Jalen Brunson’s Clutch Three-Pointer Lifts New York Knicks to Historic Game 1 NBA Finals Win Over San Antonio Spurs

The shot was a step-back three, late clock, Knicks by one possession that had not existed a second earlier. Jalen Brunson has made a career of those, and Game 1 of the NBA Finals was the loudest room he has made one in.

San Antonio had an answer for almost everything else. Wembanyama altered shots. The Spurs’ half-court sets chewed the clock. Brunson kept the Knicks attached until the possession that mattered, then ended it himself. New York lead the Finals. The Garden sounded like a building that had been waiting for the sentence.

Historic is a word the city will keep. The series still has to be won in a gym that belongs to the Spurs as well.