The Lead

Wembanyama's turnover handed New York a dynasty moment

Victor Wembanyama finished with 29 points and 9 rebounds but missed a game-winning jumper at the buzzer, as the Knicks fended off a 14-point fourth-quarter rally from the San Antonio Spurs to win Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals 105-104. The moment that decided the game was not the miss — it was what came before: with the game tied at 104, Wembanyama secured a rebound off a missed Jalen Brunson jumper, turned upcourt, and threw the ball into the back of Stephon Castle, who was looking straight ahead — Brunson corralled the loose ball and was immediately fouled to send him to the line.

Just two previous teams have won the first two games of the NBA Finals on the road — the 1993 Chicago Bulls and the 1995 Houston Rockets — and both won championships. The structural problem for San Antonio is not Game 3 tonight; it is that Karl-Anthony Towns is averaging 19.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists while shooting 55.6% from the field and 42.9% on 3-pointers through the first two games — and he is doing it against Wembanyama on both ends. Game 3 is tonight at Madison Square Garden at 8:30 PM ET on TSN.

The Rest of the Slate

Blue Jays

Yohendrick Pinango led off the sixth with a solo homer to ignite a five-run inning, and the Blue Jays beat Baltimore 6-4 on Sunday, sending nine batters to the plate in that decisive frame. Toronto (32-34) pulled ahead of the Orioles (31-35) for third place in the AL East, but tonight's series opener against Philadelphia brings an immediate test: lefty Patrick Corbin (2-2, 3.98 ERA) starts against Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez (7-2, 1.46 ERA) — a matchup where the run differential could be steep.

Toronto Tempo

The Toronto Tempo are in their inaugural 2026 WNBA season, with a 44-game regular-season schedule that includes 22 home games across four venues in Canada. The Tempo hosted the Chicago Sky on Sunday at Coca-Cola Coliseum, making it a two-sport weekend in the city before the NBA Finals shifted to Madison Square Garden.

RBC Canadian Open

The RBC Canadian Open returned to the Toronto region with some of the world's top golfers, this year at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in Caledon — about an hour from downtown. It is the first time a PGA Tour event will be played at this public course, which means no historical scoring baseline exists for how low — or high — this field can go across the week on TSN.

The Number

Consecutive playoff wins for the New York Knicks entering Game 3 That is the second-longest single-postseason winning streak in NBA history — and the only two teams to steal the first two Finals games on the road both finished with rings.

What's On Tonight

            7:07 PM ET · Toronto Tempo vs. Chicago Sky · TSN
7:07 PM ET · Philadelphia Phillies at Toronto Blue Jays · Sportsnet
8:30 PM ET · NBA Finals Game 3: San Antonio Spurs at New York Knicks · TSN
          

Top Dog — Betting Angle

The pick: Knicks to win Game 3 tonight — the historical pattern of every team to go 2-0 on the road in the Finals closing out the championship is one data point; a rabid Madison Square Garden crowd returning home is another, and San Antonio's late-game execution failures in both losses suggest this is a team that has not yet solved New York's closing formula.

“History says the team that steals two on the road wins the whole thing — and history has a better record in the Finals than the Spurs right now”