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01:29You ain't Malice, been quiet, ain't right, you ain't Paris, blow money, you owe money, we ain't balanced, you ain't believe, God did, you ain't Cali, all black, back to back, this ain't traffic.
01:42You're watching the Emirates NBA Cup semifinals right here on Prime.
01:49Getting ready for second half action, the Knicks 71, the Magic 64, the winner advances to the championship game, and both of these two guys are putting on a show, Jalen Brunson and Jalen Suggs.
02:03It's all Jalen's right now, 25 points apiece.
02:07Getting you ready for the third quarter, Ian Eagle, Stan Van Gundy, Dwayne Wade, Cassidy Hubbard.
02:13Let's start with you, D. Wade.
02:14Thoughts on that first step.
02:15We saw an offensive exhibition from those two.
02:18Yes, we did.
02:18I feel like the energy that was given out here on the floor is matching the energy that's here in the building.
02:23We watched both teams.
02:25As Coach said, you got guys coming in with about three days off.
02:28You saw that and you felt that the energy that they played with was incredible.
02:32And both guards doing what they do, putting on an offensive clinic with Brunson and also Suggs, making sure they be aggressive.
02:37Yeah, look, and I think for Orlando to get back in the game, they've got to keep Cat and Brunson off the line, and they've got to get Bancaro involved.
02:46Cat doing a great job as a trigger man, sees it here, lets it develop, hits, bridges late for a layup, then across the lane, finds Anna Noby down low.
03:01And then, now they just play in one-on-one to create space, uses that great shooting ability, and gets it over the top.
03:11Moments ago, Cassidy Hubbard with Jalen Suggs of the Magic.
03:17Thanks, Ian.
03:19Jalen, first, are you feeling okay?
03:20We saw you limp a little bit, and you're all wrapped up right now.
03:23I'm feeling good.
03:24About to get out here, ready to go.
03:25Play a second half, that'll lead to a win.
03:27And you look good.
03:2825 points, that's the most points in a half in your career.
03:32What was working so well to find those reads?
03:34I think just trusting my work, trusting my spots, understanding where I'm getting to and doing it all with confidence.
03:38But we've got to be better.
03:39I think specifically myself on the defensive end, and that's what I'm looking to come out and do.
03:43Thanks for your time.
03:44Good luck in the second half.
03:45Ian?
03:46All right, Cassidy, thank you.
03:48The Knicks opened up with a bang, shooting at 61%, but then they topped it in the second quarter, 65%.
03:57And Orlando was at 61% in the first, but 35% in the second.
04:03Second half underway here in Vegas.
04:06Bancaro, the dribble drive, and the finish.
04:08That's a good start for the Magic.
04:10I just don't think they can win this game if he doesn't get more involved.
04:13He only had eight points at halftime.
04:16It's great to set up other people, but they need him to get going.
04:19He's now in double figures with 10, and Anobi couldn't catch it, and it's taken away by Bain.
04:26Bain missed it.
04:29A little too much spin.
04:31Talons ahead.
04:32Brunson shifting gears and switching hands.
04:36The dexterity of Jalen Brunson.
04:38Wow, it's been really interesting today to watch a Magic Knicks game with the ball going up and down the floor at that pace.
04:46Last year, these were two half-court teams.
04:50Zuggs feed it.
04:52Bain, hard drive.
04:53Kick.
04:54Carter.
04:55It's pure.
04:55But once again, the penetration, and that's the same way Carter started the game, getting penetration,
05:02getting him in the sweet spot in the corner three, and knocking it down.
05:05That's Bain's sixth assist.
05:08All starts, like D-Wade was saying, get both feet in the paint.
05:13A lot of good things happen for your offense.
05:15The miss by Bridges.
05:17The push by Bancaro.
05:18It's a four-point game.
05:20Coach, Paolo, he's just got to pick his spots a little better.
05:23Obviously, he's just coming back off injury.
05:24He's got to get back in the conditioning of the game and all the things.
05:27This game is going up and down.
05:29He has to do a better job of just picking his spots, being aggressive in certain moments.
05:33Foul is called against Hart.
05:36That's number three on him.
05:38And that could be big.
05:40Foul trouble with Hart could make a huge difference.
05:43He does so much for that team.
05:45The catch by Black.
05:46Banker doesn't go, but the tip-in does.
05:48But it was on the cylinder.
05:50Won't count.
05:52That's interesting.
05:53I don't know.
05:54Hard to tell from our angle here.
06:00Ooh.
06:02I think part of it is still on there, but, man, that's close.
06:06Yeah, that was close.
