MVP · GAME 1
Jalen Brunson
Guard · Knicks
30PTS
7AST
5REB
52%FG
Carved up the Spurs in the third with 14 points to break the game open.
| TEAM | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 28 | 24 | 29 | 24 | 105 |
| SAS | 22 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 95 |
Guard · Knicks
Carved up the Spurs in the third with 14 points to break the game open.
Forward · Knicks
Career-best playoff assist night running offense from the elbow.
Center · Spurs
Double-double with four blocks but couldn't drag San Antonio over the line.
| PLAYER | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Brunson | 38 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11-21 | 3-7 |
| K. Towns | 36 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7-13 | 3-5 |
| O. Anunoby | 35 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7-14 | 3-6 |
| M. Bridges | 34 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6-12 | 2-4 |
| J. McBride | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4-8 | 3-5 |
| M. Robinson | 20 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| D. DiVincenzo | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-5 | 1-4 |
| P. Achiuwa | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-1 |
| PLAYER | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Wembanyama | 37 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10-22 | 2-6 |
| D. Vassell | 34 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-15 | 3-8 |
| S. Castle | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5-13 | 1-3 |
| C. Paul | 28 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3-7 | 2-4 |
| J. Sochan | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4-9 | 1-2 |
| H. Barnes | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-3 |
| T. Johnson | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | 2-5 |
| Z. Collins | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
The Knicks opened the 2026 NBA Finals with a wire-to-wire 105–95 win over the Spurs at Madison Square Garden. New York set the tone with a 28-point first quarter and never trailed.
Jalen Brunson dictated the half-court game with 30 points and 7 assists, including a 14-point third quarter that pushed the lead to 17. Karl-Anthony Towns delivered a career-best playoff 11 assists from the high post, picking apart Spurs help defenders rotating to Wembanyama.
Victor Wembanyama answered with 26 and 12 plus four blocks, but a quiet third quarter from San Antonio's wings (3-of-15 from deep across the night) capped the comeback. Chris Paul kept the Spurs within striking distance with eight assists in 28 minutes.
Game 2 tips Thursday in New York.
Brunson opens 8-of-his-first-10 stretch, drilling a step-back three over Castle. NYK 11–4.
Wembanyama swats Robinson at the rim, then drops a pull-up triple in transition to cut it to four. NYK 38–34.
Towns finds Anunoby for a corner three, his 8th assist of the night, capping a 12–2 Knicks run. NYK 71–58.
Brunson scores 9 straight including a four-point play that ices the third. NYK 81–64.
Spurs cut it to 8 behind a Vassell flurry, but McBride answers with a stepback three. NYK 99–88.
Brunson seals it at the line. The Garden closes the game on its feet. FINAL · 105–95.