The Knicks Turned the Corner — and Their Stars' Rarest Cards Are All 1-of-1s
The Knicks Turned the Corner — and Their Stars' Rarest Cards Are All 1-of-1s
For 27 years, "wait till next year" was a New York Knicks tradition. Not anymore. The Knicks are up 2-0 in the 2026 NBA Finals, riding the second-longest playoff win streak in league history. We went into the HoodCar floor and pulled the single rarest graded card of every star in this series — and almost all of them are true one-of-ones.
A run for the history books
With their 105-104 Game 2 win over the San Antonio Spurs on June 5, the Knicks logged their 13th straight playoff victory — the second-longest postseason win streak the NBA has ever seen, trailing only the 2017 Warriors' 15. It's New York's first Finals appearance since 1999, and they're chasing the franchise's first title since 1973.
The numbers behind the streak are absurd. The Knicks carry a +273 point differential over the 13 games — the highest for any 13-game postseason stretch in history. They're the third team ever to win the first two Finals games on the road, joining the 1993 Bulls and 1995 Rockets. Both of those teams won the championship.
Game 2: depth over stars
San Antonio threw everything at Jalen Brunson — the 2026 Eastern Conference Finals MVP — and held him to 7-of-25 shooting. It didn't matter. For the sixth time in the streak, someone other than Brunson led New York in scoring. This time it was Karl-Anthony Towns, with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Mikal Bridges added 20 on 61% shooting, and OG Anunoby chipped in 17. Victor Wembanyama went for 29 and 9 with 4 blocks for the Spurs — and still walked off the loser, his potential game-winner bouncing away at the buzzer.
The rarest card of every Finals star — live on the floor
Here's the part you won't find anywhere else. We pulled the single highest-end graded card of each headliner currently live on the HoodCar floor. Four of the five are one-of-ones — the only copy of that card in existence. Each link drops you straight into live graded listings for that player on eBay.
Victor Wembanyama
2025-26 Topps Chrome #FAN-1 Fanatical Superfractor — 1/1, PSA 8
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Karl-Anthony Towns
2024-25 Eminence Garnett & Towns Dual Logoman — 1/1 grail
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The story the cards tell
The Knicks own the Finals — but on the graded card market, the most collected player in this series is the guy whose team is down 2-0. Wembanyama alone has 381 graded cards on the floor, more than all four Knicks combined. Even trailing in the series, he remains the single most sought-after name in the basketball hobby. Brunson, the Finals' brightest current star, sits at 39 — a number with room to climb fast if New York closes this out.
That's the tension worth watching: Finals performance and card-market gravity don't always point the same direction. A championship could light a fire under Knicks inventory. A Wembanyama Finals run — even in a loss — keeps the hobby's biggest name right where it is.
Track it live
Every card above is live on the HoodCar floor and updates as listings move. Browse current graded cards for every player in this series, sorted by live asking price, on the HoodCar Live floor. Game 3 is Monday night at Madison Square Garden — the first Finals game in New York in 27 years.