ADVERTISEMENT
The Spurs exceeded preseason expectations by toppling 2024 champion Oklahoma City to win the Western Conference with a youthful roster led by 22-year-old superstar Victor Wembanyama. There was much for the Spurs to celebrate this season, just not on Saturday night.
The Wemby era of the NBA is fully underway, with the 7-foot-4 French star unanimously winning the Defensive Player of the Year award this season, finishing third in the Most Valuable Player balloting and making first-team All-NBA for the first of what could be many, many times if all goes according to his plan.
Brunson is now an NBA champion and NBA Finals MVP in large part because of what he did against the San Antonio Spurs in the finals — though, really, his biggest contribution to this title run likely came in 2024, when he left as much as $113 million on the bargaining table to allow the Knicks the financial flexibility they needed to finish building a championship roster.
Jalen Brunson earned NBA Finals MVP honors on Saturday night, capping his brilliant series with a 45-point performance for the ages to lead the Knicks to their first title in more than 50 years.
New York has delivered some of the greatest championships of the past 53 years. Finally, the Knicks have theirs.
Jalen Brunson has been named NBA Finals MVP after leading the New York Knicks to their first NBA Championship in 53 years.
The New York Knicks are NBA champions for the first time since 1973 -- 53 years ago.
The New York Knicks, after 53 years of waiting, are finally NBA champions again. Here's why their path to glory wasn't easy.
For the first time in 53 years, New York rules the NBA. Brunson scored 45 points, including 13 straight for New York in the fourth quarter, and the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night.
Thunder second-year guard Nikola Topic underwent a minimally invasive procedure to remove a herniated disc and is expected to be fully recovered by training camp.
After blowback from Knicks fans and New York officials, Ticketmaster clarified that no tickets to Game 5 in San Antonio will be revoked.
Cavaliers guard James Harden was arrested early Saturday morning in Houston and has been charged with a misdemeanor unlawful carrying of a weapon.
The Larry O’Brien Trophy will be in the building. The rehearsals for the presentation ceremony, if one is needed, are complete. Thousands of New York fans have made the trip to Texas, looking to see something that hasn’t happened in 53 years. The rest is up to the Knicks.
Victor Wembanyama, the tallest man in these NBA Finals, is about to face the tallest order of his basketball career. And he’s fine with that. Watch Game 4 LIVE Saturday night at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT on TSN2, TSN.ca and the TSN App.
Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst canvass the league on Game 4 aftermath, Giannis saga updates and more NBA intel.
A brutal night for Victor Wembanyama continued even after he returned to his hotel on Wednesday, as he was pelted with boos from jeering Knicks fans and nearly struck by a flying egg.
When OG Anunoby is introduced at Madison Square Garden, it sounds like a 20,000-person singalong.
Victor Wembanyama surely knew he was overstating the obvious, when he pointed out that there are there are two possible outcomes for Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night.
The NBA Finals are about moments. Those are the sort of ones that live forever, a singular event or sequence.
OG Anunoby etched himself into Knicks lore by finishing off their record comeback from 29 points down against the Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
The Knicks rallied back from a 29-point second-half deficit to shock the Spurs in Game 4. Here's how they did it -- and got closer to an NBA title.
ADVERTISEMENT
