Before the Knicks became champions, before Jalen Brunson became Finals MVP, before New York exploded into orange-and-blue celebration, before the franchise’s 53-year drought finally ended, James Dolan stood in front …
Jalen Brunson was asked the easiest question in New York sports history. Was leaving $113 million on the table worth it to win a championship? “100 percent worth it,” Brunson …
Some basketball stories feel too clean to be real. Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart winning the 2016 NCAA Championship together at Villanova was already one of those stories. …
After 53 years, the wait is over. The New York Knicks are NBA champions. The Knicks closed out the San Antonio Spurs with a 94-90 win in Game 5 of …
For one half, Madison Square Garden felt like a crime scene. The San Antonio Spurs were everywhere. They were bombing threes, running the floor, quieting the building and making the …
Jalen Brunson has never been the loudest kind of leader. He does not need the dramatic speech, the staged stare, or the performative chest-pounding. His leadership has always felt more …
Madison Square Garden waited 27 years for another NBA Finals game, and the San Antonio Spurs walked in like terribly rude guests. With the Knicks trying to turn a 2-0 …
The Knicks did not leave San Antonio with a split. They left with control. New York beat the Spurs 105-104 in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, surviving a frantic …
Doc Rivers did not frame flopping as one player’s crime. He framed it as the league’s shared language. After Game 1 of the NBA Finals, with the Knicks beating the …
Jay Williams framed Jalen Brunson as something rare in the modern NBA: a superstar who seems to answer every complaint fans make about the league. Too much money? Brunson took …
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