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The New York Knicks don’t die.
After trailing by as many as 29 points, the Knicks staged another comeback, this one perhaps the greatest of all time, to steal a 105-104 victory over the San Antonio Spurs and take a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
Karl-Anthony Towns was fouled twice in just the first 62 seconds of the game, one that didn’t sit well with the Knicks faithful. And although there was a lot of ball left after that, the game changed from that moment on.
New York Knicks PG Jalen Brunson shoots over San Antonio Spurs PG De’aaron Fox in Game 3 of the 2026 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)
The referees certainly didn’t help the case, but the Spurs opened the game on a 41-20 run, mostly while Towns was off the court. Combine that with the team making 54% of their three-pointers in the first half and you have a 76-49 Spurs lead at halftime.
The Knicks cut the deficit to 16 with three consecutive 3-pointers, and a crowd that had been waiting so long to attack finally came to life. At the end of the third, San Antonio led 90-75.
But it was another slow start to the fourth quarter for the Knicks, who took nearly three minutes to score and trailed by 20.
But we’ve learned to never count out the Knicks.
They went on a 13-2 run to reduce the score to just nine with just under seven minutes remaining. And then it was seven o’clock with 5:15 left.
Members of the New York Knicks celebrate their 107-106 victory against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, on June 10, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)
And then it was four with 4:32 left.
Then one and two minutes.
And then the lead with 90 seconds.
Pandemonium.
The Spurs made two free throws to regain the lead with 30.3 seconds left. Once again, it’s the Knicks.
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson reacts after making a three-point basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the fourth quarter of game four of the 2026 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, on June 10, 2026. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Jalen Brunson missed a 3-pointer, but Anunoby came out of nowhere to take the lead with 1.2 seconds left. San Antonio couldn’t make a shot and Madison Square Garden was the loudest in its history.
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