'New York City Is Full of Dogs': Knicks Head Coach Mike Brown Has Message for NYC After Winning NBA Title
Jalen Brunson scored 45 points in Game 5 and earned Finals MVP as New York won 15 of 16 playoff games.
- The New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 to secure the 2026 NBA Finals championship, ending a 53-year drought since 1973.
- Head coach Mike Brown guided the Knicks to this championship in his first season after replacing Tom Thibodeau, leading the team through a postseason where they won 15 of 16 games.
- Scoring 45 points in the clinching 94-90 victory, Finals MVP Jalen Brunson became only the fourth player listed at 6-foot-2 or shorter to win the award.
- Owner James Dolan celebrated the historic win as the franchise prepares to add a championship banner to Madison Square Garden, marking a return to prominence.
- Counting the NBA, NFL, NHL, and Major League Baseball, a 14-year championship drought for New York City has ended, and the franchise now joins the elite group with at least three titles.
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Jaylen Brown gives blunt reaction to Knicks winning NBA title
The Knicks cruised through the playoffs on their way to the 2026 NBA championship, beating the Spurs in five games. There were some late-game heroics in the NBA Finals that included a thrilling 29-point comeback Knicks victory in Game 4. The Spurs showed their youth while the Knicks made all the right plays to win their first title since 1973.
Brown shows Knicks got this decision right
SAN ANTONIO — Mike Brown didn't seem to be the New York Knicks' first choice to take over as coach last spring, when the team fired Tom Thibodeau and was linked to at least a half-dozen other candidates who held…
Brown's arrival in New York was a surprise, but his leadership led the team to break a drought of more than five decades without titles. Popovich and Kerr's former assistant became a legend by leading the Knicks to the championship, showing calm and strategy at critical moments.

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