06:07That is a quick second jump from a point bone.
06:11Anthony Black at 6'7", 200, 6'10", wingspan.
06:15Half-court set here for the Knicks.
06:19Hart, the blast to the rim.
06:21Stopped and stripped of the ball by Bankeril.
06:23That is a perfect feed, but Black couldn't dunk it cleanly.
06:27It still goes in.
06:29And a foul.
06:30And Bain just ran up on Kevin Scott, the official, arguing because he thought his guy got undercut when he got teed up.
06:42Yeah, he might have ran past his foot, his foot, his foot probably hit his foot when he took off.
06:48This is what the Knicks were really upset about, and they're right.
06:52Hart got fouled.
06:53That led to this.
06:55Hit him.
06:55So they get Brunson for the foul.
07:04But Desmond Bain picks up the technical because, Stan, as you mentioned, he came charging towards the official to make his point.
07:12Yeah, that's—he sprinted up the floor.
07:15That's always going to get you in trouble.
07:17So Towns is going to shoot the technical, and then Black's going to get a free throw for the traditional three-point play.
07:28Well, Paulo just used some of his energy to sprint up the floor like—he ain't sprinting like that all night ago.
07:33No, he has not.
07:35And this was Bain reacting, pointing, gesticulating.
07:42And that was that.
07:43Kevin Scott teed him up.
07:47Well, we know Bain got ejected from the last game.
07:51He did.
07:52So they certainly can't afford to have that happen tonight.
07:55The Magic getting right back in this game quickly.
07:57That last game was December the 7th, a 1-0-6-100 win for the Knicks.
08:02Brunson had 30 points, 9 assists.
08:04And Anobi had 21-7.
08:06Magic won the first two meetings of.
08:09And Anobi!
08:11Big-time flush!
08:13Oh, gee!
08:14Bain off the mid-basket.
08:18He goes down hard and a turnover.
08:21Their pace is incredible.
08:25Towns flips it up and air!
08:27This is good.
08:28In the entertainment capital of the world, this has been highly entertaining.
08:32Man, it is just going up and down.
08:36They didn't give you a chance to even talk about what just happened on one end.
08:40No!
08:42And a poke away by Hart.
08:44And Anobi forcing the action.
08:46Swing.
08:47Brunson!
08:48Yes, sir!
08:49Yes!
08:49The lead has ballooned to 10, matching their largest of the game.
09:02Third quarter action.
09:04The Knicks in front.
09:05Mike Brown would like to see more of this pace.
09:14The Knicks inbound right to Towns.
09:16Pushes it right to the rim.
09:18And then Hart with a steal.
09:20And Anobi, coast to coast, finds Brunson for the three.
09:25The Knicks pace outstanding right now.
09:28And in the blink of an eye, it's an 8-0 run.
09:32Brunson now has 30 points.
09:34Out of the timeout, Ben Carroll.
09:37Get it back.
09:38Single coverage with Hart.
09:40Ben Carroll makes his move and draws the foul.
09:45Coach, they look intentional right now to get Ben Carroll into this game.
09:48They know they're going to need him if they want to win this game.
09:50He has to put points on the board.
09:52Absolutely.
09:52And they're going to need him for the next three or four weeks with Franz Wagner out,
09:56who's been having a great season.
09:58Ben Carroll becomes key.
10:00He and Bain are the guys who have to score.
10:02That is the fourth foul on Josh Hart.
10:05Check out the upcoming national TV schedule as Ben Carroll will shoot a pair.
10:10Monday, Peacock has got you covered for the Celtics hosting the Pistons.
10:15And the Rockets will be in Denver Tuesday, right here on Prime Video.
10:20It is the NBA Cup Championship game, 8-30 Eastern.
10:24For more on these games, go to NBA.com or visit the NBA app.
10:31Ben Carroll gets the roll on the second attempt.
10:34Eight-point lead for the Knicks.
10:36Just under nine minutes to play here in the third.
10:38Suggs is hobbling a little bit.
10:42And they have made the switch to put in.
10:44Now Brunson's hobbling, but they've made the switch to put in black on him.
10:49Brunson one-on-one with Ben Carroll.
10:51Brunson fake.
10:53Fade.
10:54Off the rim.
10:56Towns keeps it alive, but it gets knocked over to Suggs.
10:58And Carroll is running.
11:00Knicks get back defensively.
11:02Off the double.
11:03Carter.
11:04Fake.
11:05He just pulled to Towns.
11:06Ben Carroll misses on a three-ball.
11:09And a Novy trying to tap it to his teammate, and now he just grabs it.
11:13But he put it down low and had to take it away.
