Basketball fans knew the 2026 NBA Finals were delivering great entertainment, but Game 4 at Madison Square Garden turned the series into an all-time classic. The New York Knicks looked completely buried on Wednesday night, falling behind the San Antonio Spurs by 29 points before locking in to pull off a 107-106 victory. It stands as the largest comeback in NBA Finals history and leaves New York just one win away from ending a 53-year championship drought.

The Knicks hold a 3-1 series lead heading into Game 5 on Saturday in San Antonio, but the story of how they got here is tough to map out.

For the first 24 minutes, San Antonio played nearly perfect basketball on the road. The Spurs set Finals records by knocking down 14 three-pointers in the first half and putting up 76 points before the intermission. They went into the locker room up by 27 points and quickly pushed that lead to 29 early in the third quarter.

Instead of folding, New York relied on the same grit that helped them erase multiple huge deficits earlier in the postseason. Four different players scored during a quick 13-0 run to get the Garden crowd back into the game. Knicks star guard Jalen Brunson held things together during the toughest stretches, scoring 15 of his 36 points in the second quarter to keep the game from getting totally out of hand. By the time the fourth quarter started, New York had cut the deficit down to 15.

San Antonio made one last push, and when Victor Wembanyama scored on a putback with 9:33 left in the game, the Spurs were back up by 20 points. Statistical models gave the Knicks a 1-in-250 chance of winning at that exact moment.

New York closed the game on a 32-11 run to beat those odds, and a few different players took turns making big plays. Reserve guard Jose Alvarado came off the bench to score five straight points when the Spurs threatened to stretch the lead again.

The biggest star of the night, though, was forward OG Anunoby. He finished with a playoff career-high 33 points, hitting 7-of-9 shots from deep. Even with that hot shooting night, it was his effort on defense and on the glass that saved the game for New York.

With 12 seconds left and San Antonio holding a one-point lead, Spurs guard De'Aaron Fox grabbed a rebound and sprinted down the floor for what looked like an easy left-handed layup. Anunoby tracked him down from behind and cleanly blocked the shot to give the Knicks life.

On the final possession, Wembanyama switched onto Brunson at the perimeter, forcing a tough, deep three-point attempt as the clock ticked down. Anunoby, who had originally thrown the inbound pass, realized no one was blocking him out and darted straight to the rim. He tracked the missed shot perfectly, reaching up with his right hand to tip the ball in with just 1.2 seconds left on the clock.

On the other side of the floor, the second half was an absolute nightmare for San Antonio. After scoring 76 points in the first half, the Spurs managed just 30 points the rest of the way. They shot a dismal 20.5% from the field in the second half, making only five two-pointers and three three-pointers while turning the ball over nine times. Guards Fox, Stephon Castle, and Dylan Harper all finished the half with more turnovers than made field goals.