Delirious fans at Madison Square Garden sang along to Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' as the New York Knicks moved to within one win of their first championship since 1973.
The Knicks made a record comeback from 29 points down before beating the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 in Game 4 on Wednesday night.
OG Anunoby tipped in the miss of Jalen Brunson's long three-point attempt with 1.2 seconds remaining to complete the rally, giving the Knicks a 3-1 lead and three chances to win the championship.
It looked impossible early, when the Spurs rolled to a 27-point halftime lead. But Brunson helped bring the Knicks back with 36 points and Anunoby finished with 33.
Game 5 is Saturday night in San Antonio.
No team had come from more than 24 points down in a finals game, when Boston did it against the Lakers in 2008, since the NBA began keeping detailed play-by-play for all four quarters in 1997. The Spurs pushed their lead to 81-52 in the third quarter.
The Knicks had their 13-game winning streak snapped in Game 3 and seemed headed for a second straight defeat throughout the first half, when Victor Wembanyama and the visitors opened the biggest NBA Finals halftime lead by a visiting team.
But the young Spurs, who made 11 of their first 16 three-pointers, went cold in the second half, going three for 17 behind the arc as the Knicks outscored them 58-30.
"We got on our heels - we missed some shots," Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. "It's disappointing, to say the least."
Delirious fans inside Madison Square Garden sang along to Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' a few minutes after watching something that seemed almost impossible.
Wembanyama had 24 points and 13 rebounds, but shot just nine for 25 from the field.
Road teams have won the first three games, only the second time that has happened in the finals. San Antonio were well on their way to making it four from four.
US president Donald Trump wasn't at this game - Taylor Swift was - but the same restrictions remained around Madison Square Garden as when he attended Game 3. That angered the Knicks, who decided not to go forward with plans to hold an outdoor watch party outside the arena.
Inside the building in the first half, there wasn't much for the hosts to be happy about, either.
But the Knicks gave themselves a chance by limiting the Spurs to 14 points on four-for-20 shooting in the third quarter, using a 13-0 run to get back in it and cutting it to 90-75 heading to the fourth.
These Knicks, who erased a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter against Cleveland in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, just don't quit.
Even when the comeback seemed for naught when Stephon Castle was fouled after the Knicks had taken the lead and made two free throws to put San Antonio back ahead with 30 seconds left, the Knicks had one more rally in them.
Dylan Harper scored 21 points and De'Aaron Fox and Devin Vassell each had 18 for the Spurs, who will try to regroup and send the series back to New York for Game 6 on Tuesday.
