OG Anunoby tipped in Jalen Brunson’s miss with 1.2 seconds left to give the New York Knicks a 107-106 win in Game 4, a finish that arrived in Jefferson City as a 29-point deficit vanished. The basket put the Knicks up 3-1 in the series and left San Antonio facing elimination with Game 5 set for Saturday night.
Knicks finish the rally
Anunoby scored 33 points and made seven three-pointers while the Knicks completed the largest comeback in Finals history, erasing 29 points down before the final rebound changed the game. Mike Brown called the basket “the most iconic shot in the history of New York basketball.”
The sequence mattered because the Knicks had already won both games in San Antonio to open the series, and Game 4 turned a familiar road edge into a firmer series grip. Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox now return home after the Spurs missed a chance to square the Finals before the series shifted again.
British basketball and San Antonio
Anunoby told Sky Sports, “Game four was probably the top of British basketball history,” linking the ending in Jefferson City to a wider audience that has followed British players in the NBA. The moment lands in a season when a record four UK players were on NBA rosters at the start, with Anunoby joined by Tosan Evbuomwan, Jeremy Sochan and Amari Williams.
That wider attention is one reason the shot traveled so quickly beyond the Knicks’ bench. Sky Sports described the basket as the moment that triggered the single greatest moment of exposure in British basketball history, and the timing gave the claim immediate weight because the series lead became 3-1 at the same instant.
Game 5 in San Antonio
De’Aaron said, “We still have that belief that we have a chance to win,” as San Antonio tried to recover from the loss. Game 5 was scheduled for Saturday night in San Antonio against Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs, with the Knicks carrying the momentum of a finish decided by 1.2 seconds and one tipped-in shot.
