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The New York Knicks don’t die.
After trailing by as many as 29, the Knicks staged another comeback — this one perhaps the biggest ever — 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 hit with two fouls in just the first 62 seconds of the game, one that the Knicks faithful were not happy with. And although there was plenty of ball left after that, the game was changed from that moment.
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 officiating certainly didn’t help matters, but the Spurs opened the game on a 41-20 run, mostly while Towns was off the floor. Combine that with the team knocking down 54% of its three-pointers in the first half, and you have a 76-49 Spurs lead at halftime.
The Knicks cut the deficit to 16 on three consecutive threes, and a crowd that had been waiting so long to pounce finally came alive. At the end of the third, it was a 90-75 lead for San Antonio.
But it was another slow start to a fourth quarter for the Knicks, who took nearly three minutes to score and trailed by 20.
But we’ve learned never to count the Knicks out.
They went on a 13-2 run to cut it to just nine with just under seven minutes remaining. And then it was seven o’clock with 5:15 to go.
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 o’clock with 4:32 left.
Then one with two minutes.
And then the lead by 90 seconds.
Pandemonium.
The Spurs hit 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 in 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 three, but Anunoby came out of nowhere for a tip-in to take the lead with 1.2 seconds left. San Antonio couldn’t get a shot off inbounds, and Madison Square Garden was the loudest it might have ever been.
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