Knicks lead – The New York Knicks held off a Spurs surge to win 105-104 in Game 2 at the Frost Bank Center, taking a 2-0 lead and moving the NBA Finals to New York for Game 3 after another standout night from Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges.
The Knicks felt the building tilt during the Spurs’ late push, but they didn’t budge.
In Game 2 at the Frost Bank Center, New York survived a 105-104 scare to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals on Friday. The stakes couldn’t be clearer: New York is now one step closer to its first NBA title since 1973.
Karl-Anthony Towns delivered the kind of two-way production that can shift a series, finishing with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Mikal Bridges matched the aggression with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, while also adding six assists and six rebounds. Jalen Brunson wasn’t efficient by his standards. going 7-of-25 from the field. but still produced 20 points. six assists and five steals as the Knicks found ways to keep scoring even when his game wasn’t clicking.
San Antonio, for its part, brought the force that makes NBA Finals games feel unavoidable. Victor Wembanyama put up 29 points and nine rebounds, and De’Aaron Fox added 20 points and five assists. Devin Vassell contributed 14 points and nine rebounds off the bench. but the Spurs couldn’t close the deal in the narrowest of margins.
The swing inside the game was just as important as the final score. The Spurs led by as many as 12 in the first quarter before the Knicks roared back. New York outscored San Antonio in the final three periods to turn a dangerous deficit into a one-possession escape.
Game 1 had already shown this team could absorb a gut punch. In that opener, Brunson hurt his knee in the first quarter, and New York still stormed back to win 105-95. Since then, the momentum has looked like something harder than confidence—it has looked like inevitability. The Knicks swept Cleveland 4-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals and have now won 13 straight playoff games.
Yet the night wasn’t just defined by shot-making. Knicks fans also carried another argument with them into the game.
During the second quarter of Game 2, Mitchell Robinson was called for a technical. The sequence came after a clear push-off by Wembanyama. Robinson grabbed his jersey, and brief shoving followed. Although Robinson’s right arm was seen pushing Wembanyama’s back after referee Josh Tiven whistled the play dead. many supporters didn’t think the contact deserved a technical foul.
“What!?” longtime sports pundit Skip Bayless wrote on X. “Obviously not a tech on Robinson. Wemby so overprotected by the league.”
The Knicks entered this postseason as a third seed, dismissed by many as contenders. But they’ve beaten Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland without breaking sweat, and now they lead the Spurs 2-0 as the series heads back to New York for Game 3.
San Antonio will have the memory of what happened next to deal with—how a team that led early couldn’t sustain it through the final stretch. For the Knicks, the job gets harder now that they’ve reached the moment they’ve been chasing for years.
New York last won the championship in 1973, the year of Frazier, Reed and DeBusschere. A city that has endured 53 years of near-misses is daring to dream in a way it hasn’t in a generation.
Game 3 is set for Monday at Madison Square Garden, where President Donald Trump will attend. Trump was personally invited by Knicks owner James Dolan. NBA commissioner Adam Silver welcomed the visit. describing Trump as a lifelong Knicks fan who attended multiple NBA drafts at the Garden in earlier years.
Security logistics are already shaping the day. Fans are advised to arrive two hours early due to the Secret Service security operation. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will also attend, though in a separate section from the president.
And ticket demand is already turning the matchup into a spectacle. Get-in prices are reported to be over $7,000, with some courtside seats listed north of $200,000 as the Finals return to the city that’s waiting to see whether this team can finally close the deal.
Knicks Spurs NBA Finals Game 2 105-104 Karl-Anthony Towns Mikal Bridges Jalen Brunson Victor Wembanyama Mitchell Robinson De’Aaron Fox Devin Vassell Madison Square Garden James Dolan Adam Silver Donald Trump Zohran Mamdani
So they won but it was still close?? That seems sus lol
Bridges doing all that and they still almost lost by 1… Finals are wild. I can’t believe Brunson shot 7-of-25 and they still pulled it out.
Karl-Anthony Towns with 13 rebounds is cool but where were the fouls? Like did the refs just let them play or what. Also isn’t Jalen Brunson the one who always gets blamed when they lose? so that’s confusing.
Wembanyama 29 points and they only lose by 4? That’s the kind of stat line that should win games, so idk what happened late. And moving it back to New York for Game 3 sounds like home court advantage wins again… probably.