LAS VEGAS (AP) \u2014 It’s been more than half a century since the Knicks hung an NBA championship banner inside Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n
The wait since 1973 to add another one didn’t end on Tuesday night, but New York can make room for the NBA Cup banner.<\/p>\n
OG Anunoby<\/a> scored 28 points, Jalen Brunson<\/a> had 25, and the Knicks rallied to beat Victor Wembanyama<\/a> and the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> 124-113.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is great and we\u2019re going to enjoy this,\u201d Brunson said. \u201cBut once we leave tomorrow, we\u2019re moving on.\u201d<\/p>\n This is a championship roster \u2014 NBA Cup MVP Brunson, Josh Hart<\/a> and Mikal Bridges<\/a> cut down the nets in college at Villanova \u2014 with high hopes of representing the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a single-elimination tournament when you get to a certain point, so every game counts,\u201d New York coach Mike Brown said. \u201cThere was pressure on every game if you expect to be who you think you are. When you’re able to have success, it breeds confidence in everybody in the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n New York’s Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> had 16 points and 11 rebounds despite battling a calf injury. He went into the locker room with a minute left before halftime and later exited for the bench with 5:06 remaining in the third quarter and didn’t return until late in the fourth. <\/p>\n Dylan Harper<\/a> led the Spurs with 21 points, Wembanyama scored 18 and De’Aaron Fox<\/a> had 16.<\/p>\n Wembanyama excused himself early from the postgame news conference because he said \u201cjust lost somebody\u201d on Tuesday.<\/p>\n