{"id":729118,"date":"2026-06-11T06:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/729118\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T06:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:53:09","slug":"nyc-celebs-watch-knicks-pull-off-biggest-comeback-in-nba-finals-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/729118\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Celebs Watch Knicks Pull Off Biggest Comeback in NBA Finals History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt was a who\u2019s who on the sidelines of Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks fronted a miraculous comeback against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNYC staples like <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/spike-lee\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spike-lee\" data-tag=\"spike-lee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spike Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/larry-david\/\" id=\"auto-tag_larry-david\" data-tag=\"larry-david\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Larry David<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/adam-sandler\/\" id=\"auto-tag_adam-sandler\" data-tag=\"adam-sandler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Sandler<\/a>, Jerry Seinfeld, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/david-zaslav\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-zaslav\" data-tag=\"david-zaslav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Zaslav<\/a>, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Mariska Hargitay, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ben-stiller\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ben-stiller\" data-tag=\"ben-stiller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Stiller<\/a>, Chris Rock, John McEnroe and Tracy Morgan were all in attendance on Wednesday night. Even global superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/taylor-swift\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taylor-swift\" data-tag=\"taylor-swift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift<\/a> flew all the way from Tuesday night\u2019s \u201cToy Story 5\u201d premiere to watch MSG explode as the Knicks took a 3-1 lead over the Spurs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Knicks, down by 29 points, looked down and out heading into the fourth quarter. But with the support of the thundering MSG crowd, the Knicks managed to bring it within one with 1:47 to go. After back-to-back missed free throws from Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama, Knicks guard Jalen Brunson brought it down the other end and gave his team the first lead of the night with a clutch floater. Stephon Castle managed to give the Spurs a one-point lead after two free throws of his own, but the Knicks took it right back after a bucket from forward OG Anunoby with a little over a second to go. Spurs were unable to convert on their final possession, and the Knicks had done it. The final score was 106 to 107. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWednesday\u2019s game was the biggest comeback in NBA finals history, per \u201cInside the NBA.\u201d The show\u2019s hosts were flabbergasted in their post-game coverage. Analyst Ernie Johnson opened his commentary by asking his co-hosts, \u201cWhat the hell did we just see?\u201d ESPN\u2019s coverage showed Hargitay running out on the court after the game to hug the hero who came through in the clutch, Knicks forward Anunoby. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn ESPN\u2019s \u201cInside the NBA,\u201d the hosts were breathless about the epic comeback pulled off by the Knicks, who are now one game away from the team\u2019s first NBA Championship victory since 1973. Host Charles Barkley was quick to fault the Spurs for allowing such an explosive Knicks\u2019 comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWhen you blow a 29-point lead, the other team has to help you,\u201d he said in amazement at how the Spurs were bowled over by New York in the final minutes. Game 5 is set for Saturday night in San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a who\u2019s who on the sidelines of Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks fronted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[19754,64,63,79539,42677,151452,590,54828,85,2897,40530],"class_list":["post-729118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-adam-sandler","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-stiller","tag-david-zaslav","tag-larry-david","tag-nba","tag-spike-lee","tag-sports","tag-taylor-swift","tag-timothee-chalamet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}