NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — The New York Knicks’ championship drought is over, and the proof is in the league record.
The official NBA result for Game 5 lists New York 94, San Antonio 90 on June 14, 2026, a score that gave the Knicks a 4-1 win in the best-of-seven NBA Finals. NBA historical records show it is the Knicks’ first championship since 1973 and the third title in franchise history.
The clinching game was played in San Antonio, but the result landed hardest in New York City, where the Knicks had gone 53 years without an NBA title. The league box score credited guard Jalen Brunson with 45 points in Game 5, making him the central figure in the closing win.
The box score is the spine of the finding: 94-90, Knicks. The series record supplies the next layer: four wins for New York, one for San Antonio. Franchise and league history supply the consequence: a title gap that stretched from 1973 to 2026 ended in five games against the Spurs.
The championship also reversed the last Finals chapter in Knicks history. NBA Finals records show New York’s previous appearance in the championship round came in 1999, when San Antonio beat the Knicks 4-1. In 2026, the same series margin went the other way.
The title run included another documented marker at Madison Square Garden. In Game 4 of the Finals, NBA game records cited in coverage show the Knicks came back from a 29-point deficit before taking a 3-1 series lead. Available reports described that rally as the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, though the direct league historical comparison was not included in the records supplied for this article.
Game 5 also required a rally. Available accounts based on the official play-by-play show the Knicks came back from a double-digit deficit before closing out the Spurs. One report put the deficit at 16 points, but because the official game book was not supplied here, this article does not assert the exact peak margin.
In New York, the win brought fans into the streets. On-scene accounts from The Associated Press, the BBC and other reporters described celebrations outside Madison Square Garden and elsewhere in the city after the final horn. The available records do not establish official crowd counts, arrest totals, injuries or street-closure details.
City government also became part of the championship aftermath. The New York City mayor’s office announced a ticker-tape parade and City Hall ceremony for the Knicks on Thursday after the title win, according to public statements described in the available reports. Reuters reported that Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted “HISTORY” on X after the Knicks clinched the championship.
Further parade details, including the route and start time, were not established in the records available for this report. The confirmed public plan is that New York City will honor the Knicks with a ticker-tape parade and a City Hall ceremony Thursday.
