Jalen Brunson has always played bigger than his size. On Saturday night, he played like a giant.
The Knicks won the 2025-26 NBA championship by beating the Spurs in Game 5, 94-90. It was far from easy. New York scored just 13 points in the first quarter and shot 29.5% from the field in the first half. Victor Wembanyama’s massive wingspan was enveloping the Knicks' offense as he racked up five blocks in the opening 20 minutes. Dylan Harper was playing like a 10-year vet in the biggest game of his life rather than a 20-year-old rookie. Everything seemed to go the Spurs’ way (including questionable calls from the referees). Combine all that with a poor shooting night for the Knicks and you would have expected the series to return to New York for Game 6.
