Views surpassed 3 billion! NBA Finals Game 4 shatters records: multiple stats make history

On June 13, Beijing time, per the NBA’s official announcement, Game 4 of the 2026 Finals—Knicks vs. Spurs—has emerged as the highest-engagement NBA game on social media, with related video views exceeding 3 billion and numbers continuing to rise. Moreover, NBA topics dominated international social media’s global trending charts for eight straight hours, breaking the previous record for the highest viewership ever.

The total social media views for the entire Finals series have now reached 8 billion, constantly hitting new highs and surpassing the previous NBA Finals record (62 billion views set in the 2025 Finals).

In this game, the Spurs delivered one of the most explosive first halves in NBA Finals history, while the Knicks pulled off the most stunning comeback in Finals history, erasing a 29-point deficit to win 107-106 and take a 3-1 series lead. This is the largest comeback by point margin in Finals history. The game was full of dramatic swings, with the Spurs dominating early before the Knicks turned the tide, rewriting NBA history once again. Here are the official highlights—

29-Point Comeback

The biggest highlight of this game was this record-breaking Finals comeback.

With 9:40 left in the third quarter, the score stood at Spurs 81, Knicks 52. Before this, no team had ever overcome a 24-point deficit in the Finals. The Knicks then outscored the Spurs 55-25 over the next 21:30, pulling off a miracle.

In Game 4 of the 2008 Finals, the Celtics trailed the Lakers by 24 points before winning 97-91, with a total point swing of 30—matching the Knicks’ turnaround in this game.

This comeback also produced several sub-records:

The Knicks trailed by 27 points at halftime. The previous record for the largest halftime deficit overcome in the Finals was 21 points, set on April 13, 1948, when the Baltimore Bullets came back from a 20-41 halftime deficit to beat the Philadelphia Warriors.

The Knicks trailed by 15 points after three quarters, tying the record for the largest third-quarter deficit overcome in the Finals. On June 14, 1992, the Bulls rallied from a 64-79 deficit after three quarters against the Trail Blazers.

Largest Lead Was Just 1 Point

The Knicks never led by more than one point throughout the entire game, ultimately winning by a single point. This was also the first time this season such a scenario occurred. The last time this happened was in Game 1 of the 2025 Finals, when the Pacers beat the Thunder 111-110.

Comeback from a 20+ Point Deficit (Repeated)

Over the past 30 years of playoffs, only three teams have rallied from a 20-point or greater deficit in the fourth quarter. Remarkably, this scenario has occurred twice in the last three weeks.

In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks erased a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit against the Cavaliers; in this game against the Spurs, they again overcame a 20-point fourth-quarter hole to win.

This postseason, the Knicks are 2-0 when trailing by 20+ points. Over the last 30 playoff seasons, the rest of the league combined has a record of just 3-751 in the same situation.

Duo Combines for 69 Points

Jalen Brunson scored 36 points, and OG Anunoby added 33. Anunoby’s put-back in the final seconds proved to be the game-winner. In the Finals, two teammates each scoring 33 or more points in the same game is a rare feat, and this duo etched their names into Finals history.

They became the 10th pair of teammates in Finals history to both score 33+ points in a single game.

Elgin Baylor and Jerry West (Lakers): achieved this six times between 1962 and 1966;

Kyrie Irving and LeBron James (Cavaliers): once each in 2016 and 2017 against the Warriors;

Other pairs to accomplish this: Hal Greer & Chet Walker (76ers, 1967), Jerry West & Wilt Chamberlain (Lakers, 1970), Magic Johnson & Jamaal Wilkes (Lakers, 1980), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & James Worthy (Lakers, 1985), Clyde Drexler & Jerome Kersey (Trail Blazers, 1990), Kobe Bryant & Shaquille O’Neal (Lakers, 2002), Stephen Curry & Kevin Durant (Warriors, 2017).

27-Point Halftime Lead

The Spurs led 76-49 at halftime, a 27-point margin that ties for the third-largest halftime lead in Finals history.

This was also the largest halftime lead ever held by a road team in the Finals. Other records:

In Game 1 of the 1985 Finals, the Celtics led the Lakers 79-49 at halftime, a 30-point margin;

In Game 6 of the 2020 Bubble Finals, the Lakers led the Heat 64-36 at halftime, a 28-point margin (the Heat were the nominal home team, but the game was played at a neutral site in the Disney bubble).

In Game 7 of the 1970 Finals, the Knicks also led the Lakers by 27 at halftime (69-42).

76 Points in the First Half

The Spurs scored 76 points in the first half, setting a new Finals record for most points in a half by a road team and tying for the third-highest half-century total overall in Finals history.

Highest-scoring halves in the Finals:

Game 4 of the 2017 Finals: Cavaliers 86 (vs. Warriors)

Game 1 of the 1985 Finals: Celtics 79 (vs. Lakers)

Game 1 of the 1960 Finals: Celtics 76 (vs. Hawks) and this game: Spurs 76

Before this, the highest halftime score by a road team in the Finals was 73 points, achieved by the Lakers in Game 2 of the 1962 Finals on the road against the Celtics.

14 Three-Pointers in the First Half

The Spurs made 14 three-pointers in the first half, setting a new Finals record for most threes in a half. The previous record was 13, set by the Cavaliers against the Warriors on June 9, 2017.

The Spurs hit 8 three-pointers in the second quarter alone, one shy of the Finals record for threes in a single quarter. Teams have made 9 threes in a quarter in the following games: Warriors vs. Cavaliers (first quarter, June 7, 2017), Celtics vs. Warriors (fourth quarter, June 2, 2022). Suns vs. Bucks (2021 Finals), and Mavericks vs. Celtics (2024 Finals) each had a team hit 8 threes in a quarter.

Challenge Called 62 Seconds into the Game

Just 62 seconds into the game, Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson (with the challenge initiated and communicated by a staff member on the second row of the bench) called a timeout to challenge a foul called on Victor Wembanyama.

The challenge proved highly effective: replays showed Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns had pinned Wembanyama's arm, and the officials reversed the call. Towns quickly picked up his second personal foul and was sent to the bench, which set the tone for the Spurs' big first-half lead.