11:16The jumper by Bain.
11:18Bottom.
11:19It was a nice strip by Anthony Black.
11:22Gets it to Bain to knock it in.
11:24And every time you think the Knicks are just going to get some separation and break away,
11:30Orlando makes enough plays to stay in it.
11:32Both teams are doing a great job of the advance pass, folks.
11:35They're not dribbling the ball up the floor when they get a steal or rebound.
11:38They're advancing it up.
11:39And it is allowing them to get out quicker.
11:42The miss by Anna Novy.
11:44Magic push the pace once again.
11:47Bain.
11:48Turns the corner.
11:49Good night.
11:50Wow.
11:51Nice finish getting to the other side of the rim.
11:54Three-point game.
11:56Bain, the ability to glide to the rim.
11:59That's a 7-0 run.
12:00Hart tries to end it.
12:01Cannot.
12:02It's rebounded by Black.
12:04Hart shot the three better, but he's not an off-the-dribble three-point shooter.
12:08Black for the tie.
12:10Missed it.
12:11And now Brunson will slow it down.
12:14And our guy said it in the pregame.
12:16Black's having a great year.
12:17That's the area that's still got to improve.
12:19This three-point shooting is still a struggle.
12:22Trying to feed the post.
12:23Towns against Carter.
12:26Oh, Towns!
12:29A cat attack!
12:32Well, they said in the pregame, our studio guys said they wanted to see Thundercat.
12:38There it was.
12:39It worked.
12:41Coach, Carter Jr. just opened up and gave him the baseline.
12:44I don't know if that's the defensive scheme, but you got him that far out.
12:47You can kind of contain the big when he opened up and let him get it.
12:50And a foul called out front.
12:53Black just made the three.
12:55And the Knicks turned it over.
12:57Brunson with an offensive foul.
12:59Well, here it is.
13:01You see right there, he changed his angle a little bit.
13:03Opened up, gave him the baseline.
13:04And Desmond Bain said, I'm out of here.
13:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:07Nope.
13:08He said, I am out of here.
13:10No, thank you.
13:12Third foul on Brunson.
13:14Knicks lead by two.
13:15Bancaro picked up by Robinson.
13:19High screen black.
13:20Bancaro drives and gets the bucket.
13:24We're seeing more and more of that around the league because we've got so many bigs who can handle the ball.
13:29The inverted pick and roll where the guard is screening for the big.
13:33Bancaro able to get all the way to the rim.
13:36And they're getting him going a little bit now.
13:38It's a 12-2 run.
13:39This game is tied at 83.
13:42Brunson trying to create space.
13:45Towns lays it in.
13:50Wow, a little bully ball right there.
13:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:53I'm stronger than you.
13:54I'm bigger than you kind of moment.
13:5550 points in the paint for New York.
13:58Suggs stripped of the ball.
13:59Cookies for Adenobe.
14:01And Suggs is down.
14:03Lob it up.
14:04Robinson could not finish it.
14:07Good setup by Brunson.
14:10Suggs is grabbing his side.
14:12This is shooting practice.
14:13This would make it feel better.
14:14Yes, it would.
14:15And Carroll offensive rebound.
14:17And a power move on the inside.
14:19And Suggs still having issues.
14:21It always hurts more on defense, D-Wade.
14:24Nobody limps on offense.
14:26Towns pops short.
14:28He's got that shot with no problem.
14:29Then he goes.
14:30For the lead.
14:32Bain takes it all the way.
14:34For the deuce.
14:35And the Magic have major life and energy.
14:44Here's Bain taking it coast to coast.
14:46This is a great NBA basketball game, guys.
14:51Both teams up and down and playing hard.
14:55It's a five-point game, and we're just exchanging baskets like we're trying to figure out what's going on.
15:02Do what we do.
15:03Right?
15:04Be us.
15:04Get these damn stops.
15:05Get out and run.
15:06But we've got to finish these damn possessions off down there.
15:08It's a five-point game.
15:09Now we've got to turn this up.
15:12And there they go.
15:13Right there.
15:14Coming out and taking what Coach Mosley wanted.
15:17Putting it into practice.
15:20That was our prime access sound.
15:23It's working right now for Orlando.
15:25They have taken the lead against the Knicks.
15:29There's nothing like that freedom right there, Coach.
15:32When the coach tells you all you've got to do is get stops and get out in transition,
15:35that's where your freedom is in transition.
15:37It's all fair.
15:38Open game for everyone.
15:39Brunson couldn't finish it.
15:41Robinson couldn't grab it.
15:44Bain, the push up the floor.
