Will the New York Knicks win their first NBA title since 1973?
59% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 29 predictions cast.
The New York Knicks won the NBA championship on June 14, 2026, defeating the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio — ending a 53-year title drought that dated to the 1972-73 Knicks, who beat the Los Angeles Lakers with Willis Reed and Walt Frazier. Jalen Brunson led New York with 45 points and was named Finals MVP.
New York won the series 4-1, rallying from double-digit deficits in all four of their victories. The Knicks entered this postseason as a team that had not reached the Finals since 1999 and had not won a championship since the Nixon administration. Their run through the 2026 playoffs was defined by late-game comebacks, a formula that held through the clinching game.
The community marginally predicted the outcome correctly, with 59 percent of voters backing the Knicks to win the title — a slim but accurate majority.