At the Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point, California, Tyler Adams celebrated the Knicks’ historic NBA Finals comeback by destroying a couch. The Knicks erased a 76-49 halftime deficit to beat the Spurs 107-106, completing the largest comeback in NBA Finals history an
In Dana Point, California, Tyler Adams watched the Knicks turn a sinking feeling into a last-second rescue.
At the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel. preparing to capture the nation’s attention ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. the USMNT midfielder let loose in pure celebration when the couch in his room didn’t survive the moment. The reason was simple: the Knicks were still alive against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
They were down early and stayed down. The Spurs led 76-49 at halftime, stretched their advantage to as many as 29 points, and looked set to close the gap quietly—like the game had already been written.
Then it wasn’t.
Little by little, the Knicks clawed back, in a way that mirrored their earlier run. In the Eastern Conference Finals. they had already pulled off a 22-point four-quarter comeback win over Cleveland. and the pattern returned here. With four seconds left in Game 4, Knicks All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson let a 3-pointer fly. It clanked off the front of the rim.
OG Anunoby rose into the moment anyway—soaring in for the game-winning tip-in with 1.2 seconds on the clock.
New York did what seemed impossible. By winning 107-106, the Knicks completed the largest comeback in NBA Finals history and took a commanding 3-1 series lead.
That swing of momentum puts the franchise on the cusp of something it hasn’t tasted since 1973. For a Knicks team tied to memory and patience, it matters that the last time the Knicks reached the Finals was twenty-seven years ago—back when they lost to the Spurs in five games.
Adams’ roots stretch straight through that same New York history. He developed in the New York Red Bulls academy and played for the Red Bulls in Major League Soccer before departing for RB Leipzig of the German Bundesliga in January 2019. He has been with Bournemouth in the English Premier League since August 2023.
A native New Yorker born on Valentine’s Day in 1999, Adams is now watching his hometown rediscover belief at the exact time his own sport’s calendar is tightening.
The USMNT’s World Cup opener is against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Friday night. Two events—one on the soccer pitch, one inside an NBA arena—share the same theme for Adams: turning what looks like a lost cause into something that can still be finished.
Twenty-seven years after the Knicks lost to the Spurs in five games. they can close out the Spurs in five games on Saturday. And after Wednesday night. the room key might be less important than the proof that a franchise can still claw its way back—down 29 points. down 27 at halftime. and somehow not down in the end.
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Adams really said couch mode activated lol.
So he smashed a couch because the Knicks won? I mean that’s… commitment? Also 76-49 halftime sounds made up like cmon.
Wait I thought Tyler Adams is soccer not basketball, so how does he even know the Knicks score? Maybe he bet on them or something. And that 3 from Brunson clanking off the rim and then OG tipping it in… football luck? Idk man.
Largest comeback in NBA Finals history?? Didn’t they do this like, a few years ago? And why is it at a Ritz-Carlton, like is this supposed to be news or just rich people drama. Also couch got destroyed but nobody talkin about the hotel bills.