The New York Knicks (69-32 straight up, 56-44-1 against the spread) took a 3-1 series lead over San Antonio with last night’s 107-106 win in Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. They won outright as 1.5-point home favorites, allowing Spurs backers to avoid an all-time Bad Beat.

The 213 combined points slithered ‘under’ the 216.5-point total.

New York mounted the largest comeback – with five points to spare – in a finals game since the NBA started keeping play-by-play stats for entire games back in 1997. Boston’s rally from 24 points down against the Lakers in 2008 was previously the biggest comeback.

New York took the lead with 1.2 seconds left on OG Anunoby’s tip-in off a Jalen Brunson miss from 3-point range. Anunoby had a clear path to the lane and wasn’t boxed out because his man, De’Aaron Fox, inexplicably left him to bring a double team to Brunson, who was being checked by Victor Wembanyama, who used his length to put an excellent contest on Brunson’s jumper.

Just moments before with the Spurs up one as multiple players were going for a loose ball off a New York miss, Fox wisely tipped the ball ahead into the front court and gathered it at the other end on the run at the free-throw line extended with 12.9 ticks left.

But instead of pulling the ball out and forcing the Knicks to foul, Fox went strong to the rim, only to get his shot rejected by Anunoby. With a foul to give, Fox purposely used one on Jose Alvarado – just a split second before Alvarado was about to commit a backcourt infraction – with 5.7 ticks remaining.

Following Anunoby’s heroics, San Antonio used its final timeout. On its subsequent inbounds pass, Dylan Harper attempted to throw a lob to Stephon Castle, who appeared as if he was going to be open at the rim if the pass was on point.

However, New York’s Karl-Anthony Towns got a piece of the pass as he guarded Harper inbounding from the sideline near halfcourt. As Castle attempted to come back to the ball, he juggled the pass and wasn’t able to get a shot off.

“That has to be the most iconic shot in the history of New York basketball,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said of Anunoby’s putback.

“Right hand from God,” Towns said.

San Antonio (75-30 SU, 59-44-2 ATS) led by 27 points at halftime thanks to 14-of-23 marksmanship from downtown, increasing that advantage to 81-52 early in the third quarter. But the Spurs made only 3-of-17 from beyond the arc in the second half, and 12 of those misses came with more than 10 seconds remaining on the shot clock.

Nevertheless, they still led by 14 with 7:05 remaining, but San Antonio couldn’t get enough stops at the defensive end the rest of the way. Even worse, the Spurs kept taking low-percentage shots, making bad decisions and failing to get a red-hot Harper any looks in the final 10 minutes.

“We got on our heels — we missed some shots,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “It’s disappointing, to say the least.”

Brunson produced 36 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals, hitting 12-of-25 field-goal attempts, 3-of-7 launches from 3-point territory and 9-of-11 free throws. Anunoby finished with 33 points and four boards, burying 10-of-15 FGAs.

Towns added 13 points and 10 rebounds despite seeing his minutes reduced to 26 due to foul trouble. The Knicks connected on 15-of-32 (47%) treys.

Wembanyama had 24 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots, while Harper finished with 21 points, four boards and three assists. The rookie out of Rutgers made 8-of-12 FGAs, 3-of-6 from long distance and both of his free throws.

Fox had 18 points, seven assists, five rebounds, two steals and one blocked shot, but he made countless knucklehead decisions. Devin Vassell had 18 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Castle contributed 13 points, five boards and five assists.

As of Thursday morning, most books had San Antonio installed as a 5.5-point home favorite for Saturday’s Game 5. The total was 216 or 216.5 points, and the Knicks were in the +165 to +175 range on the money line.

DraftKings’ updated series price has New York as a -500 ‘chalk,’ leaving the Spurs as +380 underdogs. FanDuel has Brunson as the -135 favorite to win NBA Finals MVP honors, but Anunoby’s odds have been enormously reduced from 45/1 to +310.

Wembanyama has +400 odds to win the award.