Knicks SNL Victory Celebration
New York Knicks Star Jalen Brunson Hosts SNL to Celebrate Championship
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New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson hosted the Season 52 premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” celebrating the team’s first NBA championship since 1973. His opening monologue featured teammates Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart trading jokes about Towns fouling out, Bridges’ wingspan, Anunoby tipping in Brunson’s missed Finals shot and Brunson’s reported $113 million pay cut to stay with New York. Hart also joked about the pay cut, prompting Brunson to show footage of Hart poking him during the championship celebration. Kenan Thompson appeared as ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith to deliver a mock apology for doubting Brunson, and the teammates joined Brunson onstage.
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Brunson became only the fifth basketball player to host “Saturday Night Live” and the first since LeBron James in 2007.
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Brunson joked that he hoped his hosting performance would resemble a Knicks game: “bad for the first three quarters” but spectacular in the final sketch, like a fourth-quarter comeback.
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Anunoby’s Finals Game 4 tip-in came with 1.2 seconds left and completed a 29-point comeback, according to the report.
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The episode’s musical guest was Katseye.
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During the 2025–26 season, Brunson averaged 26.0 points in the regular season and 28.4 points, 6.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game in the playoffs; he was named Eastern Conference Finals MVP as well as Finals MVP.
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