New York City is celebrating the Knicks’ first NBA championship in 53 years with a ticker-tape parade up Broadway and a City Hall ceremony. Police said all viewing pens were full early Thursday as 10,000 officers were assigned to secure the event.
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Knicks owner James Dolan said the team accepted an invitation to visit President Donald Trump at the White House after winning the NBA championship. The date and player attendance have not been determined.
The Knicks’ first NBA championship since 1973 drew celebrations across New York, but police said violence in Manhattan left a 17-year-old shot, five buses destroyed and 63 people arrested. A parade and City Hall ceremony are scheduled for Thursday.
Jalen Brunson scored 45 points and won finals MVP as the Knicks beat the Spurs 94-90 to claim their first NBA championship in 53 years. New York rallied from a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit to clinch the series in five games.
Ticketmaster and the Spurs said previously purchased tickets for Knicks fans will be honored despite a 150-mile purchase restriction for Game 5 in San Antonio. New York officials had criticized the policy after fans feared they would be shut out of the NBA Finals game.
The Knicks rallied from 29 points down to beat the Spurs 107-106 in Game 4, the largest comeback in NBA Finals history. OG Anunoby’s tip-in with 1.2 seconds left gave New York a 3-1 series lead.
Victor Wembanyama scored 32 points as the Spurs beat the Knicks 115-111 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, cutting New York’s series lead to 2-1. The loss snapped the Knicks’ 13-game postseason winning streak and kept San Antonio from falling into a 3-0 hole.
President Donald Trump was loudly booed when shown on the Madison Square Garden video boards before Game 3 of the NBA Finals. His attendance, the first by a sitting president at an NBA Finals game, brought heightened security and the cancellation of an outdoor watch party.