Jordyn Woods embraces Knicks Finals rituals as Towns powers surge

Jordyn WoodsPlayer·Jordyn Woods has turned courtside support into part of the Knicks’ playoff identity, and the routine has traveled with New York all the way to the NBA FinalsCompetition·NBA Finals. Woods, the fiancée of Karl-Anthony TownsPlayer·Karl-Anthony Towns, has followed the same game-day habits throughout the postseason, including carrying a “lucky bag” and sticking with near-identical outfits as the Knicks have kept winning.

That ritual-heavy approach has become a backdrop to one of the most dominant playoff runs in recent NBA memory. New York leads the San Antonio SpursTeam·San Antonio Spurs 3-1 in the best-of-seven Finals, after opening the series with wins in the first two games on the road, a franchise first in the championship round. The Knicks also won Game 4 in dramatic fashion, erasing a 29-point deficit and edging San Antonio 107-106 on OG AnunobyPlayer·OG Anunoby’s tip-in with 1.2 seconds left.

Towns has been central to the surge. In Game 2, he finished with 21 points, 13 rebounds and four assists in 34 minutes as New York secured another road win and tightened its grip on the series. His scoring and interior presence have given the Knicks a reliable anchor against a Spurs team that entered the Finals with the West’s second-best record.

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The bigger picture is hard to miss. New York entered the Finals on a 14-game postseason winning streak, and the Knicks’ playoff margin of victory has been a record 19.4 points per game. They swept the Philadelphia 76ersTeam·Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinalsCompetition·Eastern Conference semifinals and the Cleveland CavaliersTeam·Cleveland Cavaliers in the conference finals, then carried that form into the title series.

For New York, the run has also deepened the connection between the team and the city. The Knicks are in position to close out a championship while the New York market is already locked in on the Finals race, with Woods’ highly visible presence adding another layer to the attention around the team. Her comments and routines have underscored how closely the Knicks’ playoff momentum has become tied to the rhythms of their off-court orbit.

The series now shifts toward whether San Antonio can extend it, but the pressure remains on the Spurs to solve a Knicks team that has already taken control away from home and repeatedly answered when the moment has tightened. New York’s next result will decide whether this run becomes a championship celebration or extends into a longer, more demanding finish.