beyond the back page So Knicks glory won’t come easy — that could make it all the sweeter By Dan Martin Published June 9, 2026, 7:40 a.m. ET A Knicks fan reacts in the stands at Madison Square Garden after Game 3 of the NBA Finals on June 8, 2026. Charles Wenzelberg/NY Post If you want to do something great, you’ll probably have to break a sweat.
Just ask Eli Manning and Derek Jeter, both in attendance for Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, as the Knicks lost for the first time since April, 115-111.
They had won the first two games of the series over the Spurs and had been unbeaten in 13 straight games since dropping two to the Hawks way back in the first round.
But like Manning with the Giants in 2007-08 and Jeter in The Bronx in 1996, some drama is to be expected.