15:47He's got the matchup with Robinson.
15:50Give and go.
15:52Bain, it's blocked.
15:54OG Anna Noby returned to sender.
15:58That was a great cut by Bain.
16:00Great give and go when he got the defender up.
16:03But Anna Noby reading the situation, one of the elite defenders in the league.
16:07Yeah, that's the lead, Coach.
16:09He was on the help defense in the corner and be able to make the block on the opposite side of the basket.
16:14Incredible.
16:15With the left hand.
16:16That's the lead.
16:17Bain's going to get a breather.
16:18Howard into the game.
16:20Howard lines it up.
16:21He knew he missed it.
16:22Tried to follow it.
16:24And Towns gets it ahead.
16:27Brunson back in.
16:31Gets Bridges involved.
16:33Missed it.
16:34Side rim.
16:36Magic lead by two.
16:38Four and a half to play in the third.
16:39Suggs gives it up for Howard.
16:44Nice spin.
16:45And he banks it home.
16:47Chad Howard primarily a three-point shooter.
16:50But nice drive and finish there.
16:53Did a good job just being bigger than him, Coach.
16:54That's all he did.
16:55He just managed to be able to figure it out.
16:57Yeah.
16:58Anna Noby.
17:00The three-ball goes for OG Anna Noby.
17:03And OG Anna Noby continues to be, in my mind,
17:07one of the most underrated players in the league.
17:09Two-way guy.
17:10Does whatever it takes to win.
17:12Can knock down a three.
17:13He's gotten a lot better going to the rim.
17:16And we know he's an elite defender.
17:18Won a title with the Toronto Raptors.
17:20Bancaro.
17:21His jumper is short.
17:26Knicks with possession.
17:27Down by one.
17:31Brunson on the handoff for Bridges.
17:32Now it's Towns.
17:35Anna Noby.
17:37There was contact as Towns was trying to work his way around.
17:42And Howard got in his way.
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17:58You know, since the NBA brings everybody together,
18:02World Basketball Day, I've decided on December 21st,
18:06I'm going to be nice to you.
18:07Nice to me.
18:08Yes.
18:08I've decided I will do that.
18:10It's a rare day.
18:11It's a one-day-a-year holiday.
18:13I'm going to be nice to you.
18:14What a celebration.
18:15I'll tell you what.
18:16World Basketball Day.
18:17Up top.
18:18Brunson to Robinson with the crank.
18:24That's just a cheap Christmas present that you give him, coach.
18:26That's all.
18:27That feels like cold to me.
18:30Give it up.
18:31Carter.
18:32And there was a foul called.
18:39He took a shot to the eye.
18:43And it's Clarkson picking up the personal.
18:47One thing I love that the Knicks did on their last possession,
18:49Brunson came down and he is also the first option, which was himself.
18:53Nothing was there.
18:54He pitched the ball.
18:55The ball moved around the perimeter.
18:56It got to the second side.
18:58Coach, we know once you get to that second side pick and roll,
19:00that's where everything breaks down and they got a foul,
19:03which eventually led to that lob that they got.
19:06Yeah, look, because you know as a defensive player,
19:09when you have to move and rotate side to side and play off of closeouts,
19:15that's a lot harder than being able to just talk in on the ball.
19:20Suggs will sit.
19:21De Silva replaces him.
19:23Carter now has 11 points.
19:25And Suggs is struggling a little bit physically.
19:30I mean, he just went down to the end of the bench.
19:32He's limping.
19:32He is not feeling good right now.
19:35Has not been very aggressive in this second half.
19:38Isaac flies in for the offensive rebound.
19:40Howard can't hit the three.
19:41Carter keeps it alive.
19:43Isaac, the flip, no.
19:45And Carter mistimed his jump.
19:48The rebound to Brunson.
19:50Great effort on the glass here by the Magic,
19:52but they give nothing fun.
19:53Brunson steps through.
19:55He's born to score.
19:57That footwork, I've never seen a small guard
20:01with that kind of footwork in the paint.
20:04I don't even know what to say.
20:06I mean, the only person I can say,
20:07and I talked about it yesterday,
20:08who had the patience to be able to create that down there
20:11is like a Tony Parker.
20:12Normally when guys get closer to the basket,
20:14they speed up.
20:15They don't slow down.
20:16He slows down to close as he did.
20:18That's a great point.
20:20Anthony Black has picked it up.
20:21He now has nine points.
20:22Brunson from the outside.
20:24Master of the midrange.
20:26Wow.
20:27He's really good.
20:28He is.
20:28He's really good.
20:2934.
20:31He has scored 30 or more in all four games against the Magic.
