Knicks Make NBA Finals History With 13-Point First Quarter in Game 5

Cătălin Roșioru

Getty The Knicks made the wrong kind of history in the first quarter on Saturday. The New York Knicks entered Game 5 one win away from an NBA championship but instead opened with one of the most offensively challenged quarters in modern Finals history, scoring just 13 points against the San Antonio Spurs . New York’s 13-point first quarter immediately put the performance in rare historical territory, placing the Knicks alongside some of the lowest-scoring opening periods the NBA Finals has seen