Knicks look to end slow starts that have cropped up again in NBA Finals

nba finals NBA New York Knicks Knicks look to end slow starts that have cropped up again in NBA Finals By Jared Schwartz Published June 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The Knicks’ sluggish starts to games were a recurring problem in the regular season. But by the postseason, they largely fixed their propensity to come out of the gate slowly. In these Finals, though, it’s returned. They’ve fallen to early first-quarter deficits in each of the three games of this series so far. In their Game 3 loss Monday, they trailed by as many as 12 points in the first quarter. In Games 1 and 2, they trailed by as many as 10 in the first quarter.

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