Knicks Stun the Celtics in NBA Playoffs: An Epic Game

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00:00All I know is that last night, I said earlier today,

00:05that was the best game I've seen all year in the NBA.

00:10In fact, I thought both games were the two best games I've seen all year

00:14of any game whatsoever.

00:16The end of both of those games was fantastic.

00:20But as you know, I care so much about the Knicks that I was losing my mind.

00:25I mean, I was lit.

00:26I was – Chop and I were watching, and I was cussing so much.

00:30I mean, the dog was scared.

00:32My wife was telling me to shut up.

00:34The whole deal.

00:35It all was happening.

00:36There was people yelling at me, dogs barking at me,

00:40Chop and I high-fiving, going crazy.

00:43Wasn't that game awesome?

00:45Yeah, for a team that everyone had them –

00:48had their eulogy and their burial before the season started,

00:52saying, oh, Boston in four, Boston in five.

00:55Folks, simply put, the Knicks stole that game,

00:59and they didn't even play well.

01:01Everybody's sitting here talking about the threes that Boston, like, missed.

01:05Yes, they missed a ton of threes.

01:07But, you know, the Knicks also shot 55% for the foul line

01:11with Mitchell Robinson going three for ten.

01:13Yeah, Carl Anthony Towns was in foul trouble,

01:15who did end up with 14 points,

01:17but some of those came in the fourth quarter.

01:19Yeah, Mikel Bridges, before he hit that three in the corner pocket,

01:24was two of 12 from the floor.

01:27Like, the Knicks didn't play well either.

01:29But you know what they did?

01:30They played tough.

01:32And the problem I have with Boston is they play pretty boy ball.

01:37This is the playoff, son.

01:38It ain't about pretty boy ball.

01:40It's about winning games.

01:42The tougher teams sometimes will prevail.

01:43And I think Boston got three-point happy because this, you know,

01:48almost said, you know, a curse word, thank goodness I stopped myself.

01:51This whole thing of analytics and the NBA have no pull-up jumpers

01:56and three are key.

01:58Do people understand how easy it is to guard you now

02:02if you can't make a three?

02:04You run them off the line, you meet them at the rim.

02:08This is the problem with the Celtics.

02:10They shot folks.

02:11Think about this.

02:12They shot 60 out of 97 shots from three.

02:19Think about that for a second.

02:20And it would stretch this, folks.

02:22We didn't even get the ball inside the three-point line for real.

02:25Or the dribble.

02:26Like, not even like a dribble drive kick.

02:30It was straight threes.

02:32Boston should be embarrassed by themselves by how they played.

02:36And they just woke up the Knicks.

02:38And the Knicks didn't play well.

02:39Folks, we're going to have ourselves a series in this one.

02:43So, what do they do about Mitchell Robinson, the Knicks?

02:48Honestly, if he's not giving them minutes, I think if he's not hitting free throws,

02:53I'm going to tell you something a little bit different.

02:55I'd give Precious a little bit of run.

02:58I would play Precious or Chua a little bit because of the fact of his ability to knock down free throws.

03:05The problem is he is so good, Mitchell Robinson, defending the rim, right?

03:11So, when you follow the guys in the lane, you've got Mitchell Robinson there.

03:15He's a great rebounder.

03:18You've got to give to get.

03:20And I think at that point, you just stick with him.

03:22But it'll be interesting to see what happens with Porzingis, whatever illness this is,

03:26because I think it becomes easier to play Mitch if you don't have Porzingis because

03:34Horford goes to the five.

03:36You bring Cornette in the game.

03:37That allows Mitchell Robinson to play a little bit more minutes.

03:39You need him, Pharrell, on that ball screen coverage because he plays that drop coverage,

03:44switch coverage as good as any big man in the league.

03:48What is this Femi illness?

03:51You know, I'm all for it.

03:53He didn't score, and he left the game.

03:56He never came back.

03:57What is wrong with this dude?

03:59He's soft as a pillow.

04:01Good.

04:02I'm a Nick fan.

04:03Don't play him.

04:04Play him next year.

04:06Let him because I think...

04:08Well, what is it?

04:09It was some autoimmune, like something that he had during the season, and he missed weeks

04:14during that.

04:14I mean, it was so crazy because he played the first half.

04:18He wasn't really effective, right?

04:20He comes out for the second half, comes with the warm-ups, and then he's gone.

04:24And like, no one knew what's going on.

04:27And that's part of the reason why Boston ran out of gas is because you can't play Al Horford

04:3235 minutes a night.

04:34Like, everybody talks about the importance of all these guys.

04:38Porzingis in the frontcourt allows everyone to slot into their spots, right?

04:43Yeah.

04:43You can play Porzingis.

04:44You can play Porzingis, obviously, with Horford.

04:48You can play Horford as a backup.

04:50Now, if you don't have Porzingis, now Horford's got to play 37 minutes a night, and now you've

04:55got to allow Luke Cornett to give you major minutes.

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