ESPN's basketball daily cheat sheet is your pregame destination before you lock in daily fantasy and betting decisions for that night's games. Here you'll find our top insights for the slate, including players to target for your daily fantasy rosters, along with game-by-game injury reports.
Game 1 projections, injury reports
Basketball Power Index by ESPN Analytics. Injury aggregation by Rotowire.com. Odds provided by DraftKings Sportsbook
New York Knicks at San Antonio Spurs 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Line: Knicks +4.5 (-108) | Spurs -4.5 (-112) Money line: Knicks +154 | Spurs -185 Total: 217.5 (-112 O, -108 U) BPI Projection: Spurs by 2.6, straight up 58%, 217.4 total points.
Injury report: Knicks: Mitchell Robinson (GTD - Finger); Spurs: David Jones Garcia (OFS - Ankle)
The NBA Finals are finally here! And, with one of the most anticipated matchups in recent memory, featuring the next generational player of the league in Victor Wembanyama leading his San Antonio Spurs against one of the anchor franchises in the New York Knicks, who haven't won a championship in more than half a century.
This is a rematch of this season's NBA Cup final, in which the Knicks defeated the Spurs to win the championship.