If the New York Knicks win it all this year, just remember that Evan Pfeufer called it six years ago, and has the receipts to prove it, the AP reports. While his classmates dutifully listed their academic awards, extracurricular activities, and sport accolades in the high school yearbook, the Long Island resident opted for just six simple words for his entry. "Knicks in 6. 2026 NBA Finals," Pfeufer wrote next to his portrait in the 2020 Smithtown High School West yearbook. The prescient prediction has gone viral after he shared photos on social media in recent days. One Instagram post has more than 130,000 views.
The Knicks lead the San Antonio Spurs 2-1 in the best of seven series. They dropped Game 3 Monday night with President Trump making the first appearance by a sitting president at an NBA championship game. The teams play again Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. Pfeufer, now 23 and in sales, said he wanted to use the yearbook to make a bold declaration about his beloved Knicks, who he concedes were "terrible" at the time. (The Knicks finished the 2020-21 season with a record of 41-31.) "I was at my good buddy's house and I said, 'Knicks, six, 2026'," he said. "It rhymed so well that I just figured, all right, I'm gonna put that there."
"I could have said Knicks in 5, 2025, or Knicks in 7, 2027," he added. "I guess I got the right year." Pfeufer said he took some grief, particularly from his parents, for not using the yearbook space to spotlight his school achievements, which included being a member of the honor society. "I kept it just as the quote because I thought that if it happened, it would look way better than if I had a bunch of awards underneath," he says. Pfeufer says his parents have since come around to his thinking. "Now that it's happening the way it is, they said for the first time in their lives, alright, you were right," he said.
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