It’s over.
The New York Knicks’ championship drought formally got here to an finish on Saturday night time with a 94-90 Sport 5 win over the San Antonio Spurs to take the collection in 5 video games.
It’s the Knicks’ first NBA championship because the 1973 season, and the third in franchise historical past.
They did it with one other double-digit comeback, capping off a collection — playoff run — filled with inconceivable wins.
Let’s check out a number of the greatest winners and losers from Saturday’s sport.
Sport 5 winners
Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks. This was, fairly merely, a efficiency for the ages.
It isn’t solely among the finest single-game performances in Knicks historical past, nevertheless it is likely one of the greatest performances in NBA Finals historical past.
With a championship on the road, and the remainder of his Knicks teammates struggling to make something work, Brunson, the Knicks’ chief and the heart-and-soul of the workforce, put everyone on his again and carried them throughout the end line.
The stat line speaks for itself.
He completed with 45 factors, essentially the most ever by a Knicks participant in an NBA Finals sport, whereas additionally amassing three rebounds, three assists and two steals. However even that doesn’t inform the story of what he did right here.
He was clutch. He attacked the rim. He went proper at Victor Wembanyama. He made each single massive play, fought by way of bodily contact, and appeared to even shake off some accidents.
Mitchell Robinson, New York Knicks. Robinson recorded simply two factors, and he was 0-for-2 from the free-throw line.
Hardly something to face out.
However he was an absolute menace on the glass, grabbing 10 rebounds, together with one of many greatest offensive rebounds in Knicks historical past late within the fourth quarter.
