‘Thank God for the Knicks’: New Yorkers abuzz after historic Game 4 comeback

Largest comeback in NBA finals history galvanizes city and inspires morning-after chants of: ‘Knicks in five!’

New Yorkers woke up on Thursday morning – those who had even slept in the city that never sleeps – still jubilant after the Knicks men’s basketball team had https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/10/wembanyama-spurs-knicks-game-4-nba-finals-series-tied">made history the night before.

The team staged the https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/10/wembanyama-spurs-knicks-game-4-nba-finals-series-tied">largest comeback in https://www.theguardian.com/sport/nba-finals">NBA finals history to overcome the San Antonio Spurs in the dying seconds of the fourth game of the finals – and put themselves 3-1 up and within one game of a rare championship win.