Tears of joy outside Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks won Game 5 of the NBA Finals, which was taking place in San Antonio, on Saturday, June 13, 2026. The Knicks saw off the Spurs in San Antonio, 94-90, to win the team’s first title in 53 years. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) By ANDY NEWMAN Fifty-three years of waiting came to a tumultuous, giddy, whooping, stomping, clapping, chanting, cheering end on the streets of New York City on Saturday night as the New York Knicks’…