20:35Well, he knows against the Magic because they are so focused on taking away the three
20:40that he's not going to see that second defender coming like he normally does.
20:46Black's three.
20:47Too strong.
20:48Nice track down by Isaac.
20:49Howard attack.
20:51Da Silva.
20:52Missed it on a three ball.
20:55There's some guys getting tired out here right now.
20:58Oh.
20:58The vision of Brunson.
21:01He hits Bridges in stride.
21:03The Knicks had three guys not even running,
21:06but Bridges just sprinted past the Orlando Magic
21:09taking a great pass for Brunson.
21:1196-92.
21:13Knicks.
21:15Who wants it?
21:17The Magic.
21:18Oh, bodies are flying.
21:21And a foul is called.
21:24Black hit the deck.
21:26So did Brunson.
21:26It's going to work against Orlando.
21:28Well, I mean, he's just dancing right here,
21:30but that footwork is incredible.
21:31Just the patience that he had to make sure that he get the defender off balance
21:34and then just did what he did, the work.
21:37Easy pass in transition.
21:39Just ran past him, Coach.
21:40They're tired.
21:41This has been a track meet.
21:42It has been a track meet.
21:44Absolutely.
21:45This has been an incredible pace.
21:49Loose ball foul was called on Black.
21:53That is two team fouls against Orlando.
21:56We have some changes as Kolek is back in for New York.
21:59When Dwayne Wade was told by our boss, Amina Hussain, at halftime,
22:04he could not talk about Marquette anymore.
22:07I don't think Dwayne's going to take that to heart.
22:09Was that just for Dwayne, or we can't talk about it?
22:11I don't think we can either, but it was mainly for Dwayne.
22:14Oh, Brunson with a highlight.
22:16Black takes a seat, and Jalen Brunson makes him pay.
22:21Spike Lee loving that one.
22:23He's tough to guard.
22:24He has too much wiggle.
22:25He's got 37 points, and we have 51 seconds to go in the third.
22:33Down goes Black.
22:34Clarkson gets his hands on it.
22:36It's going to be a tie-up, and the only question will be who's jumping it up.
22:41Looked like Clarkson was the one that got a hold of it, along with Black.
22:51Whoops.
22:55That is a bad feeling right there.
22:57If you're a defender, you're sitting on your butt looking at him stick a three.
23:02Everybody always look at the ref right away like the ref can help him.
23:05He can't help you, bro.
23:08All you do in that situation, I'm sure, you hope it doesn't go in.
23:11Because then it just floats away.
23:13For sure.
23:14Once it goes in, it's out there forever.
23:17Well, and you know that's going viral.
23:20Oh, yes.
23:20You know everybody's going to be watching that for the next 24 hours.
23:24Jamal Crawford calls me over so bad one day, and I just pray that the ball didn't go in.
23:28I was like, please, please, please don't go in.
23:31The Knicks control it.
23:32Well, you did that kind of stuff to a lot of people, too.
23:35Yeah, you got to make that, though, after you do that.
23:36You have to make it.
23:37Oh, you do.
23:37You have to make it.
23:38Knicks are on a 7-0 run.
23:40Clarkson gets inside.
23:43Couldn't finish.
23:43Robinson is there.
23:44And they do foul it.
23:46I like that because he kicks the ball back out for so many opportunities.
23:52He's a 51% career free throw shooter.
23:55He's 5 for 25 this year.
23:58Why are you going to let him create extra opportunities?
24:01I like this, especially when your bench guys are in the game.
24:03You're not worried about foul trouble on Goga Bataze or Jonathan Isaac or Tristan De Silva.
24:09So let's just not let him hurt us.
24:12Fourth offensive rebound for Robinson.
24:16Mention the free throw numbers this year.
24:19They have not been good.
24:20And there you go.
24:25Line drives it in.
24:26The reverse announcer, Jinx.
24:28Yeah.
24:29That is also effective.
24:31He is now 6 of 26 on the season.
24:34He's just a shade over 50% in his career.
24:37Desmond Bain is back in for the magic.
24:41I know I saw a highlight of him in the summertime that went viral.
24:46He was shooting threes.
24:49Cashing them, coach.
24:49I don't understand why the free throw is a struggle.
24:51But you know what?
24:52There are several guys who shoot the three better than the free throws.
24:58I mean, I would watch Andre Drummond shoot after practice when I was in Detroit.
25:04And he shot the three fine.
25:06And he'd go to the free throw line and just didn't have the touch to do it.
25:09Is it the rhythm?
25:09Is he lose the rhythm in the 1-2?
