Knicks Triumph at MSG, Reach 1st Eastern Finals in 25 Years

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00:00The biggest game inside MSG for New York as a franchise in 25 years.

00:06Why?

00:06The Knicks hoping for their first appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals

00:11in 25 years since the year 2000.

00:15And that's exactly what New York capitalized on

00:19on a Friday night inside the world's most famous arena.

00:23Doing so in astounding blowout fashion over the reigning NBA champs.

00:281-19-81, nearly a 40-point win for New York.

00:34The absence of Jason Tatum in the second full game without him for Boston,

00:39just far too much for the Seas to overcome.

00:42And everybody in the next starting five taking advantage of exactly that

00:47from the start in game number six on Friday night.

00:51New York, a slight favorite for the first time in this series.

00:54They easily cover, laying two and a half points at home.

00:59A total of 211, holding the Celtics to only 81, does stay under.

01:04In party like it's 2000, DRS, the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference Finals.

01:11Now, let me go back to shows that we did here,

01:13right here on the early line, Ben, on Thursday and Friday.

01:16And you repeatedly could bring up these questions and say,

01:18and look, I'm going to read you, Donnie, what the FanDuel Sportsbook is telling you.

01:22That the Celtics were a plus 430 to win the Eastern Conference

01:27and 13-1 and 14-1 to win the NBA championship without Jason Tatum.

01:33And my response is where, I wouldn't take it if it was 2 million to 1 in either direction.

01:38And it played out exactly that way.

01:41The fact that you saw the Celtics win game number five on their home court

01:44and people started to go like, hey, maybe the Celtics are better without Jason Tatum.

01:49We knew the bottom was going to fall out.

01:51The adrenaline was there.

01:52The championship pride was like, we're not going to get embarrassed in game number five.

01:56They shot the lights out, but you understood one thing and the Knicks understood it as well.

02:00You got game number five.

02:01We are not getting to a game number seven.

02:04And they ended that story on Friday night.

02:06Was it a close game in the first quarter?

02:08Yes, the second quarter was a blowout and away you went in a 119-81 final.

02:13I liked what I saw of the Celtics without Tatum.

02:15They still fought.

02:16But the fact that the sportsbooks were still posting the Celtics

02:19as if they were fully intact and down 3-1 to the New York Knicks

02:23and only come back and win that series, then beat the Indiana Pacers, then beat OKC.

02:27As I told you again, it could have been 2 million to 1 on a free bet.

02:32And I still would not have taken the Boston Celtics.