Josh Hart stars in Knicks Game 1 with 15 rebounds and 4 steals

FINAL: Knicks 105, Spurs 95. New York wins its 12th straight playoff game. Jalen Brunson did Captain Clutch stuff. Josh Hart played his greatest hits. KAT was strong early. OG with big moments late. Too many weapons.

I've always treasured the guys who get the weird boxscore numbers. Josh Hart has a lot of them over his career. Tonight? 3 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, 0 turnovers. That is a crazy level of contribution and doesn't include his overall defensive play. The result? He was a +22.

The "3-15-6 with 4 steals" line is the Josh Hart Special

Players with fewer than 3 points and 15 or more rebounds in a Finals game: Tommy Heinsohn, 1964 Wes Unseld, 1978 Tristan Thompson, 2015 Josh Hart, 2026

Josh Hart with the best 3-point game you’ll ever see in a Finals. 14 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 0 turnovers. He’s a plus-20. Beast.

Turns out only having Josh Hart for 7 first-half minutes due to foul trouble was important. Guy was an absolute monster in the second half and he's +18 for the game.

Realizing I love Josh Hart because he plays basketball like he plays football.

Josh Hart made a huge impact on the Knicks' Game 1 win in the NBA Finals 👏 ◽️ 15 rebounds (game high) ◽️ 4 steals (game high) ◽️ +22 (game high)

YOU, AN IDIOT: Josh Hart gives Wemby to sag off. JOSH HART: Im'ma just go get that ball right there.

The Knicks outscored the Spurs by 22 points in the 26:47 that Josh Hart (15 rebounds, 6 assists, zero turnovers, four steals, one block) was on the floor in Game 1 at San Antonio

True or false: I was a basketball captain at the same school where Josh Hart was later captain. Watch to find out — and most importantly: LET’S GO KNICKS🏀

6'4" Josh Hart had more rebounds in Game 1 of the finals than 7'0" Chet Holmgren had in Game 7. 😂 LETS GO #Knicks

josh hart is 6’4” and has 14 rebounds against the spurs

JALEN. BRUNSON. JOSH. HART. OG. KAT. DEUCE. JOSE! #Knicks are about to go up 1-0 in the NBA mother-lovin Finals!!!! Gonna hold SAS to under 100 & Wemby to 6-21 but we’re the underdog, right?!? We’re the fluke RIGHT!?!? GTFO…LFG KNICKS! 💙🧡👆🏼

After what feels like a month of everyone (present company included) predicting Victor Wembanyama would start guarding Josh Hart in ghost coverage, he's instead guarding Karl-Anthony Towns mostly straight up. Knicks have opened with 12 points on nine possessions, and lead 12-7 at the first timeout.