San Antonio led 92-81 with 2 minutes left in the third quarter. The score the rest of the way: Knicks 43, Spurs 21.

The NBA Cup competition concludes with the championship game between the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks.

Or not around at all: 19 of the players on the two rosters that clashed in Las Vegas Tuesday for the Emirates NBA Cup Championship hadn’t been born yet when New York and San Antonio met in the 1999 NBA Finals.

The Knicks can now hang a banner next to the 1973 NBA championship banner in Madison Square Garden, the last title they won.

Mitch Johnson chose to look at the bright side after the Spurs' heartbreaking loss to the Knicks in the final of the NBA Cup.

Here is the full National Basketball Association schedule for Dec. 16 and how to watch all the games. Or see our sortable NBA schedule to filter by team or division. All times Eastern and accurate as of Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at 4:19 a.m.

Expert recap and game analysis of the New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs NBA game from December 16, 2025 on ESPN.