{"id":824252,"date":"2026-05-26T23:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/824252\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T23:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:28:20","slug":"nh-coach-helps-new-york-knicks-reach-nba-finals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/824252\/","title":{"rendered":"NH coach helps New York Knicks reach NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe New York Knicks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 on Monday to complete a sweep and advance to their first NBA Finals since 1999. A New Hampshire native is part of the Knicks&#8217; coaching staff this season. Brendan O&#8217;Connor has worked in the NBA since 2000 and was with the Detroit Pistons during their 2004 championship run. He also worked with the Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets, Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers. He joined the Knicks last year as an assistant coach. O&#8217;Connor grew up in Manchester and Gilford and is a graduate of Saint Anselm College. His father, Jack O&#8217;Connor, was a longtime high school coach in New Hampshire. &gt;&gt; Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go &lt;&lt;  The Knicks will face either the Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. Game 5 of the Western Conference finals is set for Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. The series is tied 2-2. Game 1 of the NBA Finals will air next Wednesday on WMUR-TV. Here is how you can watch WMUR-TV:Xfinity Comcast: 809Atlantic Broadband: 9Argent: 9Fios: 9 or 509 (HD)Spectrum: 9TDS Telecom: 9 or 1009 (HD)DirecTV: 9DISH: 9Over-the-air: 9WMUR is also available on the following subscription TV services:DirecTV StreamHulu Live TVYouTube TVFuboVidgoTV Everywhere\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">MANCHESTER, N.H. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The New York Knicks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 on Monday to complete a sweep and advance to their first NBA Finals since 1999. <\/p>\n<p>A New Hampshire native is part of the Knicks&#8217; coaching staff this season. <\/p>\n<p>Brendan O&#8217;Connor has worked in the NBA since 2000 and was with the Detroit Pistons during their 2004 championship run. He also worked with the Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets, Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers. He joined the Knicks last year as an assistant coach. <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Connor grew up in Manchester and Gilford and is a graduate of Saint Anselm College. His father, Jack O&#8217;Connor, was a longtime high school coach in New Hampshire. <\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/wmurapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go<\/strong><\/a> <strong>&lt;&lt; <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The Knicks will face either the Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. <\/p>\n<p>Game 5 of the Western Conference finals is set for Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. The series is tied 2-2. <\/p>\n<p>Game 1 of the NBA Finals will air next Wednesday on WMUR-TV. <\/p>\n<p>Here is how you can watch WMUR-TV:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xfinity Comcast: 809<\/li>\n<li>Atlantic Broadband: 9<\/li>\n<li>Argent: 9<\/li>\n<li>Fios: 9 or 509 (HD)<\/li>\n<li>Spectrum: 9<\/li>\n<li>TDS Telecom: 9 or 1009 (HD)<\/li>\n<li>DirecTV: 9<\/li>\n<li>DISH: 9<\/li>\n<li>Over-the-air: 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WMUR is also available on the following subscription TV services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DirecTV Stream<\/li>\n<li>Hulu Live TV<\/li>\n<li>YouTube TV<\/li>\n<li>Fubo<\/li>\n<li>Vidgo<\/li>\n<li>TV Everywhere <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 on Monday to complete a sweep and advance to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":824251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[338668,5229,34536,1339,338663,3124,3118,33122,1910,338664,6832,8606,6936,37352,1260,3578,991,338666,405,403,3122,5226,5225,987,5228,5227,338665,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,259896,338667],"class_list":["post-824252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-809atlantic-broadband","tag-america","tag-assistant-coach","tag-basketball","tag-brendan-oconnor","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-coaching-staff","tag-game","tag-gilford","tag-graduate","tag-knicks","tag-manchester","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-nba","tag-nba-finals","tag-new-hampshire","tag-new-hampshire-native","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-nh","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-saint-anselm-college","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wmur-tv","tag-xfinity-comcast"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}