Knicks bring an NBA title home after 53 years
The Knicks celebrate with the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy after defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday in San Antonio. Credit: AP Photo/Darren Abate/Darren Abate
Willis Reed. Walt Frazier. Dave DeBusschere. Bill Bradley. Dick Barnett. All of the champions from 1970 and 1973, many of whom have their jerseys hanging in the rafters at Madison Square Garden, you have company.
Jalen Brunson and the rest of the 2026 Knicks have joined them in franchise lore, in stories that will be told for generations, and with a banner to be raised beside them as the team that brought the NBA title back to New York after 53 years of waiting.
As the players made history, New York roared, from the packed sweaty bars around Madison Square Garden to watch parties at the Freeport Nautical Mile and Amagansett Square. From the abiding faithful who grew up with the mighty Patrick Ewing to the new generation sporting Brunson jerseys, New Yorkers cheered: Knicks in Five, and 53 years of futility is done.
Read more from all angles of the Knicks' run to the NBA championship here.
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