New York Knicks and Jalen Brunson end 53-year wait for the NBA Championship with another comeback
New York Knicks proved to be a stronger team than San Antonio Spurs when pushed to the limit.
End of the road for San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama, who will have to wait for an NBA Championship, and also end a 53-year wait for New York Knicks fans, who have won their first NBA ring since 1973, defeating San Antonio Spurs 94-90, and winning the series 4-1 overall.
It was with another comeback, not as stunning as in Game 4, improving from 29 points down, but also from double digital, 16 down. Once again, the Knicks proved to have a stronger mentality as the Spurs fumbled their lead in the fourth quarter (Spurs 18, Knicks 29), with Jalen Brunson scoring 45 points, a record for New York in a finals game. "Whenever someone counted us out, we found a way to come back and do something about it", said Brunson, who was naturally awarded the Bill Russell Award for Finals MVP.
According to NBA.com, there is a few data which shows how close these finals have been: there have never been a finals where every game was within five points in the last five minutes and the first series in the last 10 years where Games 1-5 were all within three points in the last two minutes. Yet New York was always better in those "clutch" moments, and have earned the title, which is also a revenge from the 1999 championship, the last time the Knicks reached the finals.
