NEW YORK, June 14 (Our New York News) — The New York Knicks’ title drought is over, and the record now has a new endpoint.
Official NBA Finals records show the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 on June 14, 2026, in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The win closed the best-of-seven series 4-1 and gave New York its first championship since 1973.
The result also gave the Knicks their third NBA title, according to league and franchise historical records. For a New York City team whose last Finals appearance was a 4-1 loss to the Spurs in 1999, the 2026 Finals reversed both the opponent and the series score.
The Game 5 box score gives the clearest measure of how the clinching win was built: Jalen Brunson scored 45 points for New York. The source records available for this account did not include a full box score with rebounds, assists, shooting totals, quarter scores or complete Spurs scoring leaders, so those details are not included here.
What the confirmed records do show is enough to mark the night as one of the most important in Knicks history. New York won the title on the Spurs’ home court in San Antonio, but the result changed the sports record in New York City. The Knicks had gone 53 years without an NBA championship. That streak is now closed by the 94-90 score recorded in Game 5.
The Finals also included one of the defining turns of the Knicks’ playoff run. In Game 4 at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks came back from a 29-point deficit, according to NBA game records cited in accounts of the series. Supplied reports described that rally as the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, but the source package did not include a direct NBA historical record page confirming the superlative. For that reason, this account states the confirmed 29-point comeback but does not independently label it the largest ever.
Game 5 followed the same broad pattern. Public accounts based on the official play-by-play and game result say the Knicks rallied from a double-digit deficit before winning 94-90. One account placed the deficit at 16 points, but the exact peak deficit was not consistently documented in the source materials reviewed for this article. The confirmed point is that New York trailed by double digits and still closed the series.
The championship set off celebrations in New York City, including gatherings outside Madison Square Garden, according to on-scene accounts reported by The Associated Press and other national and international news organizations. The available records did not include official crowd estimates, police arrest figures, injury reports or a full list of street closures.
City government is now part of the title record as well. The New York City mayor’s office announced a ticker-tape parade and City Hall ceremony for the Knicks on Thursday, according to reports citing the city’s announcement. Mayor Zohran Mamdani also marked the win in a post on X with the word “HISTORY,” according to Reuters.
The parade announcement reflects the public consequence of the Knicks’ win: a championship that moves from league records into city ceremony. The official NBA result says New York beat San Antonio 94-90 in Game 5. The series record says the Knicks won 4-1. The historical record says it is the franchise’s first championship since 1973 and its third overall.
