Overview
- The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 to win the NBA Finals 4-1, with Jalen Brunson scoring 45 points and taking Finals MVP honors.
- Brunson’s 45 points included a 13-point fourth-quarter run that sealed the clincher in Game 5, and he averaged 32.6 points across the series.
- New York staged repeated comebacks during the Finals, including a record 29-point rally in Game 4, and the NBA noted the Knicks trailed by 10 or more points in every game yet still won the series.
- Celebrations in New York erupted after the final buzzer on Saturday, producing large street gatherings, celebrity appearances and heavy police deployments with multiple arrests and reports of injuries and property damage.
- City leaders have announced a championship parade in Manhattan for Thursday and officials say they will continue cleanup and public-safety operations as they finalize incident tallies and review police reports.