Knicks one win away from NBA title after record comeback against Spurs

New York Knicks rally to decision the San Antonio Spurs by a constituent successful a thrilling Game 4 of the NBA finals series.

The New York Knicks made a grounds comeback from 29 points down and moved to the brink of their archetypal title since 1973 by beating the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 successful Game 4 connected Wednesday night.

OG Anunoby tipped successful the miss of Jalen Brunson’s agelong 3-point effort with 1.2 seconds remaining to implicit the rally, giving the Knicks a 3-1 pb successful the NBA Finals and 3 chances to triumph the title.

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It looked intolerable early, erstwhile the Spurs rolled to a 27-point halftime lead. But Brunson helped bring the Knicks backmost with 36 points, and Anunoby finished with 33, swooping successful arsenic Brunson’s changeable bounced softly disconnected the beforehand of the rim and stretching precocious with his close manus to pat it in.

“I told OG arsenic big, arsenic strong, arsenic diversion arsenic helium is, he’s got to beryllium a monster connected the violative solid tonight,” Knicks manager Mike Brown said.

“I don’t cognize if determination was a play bigger than immoderate different play successful the past of Knicks basketball.”

Game 5 is Saturday nighttime successful San Antonio.

Sensational Knicks comeback

No squad had travel from much than 24 points down successful a finals game, erstwhile the Boston Celtics did it against the Los Angeles Lakers successful 2008, since the NBA began keeping elaborate play-by-play for each 4 quarters successful 1997. The Spurs led 81-52 successful the 3rd quarter.

The lone bigger comeback connected grounds successful immoderate playoff crippled was 31 points by the Los Angeles Clippers against the Golden State Warriors successful Game 2 of a first-round bid successful 2019.

The Knicks had their 13-game winning streak snapped successful Game 3 and seemed headed for a 2nd consecutive decision passim the archetypal half, erstwhile Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs opened the biggest halftime pb by a visiting squad successful the finals.

But the young Spurs, who made 11 of their archetypal 16 3-pointers, went acold successful the 2nd half, going 3 for 17 down the arc arsenic the Knicks outscored them 58-30.

“We got connected our heels; we missed immoderate shots,” Spurs manager Mitch Johnson said. “It’s disappointing, to accidental the least.”

New York Knicks centre Mitchell Robinson, left, and defender Josh Hart observe aft Game 4 of the NBA Finals hoops bid against the San Antonio Spurs, June 10, 2026, successful New York [Ross D Franklin/AP]

Delirious fans wrong Madison Square Garden sang on to Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ a fewer minutes aft watching thing that seemed astir impossible.

Wembanyama had 24 points and 13 rebounds, but changeable conscionable 9 for 25 from the field.

Road teams had won the archetypal 3 games, lone the 2nd clip that had happened successful the finals. San Antonio was good connected its mode to making it 4 for 4.

President Donald Trump was not astatine this crippled – though Taylor Swift was – but the aforesaid restrictions remained astir Madison Square Garden arsenic erstwhile Trump attended Game 3. That angered the Knicks, who decided not to spell guardant with plans to clasp an outdoor ticker enactment extracurricular the arena.

New York Knicks fans observe during a ticker enactment wrong New York’s Central Park during Game 4 [Heather Khalifa/AP]

Knicks vs Spurs timeline

Inside the gathering successful the archetypal half, determination was not overmuch for the hosts to beryllium blessed about, either.

But the Knicks gave themselves a accidental by limiting the Spurs to 14 points connected 4-for-20 shooting successful the 3rd quarter, utilizing a 13-0 tally to get backmost successful it and cutting it to 90-75 heading to the fourth.

These Knicks, who erased a 22-point shortage successful the 4th fourth against the Cleveland Cavaliers successful Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, conscionable don’t quit.

Even erstwhile the comeback seemed for naught, erstwhile Stephon Castle was fouled aft the Knicks had taken the pb and made 2 escaped throws to enactment San Antonio backmost up with 30 seconds left, the Knicks had 1 much rally successful them.

Dylan Harper scored 21 points, and De’Aaron Fox and Devin Vassell each had 18 for the Spurs, who volition effort to regroup and nonstop the bid backmost to New York for Game 6 connected Tuesday.

“I deliberation it began earlier [the 4th quarter],” Wembanyama said of the Spurs’ collapse. “I can’t truly explicate it close now. I don’t know… We intelligibly weren’t the astir bare successful the 2nd half.”

Fans booed Wembanyama erstwhile helium came onto the level to lukewarm up astir an hr earlier the game, and the Knicks tried to get unsmooth with him, with Mitchell Robinson called for a flagrant foul for hitting him supra the shoulders, and Jose Alvarado reviewed for 1 aft going beneath the belt.

Wembanyama – who was besides called for a flagrant – stood up OK against the Knicks, but volition regret the 2 escaped throws helium missed with 1:47 near and San Antonio starring 104-103.

New York Knicks guardant OG Anunoby #8 attempts a changeable implicit San Antonio Spurs guardant Victor Wembanyama during the archetypal fractional of Game 4 connected June 10, 2026 [Frank Franklin II/AP]