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• NBA Finals Game Preview: Knicks at Spurs, Game 5, June 13, 2026

  13-06-2026 15:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TX - JUNE 12: Jose Alvarado #5 of the New York Knicks is interviewed during 2026 NBA Finals Practice and Media Availability on June 12, 2026 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE(Photo by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Gett
  
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• Knicks win NBA Finals, and Karl-Anthony Towns is a champion

  14-06-2026 12:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jun 13, 2026; San Antonio, Texas, USA; New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) celebrates with his teammates after the Knicks defeat the San Antonio Spurs during game five of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The NBA Finals have officially wrapped up, and the New York Knicks are NBA champions once again. After a 53-year drought, and a total of 19,312 days since the Knicks last hoisted the trophy, they can do it
  
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• Cavs final report card: Thomas Bryant

  14-06-2026 12:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND, OHIO - MARCH 27: Thomas Bryant #3 of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts during the second quarter against the Miami Heat at Rocket Arena on March 27, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) | Getty Images Thomas Bryant, fresh off a trip to the NBA Finals with Indiana, was meant to
  
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• YouTube Gold: How Good Was Earl Monroe?

  14-06-2026 11:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE - 1970: Jon McGlocklin #14 of Milwaukee Bucks and Earl Monroe #33 of New York Knicks reach for the ball during a game circa 1970 at the MECCA Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1970 NBAE (Photo by Vernon Biever/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images With the New York K
  
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• Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals: It all started with Jalen Brunson, and it all ended with him as well — as NBA champion

  14-06-2026 10:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — As Jalen Brunson wended his way through the bowels of Frost Bank Center in the wee hours of Sunday morning, he did so laden with gold. Everywhere he went — from interview to interview, from embrace to embrace, from moment to celebratory moment — the New York Knicks captain toted the Larry O'Brien Championship trophy and the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP trophy that he'd just won.Those suckers — especially the Larry O'B — are pretty damn big. They didn't
  
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• The US sporting triumph that is overshadowing the World Cup

  14-06-2026 10:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  New Yorkers have waited 53 years to see their team win the NBA championship [Getty Images]"We care way more about the Knicks than the World Cup right now."New York is witnessing a moment of sports history - and it has nothing to do with football.On Saturday night the New York Knicks clinched their first NBA championship in 53 years with a 4-1 series win over the San Antonio Spurs, and the long-awaited victory sent fans into a frenzy.Fewer than 10 miles away, Brazil faced Morocco in the sixth gam
  
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• Chaos on streets of New York after Knicks’ NBA title

  14-06-2026 10:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  There were chaotic scenes on the streets of New York on Saturday night as huge crowds gathered to celebrate their team’s victory in the NBA finals.The New York Post reported that “out of control” fans smashed a police car outside Madison Square Garden. Footage also showed officers shoving crowds back as fans jumped on cars.NYPD officers in riot gear moved in to disperse large crowds of Knicks fans who flooded the streets near Madison Square Garden following the game. pic.twitte
  
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• Jalen Brunson earns NBA Finals MVP as Knicks win championship

  14-06-2026 10:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TX - JUNE 13: Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks is awarded the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award after the game against the San Antonio Spurs during Game Five of the 2026 NBA Finals on June 13, 2026 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Co
  
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• Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals: Victor Wembanyama and San Antonio may have arrived ahead of schedule, but the pain did as well — and it can last

  14-06-2026 09:24 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A few hours after the biggest collapse in NBA Finals history, Felix Wembanyama, accompanied by a pair of associates, rolled his jet black suitcase through the glass sliding doors at LaGuardia airport in New York. He approached an airline desk and spoke briefly with the attendant, then retreated to a nearby seat to collect himself.As he stood up to continue his journey, an attempt was made to chat with the father of the most compelling figures to enter the NBA in decades. 
  
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• Knicks end 53-year wait for NBA Championship

  14-06-2026 09:17 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The New York Knicks were NBA champions in 1970 and 1973 [Getty Images]The New York Knicks ended a 53-year wait for their third NBA Championship with a 94-90 win over the San Antonio Spurs.The Knicks clinched the best-of-seven series 4-1, recovering from a double-figure deficit in all four victories to lift the trophy for the first time since 1973.The Knicks, who overturned a 29-point deficit in game four to record the biggest comeback win in Finals history, trailed by 16 points in the second qua
  
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• ‘He is him’: indomitable Jalen Brunson quiets doubters as Knicks end 53-year wait

  14-06-2026 09:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jalen Brunson lifts the NBA finals MVP trophy after the Knicks defeated the Spurs on Saturday to clinch their first title in 53 years.Photograph: Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesThe New York Knicks spent decades searching for the player who could carry them back to the top of the NBA. On Saturday night, Jalen Brunson removed any remaining doubt that they had found him.With Karl-Anthony Towns limited to two points and New York struggling offensively for much of the evening, the Knicks’ 6ft 2in f
  
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• Team of destiny: Knicks' championship run for the ages fueled by family vibes

