{"id":41192,"date":"2026-06-16T02:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T02:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/41192\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T02:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T02:51:12","slug":"father-son-knicks-fans-sucker-punched-outside-san-antonio-hotel-after-ny-clinched-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/41192\/","title":{"rendered":"Father-son Knicks fans \u2018sucker-punched\u2019 outside San Antonio hotel after NY clinched championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A father-son duo in San Antonio to watch their beloved Knicks win the NBA championship Saturday claimed they were assaulted by a pair of Spurs fans outside of their hotel.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, 29, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/14\/hotel-valencia-riverwalk-guest-allegedly-assaulted-after-returning-from-spurs-knicks-game-hotel-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">KSAT<\/a> that he and his father, 62, were jumped by two people wearing Spurs gear near Hotel Valencia Riverwalk around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>The man said he and his dad, both wearing Knicks jerseys, were returning from the Game 5 title-clinching win when they were targeted. <\/p>\n<p>A father-son duo claimed they were attacked by Spurs fans outside the Hotel Valencia Riverwalk on Saturday. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>His father was taken to a local hospital for treatment after the assault, according to the San Antonio Police Department, though the severity of his injuries are unclear. <\/p>\n<p>An anonymous Knicks fan shared a post on the Knicks subreddit recounting a near-identical assault, though it\u2019s unconfirmed if it was posted by the same 29-year-old man.<\/p>\n<p>The Redditor asked for members of Knicks nation to \u201cpray for my Dad\u201d after two strangers \u201csucker-punched\u201d them while they were stepping out of their Uber near the Hotel Valencia Riverwalk on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The user detailed their 62-year-old father\u2019s harrowing injuries, ranging from a \u201csmall brain bleed\u201d to gashes on his face that required stitches. He said his father has since been discharged.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks won the NBA Finals on Saturday. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Game 5 was on the San Antonio Spurs\u2019 home court. Lone Pine Press for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was terrifying. One of the best moments of my life turned into one of the worst,\u201d the redditor wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The two suspects are still at large, according to the San Antonio Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of fans flooded the streets of the Big Apple during the Knicks\u2019 historic Finals run. <\/p>\n<p>And while the majority of the celebrations remained under control some clashes did erupt between Knicks and Spurs fans. <\/p>\n<p>The son told KSAT that he and his father were wearing Knicks jerseys when they were attacked. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>One daredevil Spurs fan went viral <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/14\/sports\/spurs-fan-tries-fighting-every-knicks-supporter-at-penn-station\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for trying to fight every Knicks fan<\/a> in his immediate vicinity inside Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station on Saturday night. He was seen chasing down multiple Knicks fans while throwing uncoordinated punches before a police officer escorted him away.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 17-year-old Johnny Aumuller was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/12\/us-news\/teen-beaten-into-coma-by-brute-bellowing-spurs-in-7-during-livestreamed-game-4-brawl-cops-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beaten into a coma<\/a> by a brute bellowing \u201cSpurs in 7\u201d during a livestreamed Midtown brawl.<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SanAntonioPD\/posts\/pfbid02tBgJMR9LKpajtU3yTi1m3f2JBW2jRDs1GpkeaVb83qMpB5AEYBqzFrU9tTDxpka7l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">said<\/a> it is investigating several viral videos capturing \u201cassaults against New York Knicks fans\u201d in the city. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A father-son duo in San Antonio to watch their beloved Knicks win the NBA championship Saturday claimed they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3372,19222,19223,1203,19224,738,95],"class_list":["post-41192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-valencia","tag-assault","tag-nba-finals","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-police","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-us-news","tag-valencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}