Knicks fans packed Frost Bank Center in San Antonio for Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson and center Karl-Anthony Towns had a home atmosphere in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.
| Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Spurs are the home team in Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Finals, but it sure doesn’t look or feel like that. Despite the franchise’s efforts to prevent Knicks fans from getting tickets to a potential closeout game, the team’s supporters found their way into Frost Bank Center. It wasn’tKnicks fans booing Wemby in San Antonio 😳None of this is to say that Spurs fans aren’t in the arena.
San Antonio has a great fan base and they’ve been loud early on when things go well for their team. But there are a sizeable amount of Knicks fans in attendance for a big game. New York leads the series 3–1 heading into Game 5 and the team has a chance to close out the series and take home the franchise’s first championship in 53 years.
Clearly a lot of Knicks fans decided they couldn’t miss an opportunity to see that happen in person. , as they trailed the Spurs by 29 points midway through the third quarter. They won it thanks to a remarkable tip-in by OG Anunoby with 1.2 seconds remaining. After losing Game 3 at home, it looked like New York would cede momentum in the series, but Anunoby’s miracle tip helped them regain the upper hand.
Now the Knicks can end it all on Saturday night with a lot of their fans watching. As mentioned, the Spurs worked with Ticketmaster to restrict the area from which fans were allowed to buy tickets to Game 5. No one outside a 150-mile radius of Frost Bank Center was allowed to purchase a ticket through Ticketmaster.
Contrary to prior reporting, we’ve confirmed with Spurs ownership that they will not be revoking any tickets that Knicks fans have to tonight’s game in San Antonio and all ticket holders will be allowed in to Frost Bank Arena. We look forward to tonight’s game. So the Spurs tried to prevent Knicks fans from buying tickets, but never planned to prevent them from attending if they happened to have them.
Ryan Phillips is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in digital media since 2009, spending eight years at The Big Lead before joining SI in 2024. Phillips also co-hosts The Assembly Call Podcast about Indiana Hoosiers basketball and previously worked at Bleacher Report. He is a proud San Diego native and a graduate of Indiana University’s journalism program.
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