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DUSTIN SAFRANEK/IMAGN IMAGES The Knicks capped a winding Finals with another comeback victory Saturday night in San Antonio, giving the franchise its first NBA championship since 1973. In New York, the bedlam has just begun after the Knicks’ first NBA title in 53 years. When the Knicks ended their title drought, New Yorkers were just beginning to celebrate 15 giu 2026 - The Washington Post BY ALBERT SAMAHA New York — They waited for the final buzzer to be sure, but not a second longer. As the New York Knicks captured their first NBA title in 53 years in San Antonio on Saturday night, beating the Spurs, 94-90, New Yorkers streamed out of bars and sidewalk watch parties to fill the streets across every corner of the city, faces flushed with disbelief. With a roster of scrappy veterans facing the young but formidable Spurs, who were led by the seemingly unsolvable Victor Wembanyama, the Knicks had shocked the world, sportsbooks and even New Yorkers, winning the series in five games. These...

DANIEL DUNN/IMAGN IMAGES New York Knicks fans pumped to direct their ire toward 7-foot-4  Victor  Wembanyama may encounter a problem: They seem to really like the Spurs’ star. Knicks fans love a villain, but Wembanyama is anything but New Yorkers love to heckle opponents, but they are faced with a dilemma in the NBA Finals NBA Finals, Game 2: Knicks at Spurs 8:30 p.m., ABC New York leads series 1-0 5 Jun 2026 - The Washington Post BY ALBERT SAMAHA NEW YORK — It’s one of the lasting joys of Knicks fandom: Brash New Yorkers, starved of a championship since 1973, channel their collective ire toward a nemesis who dares stand in their way. Chants laced with curses echo through Madison Square Garden. Clever taunts goad their target, daring a response. The team’s most prominent celebrity fan, filmmaker Spike Lee, hurls trash talk from his courtside seat. And all across the city, in sports bars and living rooms, Knicks fans turn one franchise’s hero into New York’s villain, from Reggi...