A Brooklyn father of four was shot to death at a Knicks block party just minutes after the hometown team’s historic victory over the weekend, according to authorities and reports.

Emanuel Spencer, 44, was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds steps from his home on Lincoln Road in Prospect Lefferts Garden around 11:40 p.m. on Saturday, according to the NYPD.

Spencer was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

As Spencer’s neighbors were caught up in the blue-and-orange revelry, he wanted nothing more than to be home with his daughter, one nearby resident told The Post. 

“He didn’t want to be outside that night,” said the neighbor, who was also at the watch party and talked to Spencer that night. “He wanted to be upstairs so his daughter [could] see him.

“He just wanted to go home to see his daughter.”

Witnesses were so caught up in the Knicks’ win over the San Antonio Spurs – the team’s first NBA Finals victory in 53 years – that they first assumed the gunshots were fireworks. 

“When people realized, everyone started running – children, aunties,” one witness said. 

“It was a good amount of people. It was a good time watching the game, cheering, rooting for the Knicks in five,” she said outside the victim’s building Monday.

“It was a good night and it turned bad.”

Spencer’s younger brother told The New York Daily News his slain sibling was simply enjoying the day, and “everybody was just watching the basketball game, relaxing.”

“He was a gentle person. Laid back. Family man. Liked to spend time with his daughters,” the brother said. “He loved everything. He loved sports. He loved music.”

Photos at the scene captured crime scene tape around abandoned plastic cups and barbecue grills left from the block party.

Sources told the Daily News that the father of four had several robbery and narcotics arrests, including a most recent March 2024 arrest for reckless endangerment.

Neighbors described Spencer as calm, respectful, and a loved member of the neighborhood.

“What I know is a guy I loved and respected is no longer here,” Burnett Coburn, 68, told the outlet. “That’s painful.”

No arrests had been made in Spencer’s murder by Monday afternoon.

The slaying marked one of seven shootings that the NYPD said were related to Knicks victory celebrations and gatherings in the Big Apple between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.

Spencer was the only fatal victim, according to police. 

Among those shot was a 17-year-old boy blasted in the foot around 2 a.m. Sunday in the heart of Times Square at 42nd Street and Broadway, cops said. 

Two teens have so far been arrested in connection to that burst of gunfire, but neither was the shooter, police said.

Four people were also stabbed during the overnight mayhem, the NYPD said. 

Rowdy mobs celebrating the Knicks’ NBA title trashed NYPD cars and torched FIFA buses in Times Square, leaving 10 cops hurt and 63 people in handcuffs.