Jack Filippi

I like Hockey #NYR

[Jack Filippi @JackFilippi]

Looking at the entirety of NHL season, there is no better time to have a slump than in mid January. The #NYR have played 44 games and are 28-14-2. They can be crappy for the next 5-10 games and then be scotching hot the last 25 (roughly speaking) leading into the playoffs.

[Mark Jackson’s Burner @casualtakeking]

Jalen Brunson won 7 trophies this season 🤯

• NBA Cup Trophy
• NBA Cup MVP Trophy
• All-Star Shooting Stars Trophy
• ECF Trophy
• ECF MVP Trophy
• Larry O’Brien Trophy
• NBA Finals MVP Trophy

[Moody @EricNMoody]

Jalen Brunson’s Game 5 belongs in Finals history.

Highest share of team points in an NBA Finals-clinching win:

51.7% — Michael Jordan, 1998
47.9% — Jalen Brunson, 2026
47.6% — Giannis Antetokounmpo, 2021
45.5% — Bob Pettit, 1958
43.3% — Michael Jordan, 1997

Only MJ has ever carried a bigger scoring load to close out a title.

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

Illmatic Track 2 🗽

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

Brunson had 45 in the Finals close out game

Hahahhahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahah

[Josh Dubow @JoshDubowAP]

Best point differential in a single postseason:
2026 Knicks +283
2017 Warriors +230
2014 Spurs +214
2018 Warriors +210
1987 Lakers +205
2001 Lakers +204
1971 Bucks +203

[Knicks Memes @KnicksMemes]

WILL THE NBA SUSPEND WEMBY FOR GAME 6?!

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

146 players asked since the trade deadline

"Who will win the NBA championship?"

Not one picked the Knicks

Not one

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

12/21/23: Becky Hammon says Jalen Brunson is too small to be a 1A dude

6/13/26: Jalen Brunson is named Finals MVP in the building Becky Hammon used to coach at

[The Strickland @TheStrickland]

FROM UNDESIRABLE TO UNDENIABLE… JALEN BRUNSON IS THE “1A” ON THE KNICKS’ FIRST NBA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN 53 YEARS

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

job’s done ✅

[Kris Pursiainen @krispursiainen]

The national media said Mike Brown had to win 11 playoff games to justify being hired by the Knicks.

He just won his 16th.

[Ian Begley @IanBegley]

Behind 45 points from Jalen Brunson, Knicks win in San Antonio to clinch franchise's first NBA title in 53 years. Masterpiece from the NYK captain, who had 15 in fourth to help NYK rebound from 7-pt deficit. Massive offensive rebound from Mitchell Robinson late helped seal game

[ESPN @espn]

Jalen Brunson.

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

for the boroughs and Knicks fans around the world 🏆

[Damien Peters @DamienPetersNBA]

Some INSANE stats out of Game 4:

- The Knicks led for just 53 seconds

- Since 1996, Jalen Brunson is now averaging the most 4th quarter points in Finals history at 10.3PPG

- The Knicks are +31 in 49 minutes Jose Alvarado is on the floor, they’re -23 in 143 minutes he’s off the floor

- Teams down 20+ in the postseason over the last two years are 4-71, the Knicks are 5-3

- For players averaging at least 20PPG in the Finals, OG Anunoby has the highest efficiency in league history

- Teams down 20 points or more in the 4th quarter in the playoffs were 4-750 all-time, they’re now 5-750 and the Knicks own 2 of the 5 wins in this postseason alone

A crazy night of basketball

[ESPN @espn]

OmG.

[Bankai The Champion 🏆 🇪🇨🇵🇷 @New_Tape_City]

Spurs players quotes this NBA Finals:

- “We gave them those games”

- “It's almost not like I have anything to figure out. It's almost like I have to play normal, not even good”

- “We’re the better team”

- “First off I’m trying to win for myself”

Knicks players quotes this NBA Finals:

- “We’re gonna fight until the end, they’re a really good team, they made a run but we’re gonna fight until the end”

- "Hope has been brought back to the city. But the word success hasn't been seen. We have to fight to bring that word back to fruition”

- "We can't just be satisfied with that. We have a long way to go. We have a lot of things we can do to be better”

- "We don't care too much about the winning streak. All that's in the past. To us, it's 0-0. Take it one game at a time. Our most important game is the next game”

The difference between mindsets is night and day.

[Tommy Beer @TommyBeer]

With Mikal Bridges as the primary defender in these NBA Finals,
Stephon Castle, De'Aaron Fox, and Devin Vassell are a combined 2-of-15 from the field (13.3%) with more turnovers (5) than assists (4) when guarded by Bridges.

[Michael Martin @MichaelOnSports]

I still can't believe the Knicks won a Finals game on the road in which they only shot 5 free throws in the second half and they had to use a challenge just to get 3 of them.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The Knicks trailed by as many as 14 points in their Game 1 win and as many as 12 in Game 2.

This is the first time a team has recorded double-digit comebacks in each of the first two games of a Finals since 1975, per @ESPNInsights.