00:00Our friend, Knicks Kostos. I didn't know it, but huge Knicks fan. Good morning, Nick.
00:06What's going on, guys? Great to be on with you here. Yeah, the New York Knicks, my New York Knicks. Let's go, baby.
00:13I mean, a little bit of a disappointment on Saturday.
00:16Little? Huh?
00:17Little bit?
00:18Yeah.
00:18I would say it was a lot bit of a disappointment to get railroaded like that at home.
00:22Yeah, really disappointing, but still up 2-1 in the series.
00:26I'm not going to lie and say I'm feeling tremendously optimistic ahead of tonight, but I mean, if you had told me before the series, they'd be up 2-1.
00:33I mean, you sign up for that in blood. I thought they would lose in five or get swept.
00:37So the fact that they're up 2-1, I feel like, is a major win, and now you roll the ball out tonight and see what happens.
00:43Do you worry, though? Are you worried after watching?
00:45Yes. Okay.
00:46Of course. Yeah, big time.
00:48Nick knows that house money is running out. Running out real quick.
00:53Well, like the Celtics are better than the Knicks.
00:55Now, I'll say, I think the Knicks' closing five is better than Boston's closing five, but the Celtics are undoubtedly a better team, and the Celtics obviously swept the Knicks in the regular season, and it wasn't just that.
01:07And here's why I'm so surprised with how games one and two went, and I'm being consistent.
01:11Coming into the series, I thought the Celtics were going to win and win pretty handily.
01:14The Knicks were like the Memphis Grizzlies of the East.
01:17Memphis went the entire season without beating a really good team.
01:21They feasted on bad teams, and they lost to all the good teams.
01:24So, of course, they got swept by Oklahoma City in the first round, and the Knicks were the same way.
01:28They didn't beat OKC once this season.
01:29They didn't beat Cleveland once this season.
01:31They didn't beat Boston once this season.
01:32I mean, they were terrible against the really good teams, especially down the stretches of games.
01:37That's why I thought it was so shocking that the Celtics yacked away games one and two after having the huge leads, obviously.
01:43But look, the Knicks are in position now where they can maybe push this, maybe win the series.
01:46I don't think it's impossible that it happens, but, yeah, my concern level is 11 on a 1-10 scale right now.
01:52And, Nick, I think as a Knicks fan, you've got to be hoping that the Celtics did what they did in game one and two,
02:00a shoot under their normal percentage from three-point land.
02:04Because if the Celtics are able to shoot 30% from three-point land, they'll win this series.
02:09You know, what I thought, and I'm guessing you guys agree, you know, people watching game one and two on social media that are like,
02:17what, does Boston shoot any two, like, where's the elbow jumper?
02:22Like, why aren't they feeding down?
02:24Like, have you, like, did you watch the Celtics last year when they won the championship?
02:28Like, this is, we're like game like 90 now for the Celtics this season.
02:32This is what they do, right?
02:33They shoot a billion threes.
02:35Like, you live by the sword and you die by the sword.
02:37They died by the sword in games one and two, and then they shot 50% from downtown in game three, and they won.
02:42And they won big.
02:43Now, one thing that I think is important to consider is that the Knicks were atrocious from three on Saturday.
02:49Five of 25.
02:50Absolutely brutal.
02:52So let's just assume right now, right, that you get a better three-point shooting effort tonight from the Knicks.
02:56And maybe the Celtics, I don't think, are going to shoot 50.
02:58It's possible, right?
03:00Unlikely they'll shoot 50% again.
03:02I think this is going to be a closer game, and you put a water gun to my head, and I hope the Knicks win.
03:06And I think this is a close game that at the end is probably won by the Celtics.
03:11If I had to bet the game, I would bet the Knicks plus the points.
03:14But I do think that the Celtics will win a close game.
03:16And I think this is where tonight is where we see the full body of the 82-game regular season rear its ugly head.
03:23Where the Celtics are kind of nails in those spots, especially against teams like the Knicks.
03:27And the Knicks have been brutal in spots like this all season against good teams.
03:30So, Kostos, I noticed also on your Twitter, are you on Brunson over tonight as well?
03:36I think that was like from like a week ago.
03:39Let's see what it is.
03:40Oh, dear.
03:40Yeah.
03:41Good job, Shyam.
03:42Is that not from a day ago?
03:43Am I?
03:44I haven't tweeted in like four days.
03:46Let's see.
03:46Brunson.
03:46You literally tweeted yesterday, Knicks plus five and a half and money line.
03:50Well, how about this?
03:50Shyam, what day was the game?
03:52Game was on Saturday.
03:54Oh, what day was yesterday?
03:56Sunday.
03:56Oh, okay.
03:57Yeah, you tweeted it on May 10th.
03:59It's okay.
03:59So, yesterday.
04:00Oh, is somebody retweeting you that said they had Brunson?
04:02Yesterday, incorrect in that assertion.
04:03Brunson, 27 and a half, I think is about right.
04:06Honestly, I would take a look at some of the ancillary Knicks tonight.
04:09Ananobi was so bad.
04:10Had two points on Saturday.
04:12Hart with 10.
04:13Bridges with 12.
04:14Honestly, I would take a look at OG over points tonight.
04:17Ananobi's points prop is sitting at 14 and a half.
04:19It's a little bit used to the over.
04:21That's where I would look.
04:22Bridges 13 and a half.
04:23I think the Knicks are going to need a big-time effort from their ancillary
04:26scorers outside of Brunson and Towns tonight if they're going to win
04:29or if the game is going to be close.
