Spurs Have the Momentum After Altering Strategy In Game 3 (w/ Rachel Nichols)
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
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🗓️ 10 June 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Chris Mannix & Rachel Nichols break down how the Spurs were able to take Game 3 against the Knicks by ditching the bad three-pointers and focusing on getting to the paint. They also get into whether fans being priced out of the Finals led to the underwhelming Knicks crowd, Stephon Castle's veteran-like performance, and whether San Antonio can continue its momentum in Game 4.
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| 0:00.0 | Now playing. |
| 0:07.2 | Open Floor. |
| 0:08.8 | This is Open Floor. |
| 0:11.0 | Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix back at it. |
| 0:13.3 | An NBA podcast with Sports Illustrated senior writer. |
| 0:17.1 | I think it's time that the world get to know. |
| 0:19.8 | My guy Chris Mannix. I think your opinion is shared by everyone. And now it's time that the world get to know. My guy, Chris Manix. |
| 0:21.1 | I think your opinion is shared by everyone. |
| 0:22.8 | And now it begins. Now it begins. |
| 0:25.2 | Bang! |
| 0:28.8 | All right, Rachel Nichols. We are here. |
| 0:31.7 | In New York City, |
| 0:33.7 | game three in the books of the NBA finals. |
| 0:36.6 | Game four coming up on Wednesday. I can say this with absolute certainty. There are a few things better than New York City in the spring. That's the true. New York City and the Spring counter rules. You're in. Absolutely. I'm with you. New York City in the Falls better, but New York City in the Springs pretty good. New York City in the summer kind of sucks. A little too hot. I don't mind it. |
| 0:54.6 | I mean, I don't think people turned us on to listen to our weather reports. |
| 0:57.7 | The waft of cooking garbage, I could vividly remember from my... I just like being that warm feeling and the city's kind of empty. I can go eat wherever I want, do whatever I want. Yeah, it is kind of empty because people don't want to be in Manhattan during that. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm just tougher than most people, Chris, including you. |
| 1:11.2 | You're tougher. |
| 1:12.6 | You departed for los angeles long before i did okay i was it's also |
| 1:17.9 | warm there those grueling winters those grueling winters i'm very good at warm anyway game four |
| 1:23.0 | is coming up game four is coming up game four that is what people are here to listen, our takes on game three in preview in game four. Game three, though. You and I both just came from practice. Yes, came from practice over at the garden, which wasn't really practice. It was just the guys showing up to do their media availability. I'm sure they got up, or at least they're going to watch film this afternoon. It sounded like most of them had. |
| 1:44.9 | Had already? |
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