  14-06-2026 08:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Destiny. Guess you don't really believe in it until you see it unfold on a basketball stage.Until Jalen Brunson, a 6-foot-2 point guard — the same one Becky Hammon said could never lead a team to a championship as its best player — scores 45 points in a closeout victory of the 2026 NBA Finals, leading the Knicks to the franchise's first title in 53 years."Words can't describe it," said Brunson, the 2026 NBA Finals MVP, a newly crowned king in New York, "but I'll say I put a
  
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• Team of destiny: How the Knicks came together to complete championship run for the ages

  14-06-2026 08:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Destiny. Guess you don't really believe in it until you see it unfold on a basketball stage.Until Jalen Brunson, a 6-foot-2 point guard — the same one Becky Hammon said could never lead a team to a championship as its best player — scores 45 points in a closeout victory of the 2026 NBA Finals, leading the Knicks to the franchise's first title in 53 years."Words can't describe it," said Brunson, the 2026 NBA Finals MVP, a newly crowned king in New York, "but I'll say I put a
  
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• Unreal scenes in New York as city celebrates Knicks' first NBA championship in 53 years

  14-06-2026 08:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  There's no city like New York. And to New York, there's no team quite like the Knicks. So for a city that's been on the verge of eruption in anticipation of the franchise's first NBA championship in 53 years, New York produced scenes like nowhere else can when the Knicks got the job done Saturday night.New Yorkers packed watch parties across the five boroughs as the Knicks played the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. They watched in the streets as strangers handed out pizzas. They p
  
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• Mayhem mars euphoria as New York City celebrates the Knicks' first championship in 53 years

  14-06-2026 08:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence.Outside Madison Square Garden, a crowd watching on a big screen roared as the Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Spurs in San Antonio in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.Soon after, rowdy fans were clashing with police, smashing windows on a police car, climbing scaffolding, light poles and a statu
  
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• Mitchell Robinson has his long-awaited Knicks forever moment to seal NBA title

  14-06-2026 08:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Robinson KnicksSAN ANTONIO — The longest-tenured Knick made the most of his opportunity. With Karl-Anthony Towns in foul trouble, Mitchell Robinson was called upon to play his most minutes of the playoffs. He stood tall. Mitchell Robinson puts up a shot during the third quarter of the Knicks’ 94-90 NBA title-clinching Game 5 win over the Spurs on June 13, 2026 in San Antonio. Jason Szenes for the New York PostRobinson not only grabbed 10 rebounds in 20 minutes and help
  
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• Ben Stiller elated in aftermath of Knicks’ championship win: ‘As happy as I’ve ever felt’

  14-06-2026 08:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ben StillerAfter years of Knicks pain, Ben Stiller is now on top of the NBA mountain. The longtime Knicks fan was elated after the team’s 94-90 Game 5 victory that won the franchise its first Finals since 1973.Stiller, an active X user when it comes to the Knicks, didn’t post anything in the aftermath as of the early hours of Sunday morning.He was, however, found in the depths of Frost Bank Center wearing an NBA Finals championship T-shirt and hat paired with goggles and Knicks coach
  
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• Patrick Ewing had a front-row seat to see his Knicks title wait finally come to an end

  14-06-2026 08:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — All these years later, Patrick Ewing was able to celebrate a Knicks championship.A basketball ambassador for the franchise, Ewing was courtside as Jalen Brunson erupted for 45 points to lead the Knicks to their first title in 53 years with a 94-90 victory in Game 5 over the Spurs at Frost Bank Center on Saturday night.“Fourth time is the charm,” a grinning Ewing said. “’99, I did the same thing I did tonight, just sit and watch and cheer. I take my hat
  
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• Knicks’ ice-cold bench can’t derail the title train as 53-year drought ends

  14-06-2026 08:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — It wasn’t so long ago, Landry Shamet couldn’t miss a shot.He became a key part of the Knicks’ explosive second unit. But Shamet has gone ice-cold, and the Knicks’ reserves are no longer making an impact.It continued in Saturday night’s 94-90 Game 5, championship-clinching win. Shamet, hesitant and clearly lacking confidence, missed five of his seven field goal attempts. The Knicks’ bench was scoreless until the final minute of the third qua
  
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• Knicks' Jalen Brunson disproves the 'small guy' doubters as he wins Finals MVP

  14-06-2026 08:21 via cbssports.com
  
  Becky Hammon said Brunson wasn't a '1A' dude, and she wasn't alone in her skepticism
  
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• Stephen A. Smith makes emotional confession after Knicks end championship drought

  14-06-2026 08:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Karl-Anthony Towns; Stephen A. SmithThe Knicks almost left Stephen A. Smith speechless.Almost.The ESPN host and long-suffering Knicks fan was in San Antonio and on the court at Frost Bank Center as the team celebrated the franchise’s first championship in 53 years.“It’s the best feeling I’ve ever had in my life covering sports.”@stephenasmith reacts to the Knicks winning their first NBA Finals in 53 years pic.twitter.com/hNVkNiGIhB— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter
  
