Overview
- The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 on Saturday to win the 2026 NBA Finals and claim their first championship since 1973.
- Jalen Brunson led the title run and was named Finals MVP after scoring 45 points in the clincher, a Knicks record for a Finals game.
- The series featured repeated Spurs leads and New York comebacks, capped by the Knicks’ 29-point rally in Game 4, the largest comeback in Finals history.
- Celebrations in New York swelled into large street gatherings that included celebrity appearances, a mayoral announcement of a ticker-tape parade, and overnight public-order incidents that involved vandalism, a bus fire, multiple arrests and reported gunshots in Midtown Manhattan.
- San Antonio’s young core drew attention as well, with rookie Dylan Harper reaching a rare playoff efficiency milestone that prompted a proud social-media response from his father Ron Harper.