On Monday, June 8, the Spurs will look to find their way back into the win column when they face the Knicks in Game 3 of the 2025-26 NBA Finals. New York is up 2-0 in this best-of-seven series, and the next two will be played at Madison Square Garden. That means the Spurs have to dig themselves out of quite the hole. Are they up for it? Find out in our Spurs vs. Knicks betting preview. Also check out our VSiN NBA Finals Betting Hub for all of our NBA Finals content.

MORE: Check out our Pro Picks page for everything our experts have!

How To Watch Spurs vs. Knicks Game 3

When: 8:30 pm ET on Monday, June 8

Where: Madison Square Garden in New York, New York

Channel: ABC

Spurs vs. Knicks Game 3 Odds

Odds from DraftKings Sportsbook as of 11:30 pm ET on Saturday, June 6

Moneyline: Knicks -135, Spurs +114

Spread: Knicks -2.5 (-110), Spurs +2.5 (-110)

Total: Over 215.5 (-115), Under 215.5 (-105)

Spurs vs. Knicks Game 3 Picks

Embed from Getty Images

As someone that likes to avoid extremely popular sides, this NBA Finals has been pretty rough. Backing the Spurs continues to look like the “sharp” thing to do, then the games start and you’re on the younger, more inexperienced team in a matchup with one of the toughest teams in basketball. So far, that has really been the difference in the series. San Antonio had double-digit leads in Games 1 and 2, yet the team is down 0-2 heading into the first game in Madison Square Garden. The Spurs continue to make boneheaded mistakes, the Knicks refuse to go away, and the late-game execution has strongly favored Jalen Brunson and Co.

Heading into Game 3, it’s completely understandable that people have given up on the Spurs. As the “Knicks in 4” chants get louder and louder, it does genuinely feel like New York is the team of destiny — and perhaps this is simply the NBA Finals beating that a young San Antonio team must take, as all up-and-coming squads seem to deal with that before reaching the ultimate goal. The Knicks are playing like one of the best postseason teams in NBA history, and they’re now set to compete in front of one of the most insane crowds imaginable. Everything seems to favor New York now.

My issue here is that it’s still hard to jump on the painfully obvious side. The Knicks are coming off back-to-back road wins in San Antonio, and you won’t find many people that genuinely believe the Spurs are the better team anymore. That makes it hard to understand how New York is only favored by 2.5 at home.

According to our VSiN betting splits, bettors are jumping all over the home team as a short favorite. DraftKings Sportsbook and Circa Sports both show an outrageous number of bets on the Knicks, yet there hasn’t been any line movement that suggests the oddsmakers are worried about that. In fact, Circa is viewed as the sharper book — with many believing it’s No. 1 in that regard — and their oddsmakers haven’t even been willing to move this from Spurs +2 to +2.5 (as of early Sunday morning). All of that suggests the people setting the lines don’t want to take too much action on the road team, which could mean that some of the smartest analytical minds have faith in San Antonio.

It also isn’t outrageous to think that the Spurs should be tied, or even up 2-0, in this series. San Antonio had chances to win the first two games, and cleaning some things up could result in the Spurs finding their way into this series.

Some improved free throw shooting would go a long way for the Spurs. Missing eight shots from the charity stripe in Game 2 was brutal, as that game was decided by one point. We also saw some shocking mistakes out of Victor Wembanyama. All in all, the big man played better in Game 2 than he did in Game 1, but there was a missed dunk and a missed layup from the Frenchman that both went the other way for buckets — and one of them turned into a three. Those are the types of swing plays that stand out in a big way. Wembanyama also coughed the ball up with just over 10 seconds remaining in a tie game, giving it right to Jalen Brunson and then sending him to the free throw line for the game-winning free throw. If the Frenchman can finally play to his potential, we could very well see San Antonio split the two games in the Garden.

Considering all of that, I’m willing to take another shot on San Antonio. I really like the Spurs to keep this one close, so my bigger play is on the Spurs to cover an alternate spread of +7.5. To get a better price on that, I’m parlaying it with De’Aaron Fox to score at least 12 points. Dylan Harper has had a great series for San Antonio, plus Stephon Castle is clearly a dog on both ends of the floor. However, Fox has the most experience of the bunch, and I see him being crucial in enemy territory. After an awful Game 1, Fox delivered in Game 2. He was getting to the basket, knocking down jumpers, and putting all kinds of pressure on the Knicks defense. That should continue in Game 3.

I’m also going to sprinkle San Antonio to win the game outright just to put some money where my mouth is. Under Mitch Johnson, the Spurs are 15-1 straight-up when coming off losses in two of their previous three games, and the average score in such games sees San Antonio winning by an average of 10.2 points per game. The Spurs are also 6-0 SU and 5-1 against the spread when coming off two straight losses this season. Let’s see if New York can be the first team to deal San Antonio three straight losses this year.

Realistically, as long as the Spurs continue to do a good job of defending Brunson, they’re going to be in these games. So, it might not be time to completely count San Antonio out.

PARLAY: Spurs Alt +7.5 & Fox Alt 12+ Points (-135 – 1.5 units)
Bet: Spurs ML (+117 – 0.5 units)

The post Spurs vs. Knicks Game 3 Pick: 2025-26 NBA Finals Predictions and Odds appeared first on VSiN.