SAN ANTONIO, June 14 — ‌The New York ​Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 90-94 ‌on Saturday to claim their ​first NBA championship since 1973.

Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 45 ​points as the Knicks closed out the best-of-seven NBA Finals in five games, just ‌days after completing the ⁠greatest comeback ⁠seen in the ⁠championship round.

The Spurs ⁠started ⁠strong once again and held several double-digit leads ⁠all night, but the Knicks crawled back and finally took their first lead with 3:40 left ⁠to play.

The Spurs were unable to come back and the ⁠Knicks capped off a dominant ⁠championship ⁠run that saw them ​lose just ​three games ‌in the postseason. — Reuters