Knicks complete historic 29-point comeback, move one win from title
OG Anunoby’s tip-in with 1.2 seconds left finished a 29-point rally, and the Knicks moved one win from their first title since 1973.
The New York Knicks did the impossible at Madison Square Garden, erasing a 29-point hole to beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. OG Anunoby’s putback with 1.2 seconds left completed the largest comeback in NBA Finals history and left New York one victory from a championship that has eluded the franchise since 1973.
What made the finish feel so overwhelming was how deep the Knicks had to dig. New York trailed by 29 points with 9:40 left in the third quarter, by 15 at the end of the third and by 20 with 9:33 remaining in the fourth. Jalen Brunson carried the offense with 36 points, five rebounds and seven assists, while Anunoby scored 33 and delivered the last, decisive touch at the rim. The result gave the Knicks a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and put them on the brink of a title that would reshape the way the franchise is seen across the league.
San Antonio had opened the game with the kind of barrage that usually buries a Finals opponent. The Spurs made 14 three-pointers in the first half, a Finals record, and forced New York into a long chase. Yet the crowd at Madison Square Garden kept tightening as the Knicks chipped away, even as Victor Wembanyama drew boos during warmups and free throws. By the final minutes, the building had turned into a pressure cooker, with each Knicks possession carrying the weight of decades of frustration and hope.
The size of the comeback made the night stand apart from the sport’s past benchmarks. ESPN pointed to the 2011 Mavericks rally from 15 points down in Game 2 against Miami as a previous Finals reference point, but New York’s 29-point turnaround dwarfed it. The win also came with a bigger stage already in view: Game 3 of the Finals averaged 23.8 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, the most-watched Finals Game 3 in 28 years. For a Knicks franchise that has spent generations chasing relevance and a second title, one chaotic, stunning finish moved the power narrative as sharply as any game could.
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