Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA Finals game ended with a Spurs loss, but it still placed him in rare Kobe Bryant territory. San Antonio fell 105-95 to the New York Knicks in Game 1 at Frost Bank Center,

Victor Wembanyama led the San Antonio Spurs to the 2026 NBA Finals with some historic production in his debut playoff campaign.

Before stepping onto the NBA Finals stage, Victor Wembanyama accomplished something only two Los Angeles Lakers legends had done before.

As Victor Wembanyama watched Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stand at center court and raise the NBA MVP trophy before Game 1 of the Finals, he wasn’t applauding. He was absorbing.

Reporting from Beijing — Basketball fans in China were the first to get a taste of Kobe Bryant as a TV analyst for an NBA game, as the Lakers star gave pregame and postgame commentaries from Los Angeles on Game 3 Tuesday night between the Cleveland ...

The first five shots Kobe Bryant took in the final game of his 20-year NBA career ended in the same way: a miss. A 3-pointer on the left wing fell short. A midrange jumper went long. His third and fourth looks inside the paint didn't drop. The fifth, an 18 ...

Victor Wembanyama has already joined an elite NBA Finals club before the series has started. The 22-year-old ‘Alien’ from France has carried the San Antonio Spurs to this year’s

Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors captured the country's first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise's NBA Finals debut, outlasting the two-time defending champion Warriors 114-110 in a Game 6.

Karl-Anthony Towns had handed out an assortment of highlight-reel assists throughout the 48 minutes Friday night, but as he sat beside Jalen Brunson on the stage late that night, he offered one more.