04:31Towns makes you a little concerned because, I mean, he's shaking his hand on
04:35Saturday.
04:35Like, we don't know if he's 100.
04:36He's going to play in the game.
04:37He's not on the injury report.
04:38But I think the Knicks will need Ananobi, Bridges, and Hart to all shoot well
04:42tonight to keep this game close.
04:43I'm going to take the over on Towns looking for a call on every single play
04:48of the basketball game.
04:49I mean, come on.
04:50Come on.
04:50He's not even the biggest flopper on his own team.
04:52That's Jalen Brunson.
04:53At least, like, if you're going to insult my team, at least get it right.
04:56Who's the one fan of the Knicks that you just sort of cringe when you see them
04:59supporting your team, like a celebrity?
05:01I don't know if I feel because I think, you know, the Knicks have been like
05:04Yankees.
05:05I think we can have a stronger conversation about because the Knicks have been so bad
05:08for so long that all the celebrities that are there all the time, like, you give them
05:12credit.
05:13I wouldn't, like, Spike Ben Stiller.
05:14I wouldn't.
05:15If I were him, I had all that money.
05:17You think I'm going to see the crappy, you know, 18 and 50 New York Knicks play on a
05:21Tuesday night against the Charlotte Hornets?
05:23No way.
05:23I give these guys credit.
05:24I think the celebrity Knicks fans are badass.
05:26Costos, are you paying attention at all to the ESPN vTNT numbers when it comes to the
05:31Knicks?
05:31Because it's kind of crazy.
05:33What up?
05:34What is it?
05:34ESPN.
05:35When games are on ESPN playoff games for the Knicks, they're 0-8.
05:38And then when they're on TNT, they're 7-1.
05:40Really?
05:41Yeah.
05:41The game's on TNT tonight, right?
05:43ESPN tonight.
05:44Oh, yeah.
05:45Yeah.
05:45Well, that works it out.
05:47Well, congratulations on tying the series, guys.
05:50Celtics minus 250 on the money line tonight.
05:53All right.
05:54By the way, you're not as dressed up as you normally are when you're on this show on
05:59Twitch.
06:00Well, I've only been on once, and I think I was wearing a T-shirt.
06:02No, I'm going to go to work.
06:04I apologize to Shyam.
06:05I got a one-year-old, man.
06:08Happy birthday to my daughter.
06:09Happy birthday.
06:10She turned one last week.
06:13So, yeah, it's just like mornings are crazy.
06:14I'm going to work out right after this.
06:15So, you get tanked up, Nick Costos.
06:18All right.
06:18Sleeves out.
06:19Guns out.
06:19Hell, yeah.
06:20All right.
06:21Do you have any Pokemon tattoos?
06:23It looks like you have some colorful ones.
06:25Yeah, this is no Poke.
06:27But if I were to get a Pokemon, I guess this would be like Charizard, right?
06:30Because I have a dragon on my right arm.
06:32Well done, Costos.
06:33Yeah, it's not bad.
06:34Yeah, we'll get the nerd factor up to 11 here.
06:37But, no, this is all Japanese work here.
06:39And I asked Shyam before I came on because he said he was going to get them.
06:43I said, hey, did you get your tattoos yet?
06:45He said he's a big baby.
06:47Yeah.
06:47I said, Shyam, it's 2025.
06:48You pay for numbing cream now.
06:49You barely feel it, dude.
06:51Come on.
06:51Oh, you can go on the anesthesia.
06:52He's waiting.
06:53Like Anthony Richardson.
06:54Right.
06:54But he's still waiting to get bulked up.
06:56He said he was going to bulk up first or shred it.
06:59Shred.
06:59And then he was going to get shredded.
07:00Oh, shred.
07:00Yeah, he's getting shredded.
07:02What if Shyam just got a big baby tattoo of big baby?
07:05A Glenn Davis tattoo?
07:07Yeah.
07:07Yeah.
07:08Orlando Magic Glenn Davis, though, not Boston Celtics.
07:11I think he's now jailed, Glenn Davis.
07:13Is that true?
07:14Yes.
07:15He's in the feds.
07:16No, he's locked up.
07:17He's doing some prison photos of them out there.
07:20Oh, okay.
07:20He calls collect for Courtney.
07:22Food's not great.
07:25He's going to be skinny, baby, when he gets out.
07:27He said the food wasn't bad, though.
07:28But he did say when he gets out, he's going to be in unbelievable shape.
07:32He'll be out in about four years.
07:33Well, you know, having known some people that have, quote, unquote, gone away, gone to
07:39camp, when they get back in, because there's nothing to do, man, they do, Shyam, this is
07:44what you should, you should go to jail, man.
07:46Yeah, Teresa Caputo came out, or not Teresa Caputo, Teresa Giudice came out in the best
07:51shape of her life.
07:52Teresa?
07:53That's from Real Housewives of New Jersey.
07:55Yes.
07:56Yeah.
07:56That's how you know, how do you know someone's married?
07:59Nothing better than a prison work out there.
08:02That'll get you right.
08:02She got into yoga.
08:03Yeah, that'll get you right.
08:04In prison.
08:05Yeah.
08:05So, Wiggs, maybe if you buy some pot in Bermuda, you can get some prison workouts.
08:09No, no, I do the prison workouts right in my building.
08:12I don't need to go to prison for that.
08:13All right, Nick Kostos.
08:15Nick Kostos, nice to talk to you, and we don't wish you success in this series, but we wish
08:22you success in life at all times, and we love talking to you.
08:25All right.
08:25Wishing everybody minimal sweats, winning bets, the absolute very best of luck.
