By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-05-26 04:01:30
纽约尼克斯 (New York Knickerbockers) 自1999年以来首次重返NBA总决赛。每一位圣安东尼奥马刺 (San Antonio Spurs) 球迷都记得（或者根据你的年龄，对那次总决赛有所耳闻）那届特殊的总决赛。
这支球队曾四次打进总决赛，但纽约自1973年以来就再也没有染指过总冠军。
昨晚在克利夫兰完成对克利夫兰骑士 (Cleveland Cavaliers) 的横扫后，他们正以势不可挡的火热状态挺进2026年总决赛。
自勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 远赴好莱坞以来，克利夫兰还从未在季后赛中走得这么远。不过自2020年疫情“泡泡”赛区以来，他们一直在稳步提升。2022年，他们引进了多诺万·米切尔 (Donovan Mitchell)，并重新开始取得胜多负少的战绩。本赛季，他们在赛季中期通过交易引进了詹姆斯·哈登 (James Harden)，在这位前MVP的带领下，他们以20胜9负的强势表现结束了常规赛。
他们最终排名东部第四。在与多伦多猛龙 (Toronto Raptors) 鏖战七场之后，他们迎来了东部头号种子底特律活塞 (Detroit Pistons)。在抢七大战中，他们在底特律的主场大胜活塞，完成了以下克上的壮举。
昨晚，他们遭遇了纽约在今年季后赛中送出的第二次横扫。在此之前，尼克斯在季后赛首轮用时六场淘汰了亚特兰大老鹰 (Atlanta Hawks)，随后横扫了费城76人 (Philadelphia 76ers)。
哈登在职业生涯的17个赛季中全部打进了季后赛，但从未捧起过拉里·奥布莱恩杯。
杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 和他的队友们目前正在等待西部决赛的胜者。如果对手是马刺，这将是两队自马刺夺得队史五冠中的首冠以来的再次相遇。
尼克斯与马刺的总决赛对决也将延续“无球队卫冕”的态势，这一趋势自金州勇士 (Golden State Warriors) 在2019年最后一次完成连冠（译者注：此处原文如此，勇士实际连冠为2017-18年）以来便一直延续至今。
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Open Thread: The Knicks are heading to the NBA Finals
The New York Knickerbockers are returning the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Every Spurs fan remembers (or depending on your age, is familiar with) with those particular Finals.
The franchise has made four Finals appearances, but New York has not won a title since 1973.
They head into the 2026 Finals on a heater, completing the sweep of the Cavaliers last night in Cleveland.
Cleveland, who haven’t made it this far into the postseason since LeBron James moved to Hollywood, had been steadily improving since the pandemic bubble of 2020. In 2022, they brought in Donovan Mitchell and began producing winning records again. This season, they made a midseason trade for James Harden, finishing the season with the former MVP on a 20-9 run.
They landed forth in the Eastern Conference. After a seven game series against the Toronto Raptors, they faced the top seeded Detroit Pistons. They upset the Pistons in the seventh game blowout on Detroit’s home court.
Last night they suffered the second sweep that New York has dished out in these playoffs. The Knicks elimintaed the Hawks in six games in the first round of the playoffs before sweeping the Philadelphia 76ers.
James Harden has made the playoffs in each of his seventeen seasons, but has never hoisted the Larry O’Brien.
Jalen Brunson and company now await the winner of the Western Conference Finals. A Spurs match up reunites the two since the Spurs won the first of their five titles.
A Knicks/Spurs finals series also continues not having back-to-back champions, a trend since the Warriors last back-to-bcak in 2019.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock