29’s just fine! Knicks complete Finals’ biggest comeback to go up 3-1 (Highlights)

Everything was just fine with the New York Knicks down 29.

A victorious tip-in from OG Anunoby in the penultimate second of Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals served as the capper of both the largest comeback in NBA Finals history and a 107-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden. That chaotic couple was the last of 33 points for Anunoby while Jalen Brunson had 36, all but four coming on the comeback trailer beyond the first quarter.

The Knicks are now one win away from their third championship in franchise history, the first time they’ve been at such a precipice since 1994. The return from 29 down passes the 24-point surmounting the Boston Celtics had in their 2008 title run against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Things seemed staged against the Knicks from the get-go: Karl-Anthony Towns picked up two fouls just 62 seconds into the game, allowing the Spurs to jump out to yet another double-figure lead in the first quarter, this one inflating to as high as 21 before settling at 19 by the end.

In the early going, it seemed that San Antonio was the one destined to make history: every time the Knicks had some sort of rally in them—one almost always led by Brunson, scorer of 15 period points—it would quickly be snuffed out by triples from the arms of the Spurs.

San Antonio sank 14 three-pointers over the first 24 alone, with Devin Vassell and Dylan Harper going perfect on a united seven attempts. That record tally set a record for most in a Finals half, as seven Spurs sank at least one while the Knicks responded with but four combined.

The lead reached its fateful summit of 29 with just over three minutes to go in the second quarter, earned on a Harper double. He would later provide the Spurs their 27-point halftime lead, ending second quarter scoring on, appropriately enough, on a three-pointer.

Despite a cold start to the second half on both sides, a De’Aaron Fox pullup with just over two minutes gone by in the half re-established the massive lead. That only set the stage for more metropolitan dramatics, of which there have been plenty in this ongoing championship pitch.

The return to glory started inconspicuous enough: the Knicks scored 13 in a row in a run that that stretched past the midway mark of the third. A stifling defensive effort also ensued: San Antonio hit just four shots in the third quarter, losing its seemingly immaculate touch from the opening stanzas.

Stephon Castle couldn’t even get a shot off while franchise face Victor Wembanyama was but 1-of-5, perhaps a karmic retribution for taunting Mitchell Robinson after the Spurs built that seemingly impenetrable lead. Even so, the Spurs managed to at least limit the damage control in the third, never letting the Knicks get closer than 15 before the period let out.

Though shrunk by half, the Spurs’ lead returned to 20 fairly quickly. But that’s only when the New York comeback began in earnest: a three-point barrage (featuring Towns’ first fourth quarter points of the series), plus the continued supervision of Brunson, began to thrust the Knicks back into the ballgame, all while mostly limiting the Spurs’ opportunities to the foul line.

Key to the rally was Jose Alvarado, who stepped in for a struggling Mikal Bridges in the closing five. The acquired sub had eight points and three assists in the final frame alone and was plus-17 in relief.

But leading the charge, of course, was Brunson, who continue to provide clutch baskets when the Knicks needed them. Appropriately, Brunson gave the Knicks their first lead of the night with a floater that followed a pair of missed Wembanyama free throws. It came shortly after Josh Hart missed an open layup he earned after intercepting a Fox pass, but Brunson ensured that the take over was delayed, not denied.

The job, however, was not yet over: another Hart miscue, fouling Castle on his rebound of a Fox misfire, allowed his fellow Big East alum to hit free throws that gave the Spurs the lead back before the final half-minute. That narrow yet formidable one-point lead held after Brunson missed a floater on the other end. Fox got control of a long rebounds but attempted to put up the sealer instantly and missed. Following a given Spurs foul and a timeout, the Knicks had a chance to go for the win with five seconds remaining.

Brunson attempt to put up the winner for a storybook ending, though his shot missed as the clock ticked down. Anunoby, however, broke through the sea of hands to put back the final tallies, sending Manhattan into hysterics. San Antonio had one last chance to steal the lead back but Castle dropped an inbounds pass from Harper to officially ignite the celebration.

San Antonio’s struggles were perfectly defined by hitting only eight from the field in the second half. Three alone came from the hands of Wembanyama, who finished the game with a 24-point, 13-rebound double-double. Harper had 21 off the bench but was held to but 2-of-5 in the latter 24.

The first of three opportunities for the Knicks to secure the elusive third title lands on Saturday night in San Antonio (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC). Their last championship was likewise captured in 1973 at the The Forum in Los Angeles.