25:12And I don't know what it is.
25:13You think your guy Shaq was a three-point shooter?
25:15Could have been a three-point shooter?
25:16Well, if you ask him, he's the third splash brother.
25:19But that's absolutely false.
25:21Robinson goes one out of two.
25:23The line drives worked on the first attempt.
25:25And it is an 8-0 run for New York.
25:29You've got about an 8-second differential here, too.
25:32So New York could have time coming back.
25:35Bain watched by Clarkson.
25:36Six to shoot.
25:37Bain will kick it.
25:41The corner jumper is short for Black.
25:43Offensive rebound for Bain.
25:45Magic have five seconds to work with.
25:47Black against the big.
25:49Drives through.
25:50Blocked by Robinson.
25:51It looked like Robinson got beat off the dribble initially.
25:57Not the case.
25:59Robinson recovers for a big old block just before the buzzer.
26:04Fourth quarter action is coming up.
26:08The Knicks leading the Magic.
26:10And you're watching the Emirates NBA Cup semifinals on Primes.
26:15They are 16-0 this season when they lead after three quarters.
26:19As we head to the fourth.
26:22Time for tonight's Inside the Game.
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26:26And you watch Jalen Brunson.
26:29The gravity that he produces here.
26:33Look at Wendell Carter.
26:34He doesn't want to leave Brunson there.
26:37Because this guy's torching him.
26:39And he just, Brunson, baits it and baits it and throws it to the rim.
26:4426th best gravity in the league.
26:51You know, this should be sponsored by, like, Isaac Newton.
26:53Sir Isaac Newton.
26:56Does Isaac Newton sponsor anything at this point?
26:58Well, he was a big basketball fan.
27:00Oh, yeah.
27:00Huge.
27:00He was.
27:03100-92.
27:04The Knicks lead the Magic.
27:06We start the fourth quarter semifinals of the Emirates NBA Cup.
27:10Well, here's what's at stake, Ian.
27:11And does Desmond Bain get his boat, or does Tyler Kolek's dad get a clock?
27:17Break it down to brass tacks.
27:19Inside.
27:19Bridges.
27:20Couldn't finish on the twister.
27:24Coach, you talked about gravity, and your mind went to Isaac.
27:28And my mind went to John Mayer.
27:31The song of gravity.
27:32That's what my mind went on.
27:32And it is a good call.
27:34It is a good song.
27:34Okay.
27:36I'd say I'm slightly more old school than you.
27:39The three ball for Da Silva is no good.
27:43And the weak side rebound for Ananobi.
27:47Orlando 10 of 35 from three-point land, and that was contact.
27:53Bridges was looking for a call, and he finally got one.
27:56That was an incredible pass.
27:57It was a great pass.
27:58I love making passes like that.
28:00It's hard for the defense to get their hands up over their ears when they're chasing.
28:05So the pass come.
28:06It's hard for him to get his hands up.
28:08And so you make that pass right past his ear.
28:11They got Da Silva on the foul.
28:15Knicks have Ananobi, Towns, Bridges, Clarkson, and Kolek.
28:19The five on the floor.
28:20Line it up.
28:21Kolek misses on a three-ball, and it's rebounded by Batase, who's joined by Bain, Howard, Da Silva, and Jones.
28:30Swing.
28:31Bain fakes out Ananobi.
28:33Jones with an open look.
28:34No.
28:36And it's rebounded by Towns.
28:38Get it ahead for Bridges.
28:41Trailer is Kolek.
28:45He's open.
28:46Wow.
28:46Bridges.
28:47Nobody was there initially.
28:49Bain defensively.
28:52And there is a.
28:57That's what happens when you miss wide open layoffs.
29:00They don't find you.
29:01He missed the last one.
29:02Oh, man.
29:03They were really late on that find.
29:05Clarkson missed him, but he's still going to get a trip to the line.
29:09You know, that's a guy, when we do Knicks games, that we don't end up talking about a whole lot.
29:14He just, Bridges, just solid.
29:17You look up today, and we haven't talked about him hardly at all.
29:21So, Mikkel Bridges will.
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29:37That's the fourth foul on Bain.
29:41Coach, it's crazy that we have not talked about him.
29:43He is the most available person.
29:45He's in every game.
29:46Every game.
29:47He's the most available person that we've seen in a very long time.
29:50Every game and plays well, night in and night out.
29:55This is his 581st consecutive game.
29:59That ties Vern Mickelson for 12th all time.
30:04Now, I saw Vern play a lot.
30:06I did not, because I'm much younger, but...
30:09Jones lines it up, and Jones knocks it down.
