Guard Jalen Brunson scored 45 points in leading the New York Knicks to another fourth quarter comeback and win their first NBA championship in 53 years with a 94–90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs Saturday in San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center.
The Knicks trailed by as much as 16 points in the first half and by 10 early in the final quarter before Brunson’s free throw at 3:40 remaining gave New York its first lead since the game’s opening minute, 86–85.
The Spurs could only score two more field foals, going one-for-four from the free throw line in the waning minutes, as the Knicks won their third NBA championship in their 80 year existence, their first since Richard Nixon was president….