# 2025-26 NBA season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** basketball-nba\ **Created:** [October 21, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171 "2025-10-21T18:53:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/292 "2026-06-11T03:48:49Z")
We’re still in shock. Absolutely insane. Anounoby saved Hart’s ass. (Hart missed a dunk in the last minute…the Knicks were down by one, with a few seconds left…Brunson’s shot clanked…Anounoby tipped it in to put the Knicks up by one). Just…incredible. Greatest game in many years. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/293 "2026-06-11T03:56:25Z")
Fox going for the dunk and missing it with 11 seconds left while up by 1 was absolutely boneheaded. The Spurs had made a stop and had possession with the lead, you don’t make a quick basket even if it’s guaranteed. And then to miss it! Couldn’t happen to a better team. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/294 "2026-06-11T04:08:14Z")
And who partly blocked (or just well defended – can’t recall) Fox’s ill-advised shot? Yup, it was Anounoby. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/295 "2026-06-11T04:08:47Z")
Wow that was insane. Down 29 to win by 1! With one second left! Just incredible. It is so loud outside now! So much cheering and horns honking. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/296 "2026-06-11T05:07:54Z")
I may be a Pacers fan, but I’m rooting for the Knicks to win this thing. You deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/297 "2026-06-11T14:27:05Z")
Damn. Guess I turned it off too early. Pretty incredible. For some reason my son made a bet with his friends that he would get a buzz cut if the Knicks won. I think he’s in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/298 "2026-06-11T16:11:25Z")
Just watched the 4th quarter on YouTube. The Knicks’ defense was phenomenal and they really earned that win. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/299 "2026-06-14T02:03:31Z")
Towns gets two fouls early, Knicks fall behind by double digits in the first half, the arena crowd cheers wildly for the Knicks… Just like Wednesday, except this time it’s in San Antonio, which makes the third similarity weird! ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/300 "2026-06-14T03:12:20Z")
Really incredible how the Knicks just keep coming back. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/301 "2026-06-14T04:17:29Z")
Congratulations to NY! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/302 "2026-06-14T04:22:25Z")
Fittingly, the Spurs lost by blowing a lead again. They have lost a lead in all 4 losses. Congrats to the Knicks. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/303 "2026-06-14T04:57:39Z")
Wow. The Knicks really earned this championship with one of the most dominant, improbable runs of all-time. Let’s have the Pacers do it next year. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/304 "2026-06-14T13:14:57Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Let’s have the Pacers do it next year I hope the Pistons mature enough to make it to the finals next year. I would not argue with the Pacers winning, though. They had the real bad breaks the past year or two. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/305 "2026-06-23T04:40:09Z")
Giannis has been traded to the Heat. > **[Bucks agree to trade Giannis Antetokounmpo to Heat for Tyler Herro, Kel’el...](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7010756/2026/06/22/giannis-antetokounmpo-nba-trade-bucks-heat/?unlocked_article_code=1.sVA.34C9.szwwbZde3_Gp&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta)** > > After another long saga, Milwaukee finally dealt the most accomplished player in franchise history. This should be a gift link. Milwaukee gets Tyler Herro, a few other players, and draft picks. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/306 "2026-06-23T14:47:43Z")
So they went with future value and cap space rather than Jaylen Brown. Probably a smart decision. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/307 "2026-06-27T00:27:25Z")
Seemed very cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-26-nba-season/1024171/308 "2026-06-30T13:53:05Z")
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