2026 NBA Finals — Knicks beat Spurs 4-1 to end a 53-year title drought.
It took 53 years and the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, but the New York Knicks are champions again. After dropping Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, New York erased a 29-point halftime deficit in Game 4 — the biggest in any NBA Finals game ever played — to take a 3-1 series lead, then closed out the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in San Antonio on Saturday night. Jalen Brunson took home Finals MVP. The Knicks become the first team to win 13 straight games inside a single postseason since the 1998-99 Spurs, the previous record holder, in a series-clinching irony.
Below is the full game-by-game recap with embedded highlight videos from the official NBA YouTube channel. Click any thumbnail to load the highlights — we use a lite-embed pattern so the page stays fast and only loads the YouTube player when you actually want to watch.
📺 Where to watch full replays
All five games of the 2026 NBA Finals were broadcast on ABC (over the air, free with a $30 antenna in most metros) and streamed on ESPN Unlimited ($29.99/mo). Replays are available on demand inside the NBA App for League Pass subscribers, on ESPN's website for ESPN Unlimited subscribers, and on the official NBA YouTube channel as embedded below.
Game 1 — Knicks 105, Spurs 95
Official NBA
"#3 KNICKS at #2 SPURS · NBA FINALS GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS · June 3, 2026" — via the official NBA YouTube channel.
What happened:
- Jalen Brunson dropped 30 points to set the tone for the series — efficient at the rim, lethal from the mid-range.
- San Antonio led briefly in the second quarter but the Knicks' defense locked in for the third, holding the Spurs to 19 points after halftime.
- Karl-Anthony Towns chipped in 22 + 11 rebounds; Mikal Bridges added 18 on 7-of-12 shooting.
- Pace Knicks defense Q3 Brunson's mid-range
Game 2 — Knicks 105, Spurs 104 (Knicks lead 2-0)
Official NBA
"#3 KNICKS at #2 SPURS · NBA FINALS GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS · June 5, 2026" — via the official NBA YouTube channel.
What happened:
- The Knicks took commanding control through three quarters before San Antonio mounted a fourth-quarter run to cut it to one point with under 10 seconds left.
- Wembanyama posted 28 + 14 + 6 blocks on the Spurs side — the kind of statline that wins games when his team isn't down four to start the fourth.
- Brunson closed it with two clutch free throws with 4 seconds left.
- Wembanyama 28/14/6 blk 4th-quarter run Brunson FT clutch
Game 3 — Spurs 115, Knicks 111 (Knicks lead 2-1)
Highlights
"San Antonio Spurs vs New York Knicks Full Game 3 Highlights · June 8, 2026 · NBA Finals" — full highlights.
What happened:
- Wembanyama and the Spurs jumped out early in front of a tense MSG crowd, building a 17-point lead by halftime.
- The Knicks' first sustained shooting slump of the series — they made only 6 of 28 from three.
- Mitchell Robinson fouled out late, opening the lane for Spurs paint scores in the fourth.
- Spurs steal at MSG Wembanyama 32 pts Knicks 3pt slump 6/28
Game 4 — Knicks 107, Spurs 106 · the largest comeback in NBA Finals history
Official NBA
"#2 SPURS at #3 KNICKS · NBA FINALS GAME 4 HIGHLIGHTS · June 10, 2026" — via the official NBA YouTube channel.
What happened — the one to watch from this entire series:
- The Knicks trailed by 29 points at halftime — the largest halftime deficit ever overcome in an NBA Finals game.
- The third quarter rewrote the record: the Knicks outscored the Spurs 38-12 in the period, riding a 22-2 run in the middle to flip the game.
- Brunson scored 19 of his 31 in the second half. Mikal Bridges came alive defensively, holding Wembanyama to 4 points in the third.
- Game-winning bucket: Karl-Anthony Towns with 8 seconds left to put the Knicks up by one.
- 29-pt comeback 38-12 Q3 Brunson 31 pts KAT game-winner Bridges D on Wemby
"The Knicks just pulled off the greatest comeback in Finals history. Live in 4K on ESPN, free on an antenna in every market because the game was simulcast on ABC. That's the streaming era — and a $30 antenna would have shown you the whole thing without paying a dime."— Rick, watching it live on the family room TV
Game 5 — Knicks 94, Spurs 90 (Knicks win the title)
Official NBA
"#3 KNICKS at #2 SPURS · NBA FINALS GAME 5 HIGHLIGHTS · June 13, 2026" — via the official NBA YouTube channel.
What happened:
- A low-scoring grind-it-out clincher — neither team broke 100 — that came down to one possession in the final 90 seconds.
- Brunson sealed Finals MVP with 24 points and a clutch fadeaway with 38 seconds left.
- Defense was the story: the Knicks held the Spurs to 38.2% from the field, the lowest mark of the series.
- 13 straight postseason wins for New York — the second-longest in a single postseason in NBA history, behind only the 1998-99 Spurs (also 13, but New York hit theirs in a season of more total playoff games).
- Title clinched Brunson Finals MVP Spurs FG% 38.2 13-game streak
The title-clinching takeaways
- Brunson cemented his Finals MVP. 27.4 PPG, 6.8 APG across five games, with the clutch shooting splits to match. The decisive game-winning fadeaway in Game 5 was the moment.
- Mikal Bridges quietly won the series defensively. Held Wembanyama under 24 points in three of the five games. The Game 4 Q3 stretch where Wembanyama scored 4 was the pivot point of the series.
- Wembanyama's Spurs years still ahead of him. San Antonio was the youngest finalist since the 1971 Bucks. Spurs will be back.
- The 13-game postseason win streak surpassed history — second-longest single-postseason streak ever, behind only the '99 Spurs.
- 53 years of waiting ended. Last Knicks title: 1973 — Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, Willis Reed. The new banner goes up at MSG with Brunson on it.
Where to watch the full replays
- ESPN Unlimited ($29.99/mo) — full replays on demand.
- NBA League Pass ($14.99/mo or $99.99/season) — every game replay available.
- Official NBA YouTube channel — free highlights from each game (embedded above).
- ABC.com — free with a TV provider sign-in.