How the Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history

How the Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history: a running story on the front pages of 7 newsrooms from 4 June 2026 to 15 June 2026, 23 headlines over 12 days.

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As it ran

15 June 2026

• CNN New York Knicks clinch NBA championship
• AP Mayhem mars euphoria as New York City celebrates the Knicks' first championship in 53 years
• CNN How smartphones and the New York Knicks created Brooklyn’s biggest block party

14 June 2026

• CNN The last time the Knicks were this close to an NBA championship, New York was a different world
• Al Jazeera Knicks in five? New York head to San Antonio, one win away from NBA title
• Wall Street Journal New York went over half a century of misery and haplessness without a title. But despite trailing by double digits, the Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs.

13 June 2026

• Fox News Victor Wembanayama: 'Everybody knows' Spurs will come back to win NBA Finals

12 June 2026

• CNN How the Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history

11 June 2026

• BBC News Knicks owner clashes with Mamdani over tight security, cancelling NBA Finals watch party
• Fox News NBA Finals ratings skyrocket as the league welcomes Trump, drops woke messaging
• South China Morning Post New York Knicks stun San Antonio Spurs with greatest-ever NBA Finals comeback

10 June 2026

• AP Spurs' Victor Wembanyama shakes off Game 2 miss by taking over Game 3 of the NBA Finals
• BBC News Moment Trump is booed during the national anthem at NBA Finals
• BBC News Trump booed in New York as he becomes first US president to attend NBA Finals

9 June 2026

• AP Donald Trump arrives at Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the 1st sitting US president to attend
• AP Knicks say the winning bid for 2 celebrity row seats for Game 3 of the NBA Finals is $1 million

8 June 2026

• AP No bags, no watch parties at Madison Square Garden with Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals

7 June 2026

• CNN Knicks take 2-0 lead in NBA Finals after furious Spurs comeback falls one point short

6 June 2026

• Fox News ESPN host tells Trump not to attend NBA Finals game at MSG: 'I don't want him there'
• Fox News Hakeem Jeffries rips Trump for attending Knicks NBA Finals game he's skipping himself
• Fox News Madison Square Garden's first Finals game this millennium costs more than a car

5 June 2026

• CNN Trump plans to attend Game 3 of NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden

4 June 2026

• CNN How Villanova shaped the New York Knicks’ dominant run to the NBA Finals