Spike Lee, New York Knicks and NBA Finals
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With the blessing of Pope Leo, the filmmaker and superfan believes his beloved New York Knicks are prepared to do what they couldn’t 27 years ago: Defeat the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. Plus: How he and Knicks owner James Dolan have mended fences after a years-long feud.
As the crowd screamed their lungs out in celebration, Johnson saw Knicks megafan Spike Lee sprinting towards him to give him the biggest embrace he's had; that's when he knew he had his moment.
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Stugotz – Spike Lee shouldn’t poke the Wemby
The Knicks roll into San Antonio to face the Spurs in Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight and the trash talking has already begun. Knicks super-fan Spike Lee is already coming at Victor Wembanyama and Stugotz is afraid it will only add to Wemby’s motivation.
Spike Lee often took credit for motivating Reggie Miller’s late-game playoffs heroics against the Knicks. That’s one way to look at it.