THE Knicks are the newly crowned 2025 NBA Cup champion, but they won’t raise a banner at Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks will celebrate the players’ achievement in Friday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers and give fans a chance to congratulate them, but a source told SNY NBA insider Ian Begley that the team has bigger goals in mind and is focused on winning an NBA title in June.
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The Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 124-113 on Tuesday night to win the NBA Cup championship, with OG Anunoby leading the team with 28 points.
Playmaker Jalen Brunson was named MVP of the 2025 NBA Cupas he led all scorers with 33.5 points per game while averaging 6.5 assists and shooting 55 percent from the floor in NBA Cup games.
The Knicks’ most recent banner celebrates the 2012-13 Atlantic Division championship, with the 1998-99 Eastern Conference champion’s banner before that. The Knicks’ most recent NBA championship banner is, of course, from the 1973 season.
The two previous NBA Cup winners, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers, both hung banners to commemorate their victory in the tournament.
