Knicks star Josh Hart reveals the moment he knew the Spurs were in trouble

New York Knicks prima Josh Hart knew the San Antonio Spurs were successful occupation good earlier they stepped connected the aforesaid level successful Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Hart, 31, said the Spurs' blunder came during their solemnisation aft winning Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals implicit the Oklahoma City Thunder. After the Spurs knocked retired the reigning champions to advance, Victor Wembanyama was brought to tears.

"Everyone’s talking to them about, ‘Yo, they’ve got to bushed OKC. OKC’s going to repeat,’" Hart said during a caller occurrence of "The Roommates Show" with teammate Jalen Brunson recorded astatine Madison Square Garden connected Friday.

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New York Knicks guardant Josh Hart looks connected aft defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers successful crippled 3 of the Eastern Conference finals for the 2026 NBA playoffs astatine Rocket Arena successful Cleveland, Ohio, connected May 23, 2026. (David Richard/Imagn Images)

"They bushed OKC. For a young team, I consciousness similar that was the mountaintop for them. That’s erstwhile I looked astatine (Brunson) and I was like, ‘You spot that reaction? Because similar they deliberation they’re going to triumph it. They deliberation it’s over.'"

Hart contrasted the Spurs’ jubilation aft beating the Thunder to the Knicks’ mindset aft sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers to beforehand to the franchise’s archetypal NBA Finals since 1999.

"You look astatine our absorption aft we bushed Cleveland – it was pugnacious to observe due to the fact that we were like, ‘We got 4 more.’ Obviously winning the Eastern Conference is an astonishing accomplishment, but we each looked astatine this similar this is conscionable a step. This isn’t the destination. This is conscionable a step," Hart said.

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San Antonio Spurs guardant Keldon Johnson shoots arsenic New York Knicks defender Josh Hart defends during the 2nd fractional of Game 4 of the NBA Finals successful New York connected June 8, 2026. (Al Bello/AP)

"The absorption aft Game 4 successful Cleveland showed that."

Hart’s summation proved to beryllium correct, arsenic the youthful Spurs blew a double-digit pb successful each 4 of their losses to the Knicks.

The Knicks’ poise and their resilience were the team’s defining trademarks, arsenic 3 of the 5 largest comebacks successful NBA Finals past came during this bid against the Spurs.

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New York Knicks defender Josh Hart celebrates during the NBA title parade successful New York connected June 18, 2026. (Heather Khalifa/AP)

The Knicks players lone began celebrating aft they defeated the Spurs successful Game 5, arsenic they perpetually stated their mindset was that the bid was "0-0" aft each game.

Hart was his accustomed aforesaid successful the NBA Finals, playing beardown defence portion serving arsenic a beardown rebounder and facilitator connected offense. In the team’s 19 playoff games, Hart averaged 10.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.7 steals per game.

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