NYC erupts as Knicks win Game 5, NBA championship for first time in half a century ^21.1%

Gothamist - By Caroline Lewis, Brittany Kriegstein, Stephen Nessen, Arun Venugopal, David Brand - 6/13/2026, 11:29 PM

Negativity Bias 30.1% - Biased Writer Voice 28.8% - Hasty Generalization 22.4%

New York City is rejoicing Saturday night after the New York Knicks claimed their first NBA championship since 1973 — and set off a street party like no other in the five boroughs, five decades in the making. The Knicks' 94 to 90, come-from-behind win over the San Antonio Spurs in Texas marked the culmination of a two-month playoff run... more