30:14It's a three.
30:15Magic needs something to get them going offensively.
30:19Well, Tyus Jones, for years, has been a very reliable three-point shooter.
30:23He's not only not shot it well this year, he's been very reluctant.
30:26And Kulik loses the ball.
30:29Thought he was going to have an open lane.
30:30Howard lost it himself.
30:32Just tossed it to the outside.
30:33He was fortunate Bain was there.
30:37Come on!
30:39Magic just ended a 10-0 run.
30:41Bain denied by Towns.
30:44I'll tell you one thing, Bain getting his shot block does not deter him at all.
30:48He's got his shot block about five, six times down there, and he's going to keep going.
30:56Desmond Bain, now in year number six, his first five seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies.
31:04Howard for Bataze.
31:06Shot clock is winding down.
31:09Give it up.
31:09Bain stumbling.
31:11Couldn't finish it.
31:13And poked out of there by Bridges.
31:14Kulik, the lead feed, and a noby with the jam.
31:21Timeout magic.
31:26Well, you love when a guy have his head up every time he gets the ball.
31:30Kulik, a plus 16 out here.
31:32He's making an impact.
31:36Texas, the second semifinal here in Vegas.
31:39Victor Wembenyama returning for the Spurs.
31:44And Shea Gilgis-Alexander, NBA MVP and history being made by what the Thunder have done in the first part of the season.
31:56With Bancaro, the short pop is way off.
32:01But his patience and footwork was good.
32:02He was just, as you said, way off on the shot.
32:05They have gone three of their last 20 from the field.
32:10The Knicks are trying to take their largest lead of the game.
32:13And a noby, the spin, the fake, the denial by Batase.
32:18Leak out by Bancaro.
32:20He's got the smaller Kulik, and he does it himself for two.
32:24I mean, we've still got Suggs in the game.
32:26I'm telling you, he cannot move.
32:27Yeah, I'm surprised he came back in the game.
32:29Yeah, I am too.
32:30He cannot move.
32:31Suggs, he's grabbing at that left side.
32:35And an noby takes the baseline and gets crunched by Taze.
32:45Yeah, Suggs is struggling a little bit.
32:47You know, obviously doing what he can on the defensive middle floor, but he's not moving well at all.
32:52So let's get a moment to see what's going on.
32:54Yeah, get a report here from Cassidy.
32:56Yeah, I was observing Jalen the whole time that he was out.
32:59He first got a painful deep tissue massage on his quad, and he had his left oblique wrapped up.
33:05And I was watching him wincing pretty much the entire time he was on the bench as he was moving along with his trainer.
33:12See, he is certainly limited, but clearly giving it a go.
33:17As you know, the NBA Cup's on the line here, guys.
33:19Yeah, he's tough and certainly a gamer, but you walk that fine line if you're hurting your team.
33:26That's exactly right.
33:27And right now, he's not trying to do anything on the offensive end of the floor.
33:32And defensively, he's giving great effort, but he just can't move.
33:3621 points now for OG Ananobi.
33:38It feels like he's grabbing his hip, like he may have a hip pointer or something like that, coach.
33:45106-97.
33:46And Knicks.
33:47He has to come out.
33:48He does actually come out.
33:49Knocked away by Hart.
33:51Track down by Brunson.
33:53Kolek trailing.
33:54Kolek attacking to the rim.
33:59Yeah, they got to take a foul here and get a sub in the game.
34:02This is the largest lead of the game for the Knicks.
34:0711.
34:11Spread it.
34:12Black for Batase.
34:13It's the moment when a ball finds you.
34:19You don't really want it.
34:20You're trying to get out the game.
34:22Bain.
34:23Fake.
34:23Swing.
34:24You're right.
34:25And Suggs is fouled.
34:27On a three-point attempt.
34:29It happens every time.
34:30We began the possession thinking that Orlando just wanted to get Suggs out of the game somehow.
34:37But because the Knicks had come down and scored, they couldn't.
34:42And then he ends up getting knocked by Ananobi in the corner.
34:46And so they can't get him out right now.
34:50And Jace Richardson waiting at the scorer's table to make his first appearance in a game.
34:56So the foul on Ananobi.
34:58Suggs at the free throw line.
35:00Right now, here's a word from Emirates.
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35:25But if you look a little further, to a place that everyone talks about.
35:28A place that has everything.
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35:30And we're nothing.
35:33Nothing is impossible.
35:35This is Dubai.
35:37A little further than Europe, I'll give you that.
35:38But when you're flying Emirates, does it really matter?
35:40The lead is 10 for New York.
