game will be played at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
What channel is Knicks vs. Spurs on today?
The NBA Cup finals will not be televised, but viewers can live-stream the action. The game will air on Amazon Prime Video.
While it hasn’t been confirmed yet, Ian Eagle and Kevin Harlan are expected to be the broadcast duo.