Wednesday has a great NBA doubleheader, and it comes with slight changes to the usual ESPN telecast. Here's what viewers need to know.

The New York Knicks have started the 2025-26 season under the new head coach in style. After winning 119-111 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, two of the Eastern Conference heavyweights face off on Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks “were in position to get Giannis [Antetokounmpo ” this summer “and they didn’t get him,” according to ESPN NBA Insider Brian Windhorst. The question is why?

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledged the Milwaukee Bucks’ first meeting with the New York Knicks meant more to him than a typical regular-season game. The two-time MVP said it was about changing the Bucks’ recent history of frustration in this series.

Four of the Knicks’ top six rotation players did not practice Thursday in preparation for Friday’s preseason finale.

The New York Knicks have a golden opportunity heading into their November 5th matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Anthony Edwards, the Timberwolves' exp

“LETS GOOOOO,” Stiller wrote on X. He then quote-posted a video from SportsCenter where ESPN's NBA crew made a bold prediction about the Knicks' 2025 season. They thought the Knicks were going to the 2025 NBA Finals. While Stiller didn't necessarily agree, he knows it's a long season and to take it one game at a time.

Earlier in October, ESPN's Shams Charania reported that Giannis Antetoukounmpo's camp settled on the New York Knicks as his preference should he decide to force a trade out of Milwaukee, and the two teams even held preliminary trade talks in August,