Kathy Hochul Dropped a Three-Word Burn on Greg Abbott After the Knicks Won the Title

The New York Knicks finally ended a 53-year drought, and Governor Kathy Hochul made sure Greg Abbott felt every second of it.

After the Knicks took down the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center, Hochul fired back at the Texas governor with a simple, devastating reply on X: “Aged like milk.” The post was a direct response to an AI-generated image Abbott had shared before the series, showing himself dunking over Hochul while President Donald Trump watched from the sideline. That image went viral in Texas, though even Spurs fans in San Antonio reportedly distanced themselves from the move.

Hochul didn’t rush to answer Abbott’s taunt. She waited. She trusted the Knicks. And when the final buzzer sounded, she let the three words do all the work. It’s the kind of revenge that only works when you’re patient — and when your basketball team delivers.

The Knicks entered the Finals as underdogs against a Spurs squad that had dominated much of the postseason. But New York’s grit, defense, and late-game poise flipped the script. The championship is the franchise’s first since 1973, and the celebration is already taking over the city. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the championship parade will be held Thursday, with thousands of fans expected to turn Manhattan into a block party. On Sunday, Hochul and Mamdani marched together in the Puerto Rican Day Parade, with Hochul declaring, “This is our moment!”

Before the series ended, Hochul had also called out the Spurs organization on X for barring Knicks fans from buying tickets to Game 5 in San Antonio, noting that some New Yorkers had already booked flights and made travel plans in good faith. That complaint added another layer of tension to a Finals that already felt personal between the two states.

Abbott hasn’t responded to Hochul’s “aged like milk” line, but the internet has. Fans on both sides have turned the exchange into meme fodder, with many calling it the most satisfying political basketball beef in years. For New York, it’s more than a zinger — it’s the closing chapter on decades of frustration, finally capped with a title and a perfect one-liner.