New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs faced each other in the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup final match, which started at 04:30 on the night of December 17th. At the end of the close game in Las Vegas, it was the Knicks who won the cup with a score of 124-113.
The Knicks, who could not take the lead in the second and third quarters of the match, shocked their opponent with a 12-1 run in the last quarter. In the match in which OG Anunoby scored 28 points, the Knicks won their first NBA Cup championship by outperforming San Antonio with a score of 35-19 in the fourth quarter.
Jalen Brunson, who averaged 33.2 points and 5.8 assists throughout the tournament, was selected as NBA Cup MVP for his performance.