New York Knicks Are NBA Champions

Saturday, June 13, 2026

For the first time since 1973, the New York Knicks are the champions of the National Basketball Association. Jalen Brunson scored 45 points as New York erased a 31-15 deficit against the San Antonio Spurs. No lead was safe for the Spurs in these Finals.

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So, Pres Trump's attendance and sleeping at a prior game really might have been a curse.

Who wudda figured?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-13 11:44 PM | Reply

Local coverage ...

Knicks win first NBA title in 53 years
abc7ny.com

... For the first time in 53 years, New York rules the NBA.

Brunson scored 45 points, including 13 straight for New York in the fourth quarter, and the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night.

The Knicks won the series 4-1, rallying from double-digit deficits in all four of those victories.

The deficit was 16 on Saturday night.

Brunson and the Knicks were never fazed. ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-13 11:48 PM | Reply

Can you Spot the Game Dotard attended?

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#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-06-14 12:03 AM | Reply

As I noted on a back-page thread ...

Local coverage ...

Knicks win first NBA title in 53 years
abc7ny.com

... For the first time in 53 years, New York rules the NBA. Brunson scored 45 points, including 13 straight for New York in the fourth quarter, and the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night.

The Knicks won the series 4-1, rallying from double-digit deficits in all four of those victories. The deficit was 16 on Saturday night. Brunson and the Knicks were never fazed. ...

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-14 12:10 AM | Reply

Nice double dribble NBA!!! Great look... at this level what a stupid sport.

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-06-14 12:11 AM | Reply

More (updated) from the #1 link ...

... NYC to honor Knicks with a ticker-tape parade

Mayor Mamdani announced that New York City will host a ticker-tape parade and City Hall ceremony honoring the New York Knicks and awarding Keys to the City on Thursday, June 18.

The celebration will mark the first ticker-tape parade in Knicks history. ...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-14 12:28 AM | Reply

Nice tweet from Hot Wheels.

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#7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-06-14 12:36 AM | Reply

Congrats to the Knicks. As a Texan I wanted a different result but Knicks did it, Congrats.

That said, last month my youngest son was married in SA. We stayed at a property on Lake Medina designed to be waterfront. The ATV trails busted that. Yet I learned something I didn't know, SA is in the hill country! The backroad was about 7 miles of left curve, right curve, 30mph, 20mph, 40mph. A blast.

#8 | Posted by et_al at 2026-06-14 12:42 AM | Reply

Congratulations. See you in another 50 years.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-14 12:59 AM | Reply

Congratulations to the Knicks. drudge.com

#10 | Posted by et_al at 2026-06-14 01:06 AM | Reply

@#4 ... See you in another 50 years. ...

OK, I am the first to admit that I am not a fan of professional "sports."

imo, they, like most professional sports, are a profit-making business that exploits their employees.

That view aside ...

One thing I noticed was Pres Trump's sleepy attendance at a game, and how his snoozing seemed to have affected the outcome of the game.

The Knicks team seemed to be grateful for his attendance, but when he seemed to have fallen asleep, he showed his actual level of interest to the Knicks team.

And their game suffered.

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-14 01:34 AM | Reply

And their game suffered.

Just wait until he ----- up the World Cup final. That will be spectacular!

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-06-14 01:39 AM | Reply

"imo, they, like most professional sports, are a profit-making business that exploits their employees."

Even their lower paid employees make boatloads of bank.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-06-14 01:47 AM | Reply

@#7 ... Just wait until he fscks up the World Cup final. That will be spectacular! ...

Oh, I can't wait ...

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-14 02:28 AM | Reply

Oh, I can't wait ...

It will likely coincide with the end of the Iran war, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-06-14 02:34 AM | Reply

We human beings need to have a sense of belonging, of caring for something or some cause bigger than ourselves, so if it is national sports competitions, more the better.

#16 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-06-14 07:03 AM | Reply

Please God let this close the portal to Hell the Cubs opened in 2016.

#17 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-06-14 10:38 AM | Reply

I remember Willis Reed.

It was great to be a kid watching the Knicks in the late 60s, early 70s.

Attended plenty of games at MSG. And would go bowling there, prerenovations.

And how did Uncle Rich get his name there?

As they say these days, IYKYK. Is that what they say?

#18 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-06-14 10:49 AM | Reply

Another MSG memory.

Had two friends who were first cousins. One Monday I asked them what they did that weekend.

"Went to the concert for Bangladesh."

I was speechless.

#19 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-06-14 11:21 AM | Reply

#20 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-14 11:48 AM | Reply

Knicks fans are absolutely disgusting, and I despise them and the Knicks because of it.

#21 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-06-14 01:28 PM | Reply