2026 NBA Finals: Knicks win Game 5, Larry O'Brien ...

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The Spurs bounced back in Game 3 with a 115-111 win at Madison Square Garden, while New York completed the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history, erasing a 29-point halftime deficit Wednesday to take Game 4 107-106.The Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals to reach the championship round for the first time since 1999. New York ended its decades-long title drought, winning its first title since 1973.

More coverage: Previous Finals takeaways | Playoff results Bracket | Offseason guides | More(3) New York Knicks eliminate (2) San Antonio Spurs, 4-1Game 5: Spurs 94, Knicks 90Biggest takeaway from the Knicks' performance: If there were a script writer, everything in this series would follow a similar storyline. The Spurs take the lead, the Knicks fight back and Brunson takes over. It felt inevitable, even though Karl-Anthony Towns fouled out, even though the Knicks' bench didn't arrive until late in the third quarter.

Brunson delivering 45 points in a closeout game will be remembered for ages. -- Vincent GoodwillBiggest takeaway from the Spurs' performance: Hard-nosed defense masked a stinker on offense, but not long enough to prevent San Antonio from blowing yet another double-digit lead in a 94-90 loss to the New York Knicks as the Spurs were eliminated in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.The Spurs led by 16 points, the fifth consecutive game in this series they've led by double figures, but New York cut it to five at halftime.

The Spurs limited the Knicks to their fewest points in the first half this season (37 points), regular season or playoffs, as Victor Wembanyama blocked five shots before the break. But a 10-0 Knicks run tied the score at 83 with 4:48 left to play.New York took its first lead since the first quarter just 1:08 later, when Jalen Brunson, who racked up a game-high 45 points, made three free throws to give New York a lead it would never surrender.

-- Michael C. WrightOne significant stat from Game 5: This year's NBA Finals were defined by its tortoise versus hare dynamic: The Knicks clinched their first championship since 1973 by shaking off dreadful starts to outlast the Spurs with a series of spectacular comebacks.The Spurs won the first quarters by a total of 57 points across the five games, holding a double-digit lead in the opening period of every contest.

Undeterred, the Knicks outscored San Antonio by 29 points in the second quarters, 14 points in the third quarters and 27 points in the fourth quarters. True to form, New York came back from seven points down at the end of the third quarter to win Game 5.Spurs coach Mitch Johnson never found lineup or strategy answers for his team's persistent fading, and Knicks star Jalen Brunson cemented himself as a New York sports legend with another strong late-game performance after rolling his left ankle Saturday.

-- Ben GolliverGame 4: Knicks 107, Spurs 106Biggest takeaway from the Knicks' performance: The Knicks are never out of a ga