{"id":74833,"date":"2026-06-13T19:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T00:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/nba-finals-knicks-face-spurs-in-game-5-with-chance-to-clinch-first-title-since-1973-follow-live\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T00:05:04","slug":"nba-finals-knicks-face-spurs-in-game-5-with-chance-to-clinch-first-title-since-1973-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/nba-finals-knicks-face-spurs-in-game-5-with-chance-to-clinch-first-title-since-1973-follow-live\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA finals: Knicks face Spurs in Game 5 with chance to clinch first title since 1973 \u2013 follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Knicks visit Spurs for Game 5 with 3-1 series lead<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>New York can clinch first title since 1973 with win<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Reach out to Bryan on<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bryanagraham.bsky.social\"> Bluesky<\/a> or<a href=\"http:\/\/bryan.graham\/\"> by email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>As the series shifts back to San Antonio for Saturday\u2019s Game 5<\/strong>, the mood around the Knicks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/11\/new-york-city-knicks-basketball\">remains euphoric<\/a> after Wednesday\u2019s astonishing comeback from 29 points down. But the aftermath of that victory has produced almost as many headlines as the game itself.<\/p>\n<p>New York police said 56 people were taken into custody following post-game unrest around Madison Square Garden, where authorities estimated roughly 10,000 fans gathered after the final buzzer. Ten officers were injured, including one who was struck in the head by a glass bottle. Police said charges ranged from assaulting an officer and disorderly conduct to weapons possession.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jun\/13\/nba-finals-new-york-knicks-san-antonio-spurs-live\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knicks visit Spurs for Game 5 with 3-1 series lead New York can clinch first title since 1973 with win Reach out to Bryan on Bluesky or by email As the series shifts back to San Antonio for Saturday\u2019s Game 5, the mood around the Knicks remains euphoric after Wednesday\u2019s astonishing comeback from 29 points &#8230; <a title=\"NBA finals: Knicks face Spurs in Game 5 with chance to clinch first title since 1973 \u2013 follow live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/nba-finals-knicks-face-spurs-in-game-5-with-chance-to-clinch-first-title-since-1973-follow-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about NBA finals: Knicks face Spurs in Game 5 with chance to clinch first title since 1973 \u2013 follow live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}