{"id":333321,"date":"2026-06-12T07:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/333321\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:07:12","slug":"knicks-fans-make-stunning-move-for-game-5-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/333321\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks fans make stunning move for Game 5 in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Antonio Spurs<\/a> face elimination entering Game 5 of the NBA<\/a> Finals. The good news is they will host the New York Knicks<\/a> at Frost Bank Center on Friday. The bad news? Almost 50% of the tickets have been purchased by fans with NY\/NJ area codes.<\/p>\n

The Spurs could play in their home court but would hear more boos than cheers. It\u2019s unheard of, but Knicks fans are going all-in to ensure their team secures the title the soonest.<\/p>\n

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MORE: OG Anunoby becomes Knicks legend with game-winner vs. Spurs<\/a><\/p>\n

Legion Hoops posted the data that TickPick gathered on X. San Antonio<\/a> needs all the help it can get; however, New York<\/a>\u2019s supporters want the Spurs to feel like the away team.<\/p>\n

San Antonio is coming off a historic Game 4 loss. They led by as much as 29 points before Jalen Brunson<\/a> and OG Anunoby spearheaded New York\u2019s uprising, which became the largest comeback<\/a> in Finals history.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama<\/p>\n

Knicks on the brink of ending championship drought<\/p>\n

The Knicks are one win away from winning their first championship in 53 years. Brunson, Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> have driven the team\u2019s 3-1 series lead.<\/p>\n

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They showed a lot of resilience by not giving up in Game 4 despite facing what seemed like an insurmountable deficit. Brunson and Anunoby combined for 69 points, while Towns contributed a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double in the 107-106 victory. Tip-off for Game 5 is set for 8:30 p.m. ET, and it remains to be seen how loud the New York crowd will cheer in San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Antonio Spurs face elimination entering Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The good news is they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1067,31021,41987,188,6396,41988,82,84,83,1066,4847,509],"class_list":["post-333321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-frost-bank-center","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-og-anunoby","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}