On Saturday evening, the New York Knicks broke through and won their first NBA Championship in 53 years with a Game 5 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. The Knicks have now reached the NBA mountaintop and broken the ugly championship drought, and came back once again from an early deficit to do it in Game 5.
This was another quiet game from Karl-Anthony Towns, who scored just two points as he dealt with foul trouble, but after the game, the star center detailed some of his plans for the NBA trophy this offseason, including bringing it to the Dominican Republic, where he has family roots.
“Hell yeah, I’m bringing the trophy over there. We’re taking it all over,” he said, per New York Basketball on X, formerly Twitter. “Yessir. Gonna bring it to Santiago, Santo Domingo, Casa de Campo, La Romana… shoutout Al Horford.”
Horford is another basketball player with Dominican heritage, who recently won a championship of his own with the Boston Celtics in 2024.
Now, Horford himself has taken to X, formerly Twitter, to react to the shoutout.
“Congrats to Karl and the Knicks. Played your best basketball at the end of the year,” he wrote.
Indeed, the Knicks found a way to hit another gear during these NBA playoffs, going 15-1 in the postseason after falling behind 2-1 in their first round series against the Atlanta Hawks. Although he had a relatively quiet offensive performance in the NBA Finals, Towns was a huge part of the Knicks’ success this postseason, functioning as a playmaking hub for the team and showing off his underrated passing skills by finding open players on backcuts and coming off screens.
Towns also played some strong defense on Spurs star Victor Wembanyama during this series, and more than earned his spot as the second-best player on a championship team.
The Knicks’ parade is set for Thursday.
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