New York Knicks win NBA title, snap 53-year drought by beating San Antonio Spurs
The New York Knicks won their first NBA Championship since 1973 after securing a 4-1 series victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
The New York Knicks are the new NBA champions! They defeated the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 on Saturday to claim their first NBA championship since 1973.
Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 45 points as the Knicks closed out the best-of-seven NBA Finals in five games, just days after completing the greatest comeback seen in the championship round.
The Spurs started strong once again and held several double-digit leads all night, but the Knicks crawled back and finally took their first lead with 3:40 left to play.
The Spurs were unable to come back and the Knicks capped off a dominant championship run that saw them lose just three games in the postseason.
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