SAN ANTONIO — Are the New York Knicks ever going to lose again?They’d rather not think of it that way, preferring instead to focus on the three more wins they need for their first championship in 53 years.Jalen Brunson shrugged off a poor shooting night and two lower leg injuries to finish with 30 points and the Knicks won Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals over the San Antonio Spurs, 105-95, Wednesday night at Frost Bank Center.Victor Wembanyama, perhaps the NBA’s preeminent rising star, also had a tough shooting night and finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks in the Spurs’ loss.The series remains in San Antonio for Game 2 on Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET.The Knicks have now won 12 consecutive playoff games. Since falling in Game 3 of the first round to the Atlanta Hawks on April 23, they’ve destroyed the Hawks, 76ers and Cavs in succession — and need just three more wins (by any means, they don’t need to be blowouts) to win the storied franchise’s third title and first since 1973.Karl-Anthony Towns scored 10 of his 18 points in the third quarter and contributed 12 rebounds. OG Anunoby contributed 17 points and Landry Shamet added 13 points off the bench. Mitchell Robinson (broken right pinky) gave the Knicks two points and six boards in 13 minutes — it was his first game since he underwent surgery to repair the break last week.The first half was a tough one for Brunson, who suffered two injuries before halftime. He initially injured his right knee in the first quarter when San Antonio’s Harrison Barnes crashed into it. Brunson limped to the locker room but returned, only to step on Luke Kornet’s foot on a layup attempt in the second quarter, rolling his left ankle. He was writhing in pain and screaming at official Scott Foster for a foul call, but didn’t get it.Brunson finished shooting 12 of 31 from the field and 2 of 9 from 3-point range. His 3-ball inside of two minutes left put the Knicks up, 97-95. It was a lead they never relinquished. Brunson’s tough fadeaway with about 38 seconds left put the Knicks ahead by six, and they drew an offensive foul on the next possession. Brunson and Anunoby combined for 25 points in the fourth quarter.The Spurs, coming off the emotional high of upsetting defending-champion Oklahoma City in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, blew a 14-point lead in the third quarter. They were led in scoring by Wembanyama, who shot 6 of 21 and was 12 of 13 from the foul line. Stephon Castle added 17 points, Julian Champagnie scored 16 points, as did rookie Dylan Harper, who scored 10 in the first quarter to become the first rookie playing his first quarter of an NBA Finals to score that many points in it since at least 1998.The winner of this series will be the NBA’s eighth different champion in eight years — the league’s longest streak without repeat champions.Here are our takeaways from Game 1 in San Antonio.Jalen Brunson does it againWith the Knicks in a tightly-contested contest in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Gotham’s blue-and-orange knight delivered another clutch performance to help his team win by scoring 13 of his 30 points within the final eight minutes.