OG Anunoby's tip-in with 1.2 seconds left completed a 29-point New York Knicks comeback against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, moving New York one win away from the championship.
Anunoby Tip-In Finishes Knicks Comeback
CBS Sports framed the finish as Anunoby becoming a Knicks legend, and the timing explains why. New York had trailed San Antonio by 29 points before closing the gap and winning the game on a last-second play at the rim.
The Game 4 finish turned the Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals sharply toward New York. CBS Sports' live coverage noted that Anunoby's tip-in came with 1.2 seconds left and completed the comeback, leaving the Knicks one victory from the title.
For a Finals game, that is not just a dramatic ending. It is a scoreboard event that changes how every possession before it gets remembered.
Spurs Collapse Alters NBA Finals Pressure
CBS Sports described the night as the Spurs' biggest single-game collapse in NBA Finals history, with De'Aaron Fox and Victor Wembanyama at the center of another late-game breakdown against the Knicks.
San Antonio had already been dealing with late-game scrutiny in the series. Earlier CBS Sports coverage focused on Wembanyama's flagrant-foul situation, while Game 4 added a much larger problem: the Spurs had a Finals game under control and still left without it.
The result also changed the emotional math of the series. The Knicks are now one win from finishing the job, while the Spurs have to answer for how a 29-point lead disappeared on the Finals stage.
Knicks-Spurs Rematch Gets Historic Turn
This Knicks-Spurs matchup is a rematch of the 1999 NBA Finals, but Game 4 added a very different chapter. New York's comeback did not rely on a single hot stretch; it required the Knicks to keep defending, keep finding possessions and get the final touch from Anunoby.
The core facts are simple and useful for the series: Anunoby scored the deciding tip-in, New York erased a 29-point deficit, and San Antonio now faces elimination pressure.
The Knicks still need one more win. But after Game 4, the Finals story has a clear shape: New York found a way through a deficit that should have ended the night, and the Spurs have to carry that missed chance into the next game.