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• Karl-Anthony Towns celebrates with dad, pays tribute to late Mom after title win

  14-06-2026 08:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Karl-Anthony Towns immediately searched out his father.He found him — after the Knicks’ 94-90 win over the Spurs on Saturday night at the Frost Bank Arena clinched the championship — and hugged the man who has attended as many Knicks games as he possibly could. The two have been through so much together.Now, they were celebrating together.A jubilant Karl-Anthony Towns celebrates with owner James Dolan and his Knicks teammates after their 94-90 Game 5 NBA tit
  
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• ‘Nova Knicks cement their legend with NBA title: ‘Brothers for life’

  14-06-2026 08:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Josh Hart missed the last celebration. Jalen Brunson makes a point of needling his friend at every opportunity, reminding the world that Hart was no longer on Villanova when Brunson and Mikal Bridges left San Antonio with their second national championship in three years.But eight years later, the college teammates became legends together again, leading the Knicks to their first championship in 53 years with a 94-90 win over the Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Frost
  
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• CBS reporter loses it after Knicks fan fires off F-bomb during live report as NYC goes nuts

  14-06-2026 08:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Knicks fans reporterKnicks fans throughout the tri-state area — and beyond — are going wild. But one curse word from a fan derailed a live report from CBS 2’s Knicks coverage on Saturday night. Reporter Adi Guajardo was covering the watch party at Radio City in Midtown and was speaking to jubilant fans in the middle of the din inside the famed music hall after the Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years.However, when one blue and orange diehard dropped an F-bomb, it
  
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• 'Way rather this than the Oscars': Timothée Chalamet celebrates Knicks' championship

  14-06-2026 08:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Actor Timothée Chalamet has been a familiar face at New York Knicks games this postseason, ready to watch his favorite team put an end to a five-decade wait.The Oscar-nominated actor was courtside again in San Antonio on Saturday, June 13 as the Knicks won their first NBA championship since 1973.Chalamet is only 30 years old – he was just 4 years old the last time the Knicks even played in the Finals – but that didn’t take away his excitement as the long drought came to
  
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• Knicks’ Mike Brown reflects on ‘surreal’ feeling of winning first NBA Championship

  14-06-2026 08:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  One of Leon Rose’s most riskiest decisions over the past few years was parting ways with head coach Tom Thibodeau following the 2025 postseason.Thibodeau was coming off a Eastern Conference Finals appearance and led the Knicks to the playoffs in four of his five years at the helm, but the front office elected to make a change.After a long search that saw the team conduct formal interviews with more than 10 candidates, Rose ultimately landed on Mike Brown as the new man for the job.Brown wa
  
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• OG Anunoby accidentally streams Knicks locker room celebration on Instagram Live

  14-06-2026 07:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  OG Anunoby may be tip-in savvy, but he seemingly isn’t too tech savvy.Following the Knicks’ 94-90 Game 5 victory that earned the franchise its first NBA championship in 53 years, the star forward brought fans a behind-the-scenes look into the locker room festivities through Instagram live — and it was completely accidental.At the start of the video, champagne is being sprayed around the Larry O’Brien championship trophy
  as Karl-Anthony Towns comes into view to say “
  
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• Knicks' Jalen Brunson responds, sorta, to critics who say he's not a '1A' player

  14-06-2026 07:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  What's a "1A" player in the NBA?There are plenty of knowledgeable people who believe they know what that means. Usually, it's a sizeable non-guard like Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, or a hulking big man like Shaquille O'Neal or Tim Duncan. But Knicks star guard Jalen Brunson is changing the definition after his NBA Finals MVP performance, leading New York to its first championship in 53 years.For years, pundits, players and coaches -- both current and former -- debated whether a team can w
  
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• Ecstatic Knicks fans celebrate breaking championship drought at San Antonio Spurs’ Frost Bank Center

  14-06-2026 07:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Overjoyed Knicks fans poured out of Frost Bank Center after the Knicks prevailed over the Spurs.New Yorkers converted the stadium into Madison Square Garden south for Game 5, as they traveled to Central Texas to see the historic night, the first Knicks championship victory since 1973.“I’m very emotional. We finally did it. I never had one in my lifetime. I’m still in shock,” said James Gabriel, 50.A Knicks fan holds up a towel during Game 5 of the NBA Finals game.AP
  
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• Mike Brown’s unlikely journey to Knicks head coach ends with title: ‘Pinching myself’

  14-06-2026 07:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO — Mike Brown wasn’t the coach the Knicks wanted. But he is who they needed.The Knicks had several replacements in mind when they controversially fired Tom Thibodeau after the team’s first conference finals berth in 25 years, but they couldn’t land a series of coaches under contract (Jason Kidd, Ime Udoka, Chris Finch, Billy Donovan, Quin Snyder), leaving observers underwhelmed, and the Knicks a source of ridicule for their lack of foresight.Head coach Mike Bro
  
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