35:47Suggs has another free throw coming.
35:51Suggs too, coach.
35:52He's had his best half of the year and possibly of his career.
35:57He just tried to foul Kolek to get out of the game and they wouldn't call.
36:01And now Banquero does foul Kolek.
36:04And Suggs is going to head to the bench.
36:07Injuries have been a theme here for Orlando this season.
36:12They just can't seem to get everybody healthy at the same time.
36:16And they want Josh Hart's asking for a take foul, which it certainly was.
36:24Kevin Scott, Sean Corbin, Andy Nagy come together.
36:30She's going to be side out.
36:32And Suggs is going to go directly to the locker room.
36:36And Bridges came back in the game.
36:38He got about a 50-second rest there, I think.
36:41Mike Brown said that'll be enough.
36:43It should be good.
36:44You know what I was a master at, Dwayne,
36:47was when guys would be asking to come out just because they were tired,
36:50but great players, I just never saw them.
36:53I know.
36:54I never saw them.
36:55I'd just be looking the other way.
36:56I am like, what?
36:58I've seen you do that in everyday life.
37:00Yeah, absolutely.
37:01Hart, body bump, fade.
37:04He's got it.
37:07110 to 98 New York.
37:10Josh Hart being back in the lineup has been key for them.
37:13Cassidy, how'd Mike Brown come to that decision to get Josh Hart back in the starting lineup?
37:19The decision to move Hart back in the lineup came down to collaboration.
37:23He told us the topic came up again in a coaches meeting.
37:26He asked the room assistance video coordinators by a show of hands who wanted to keep these things the way they were.
37:31No one raised their hands.
37:32And so Brown did it, making it essentially 25-to-1 move.
37:36He said, I told him everything he needed to do.
37:39And he made the change, guys.
37:40And that's taking your ego out of the equation, which does not always happen with head coaches.
37:45Not at all.
37:46And look, we talked to Mike Brown yesterday.
37:50And what I remember from the conversation that tells you who Mike is, he talked about what a great coach Tom Thibodeau is.
37:58He gave all the credit to his assistants, talking about, I asked him why their defense had gotten better.
38:03He started talking about Brendan O'Connor, his assistant who's in charge.
38:07You talk about their offense.
38:09He talks about his assistant, Chris Gent.
38:11Mike Brown is what a leader should be, a guy who gives credit and takes responsibility when things go wrong.
38:20There's a lot of guys who do it just the opposite.
38:22You're right, Coach.
38:22He definitely didn't make the conversation about himself at all.
38:26He made it about everyone else.
38:28And you can see the DNA into this team.
38:30I think the thing that's different from the Knicks this year versus other years is the trust that they have of all trying to share and play together.
38:37But Bancaro gets to his spot.
38:40Richardson, the offensive rebound.
38:42Magic get a reload.
38:43Bancaro drive and kick.
38:45Ball is popping.
38:48And the foul was called on Kolic before the shot from Bain.
38:52So that will be just the second team foul against New York.
38:57Orlando is already over the limit.
39:00These moments.
39:01Sorry, sorry, I and E.
39:03These moments for the young guy, Jace, coming in.
39:06This is opportunity right here.
39:08You know, it came in an unfortunate way.
39:10But this is opportunity.
39:11You get in there, get an offensive rebound right away.
39:13You get six minutes for Coach to now look at you a little different and possibly put you in a rotation a little more.
39:18Richardson, the rookie out of Michigan State.
39:2025th pick overall.
39:21Of course, his dad, Jason Richardson, longtime pro.
39:25Here's Jace Richardson.
39:26There we go.
39:27Well, I had the honor of coaching his dad in Orlando for a couple of years.
39:33Not only a great player, one of the great people in the game.
39:37And I am sure I know nothing about Jace Richardson other than he was able to put up with Tom Izzo and his dad and mom raised him right.
39:49That I can guarantee you.
39:51Yeah, his mom, Jackie, played Division II hoops off the miss by Bridges.
39:55Bancaro intercepted.
39:57It's Brunson right down the middle.
40:01Pass it inside.
40:02Hart can't hit the reverse.
40:04We are past the halfway point of the fourth.
40:09Black got bumped.
40:11Free throws for Anthony Black.
40:16Anthony Black's doing a lot of good things.
40:18He's going to have to, as our guys in the studio said before the game, get better as a shooter.
40:25But defensively, he's outstanding on the ball.
40:29He's got great size, great speed, gets in the paint.
40:33He's got a chance to be really, really good.
40:36Black has played 31 minutes.
40:38He has 11 points.
40:39Second free throw attempt of the game.
40:42And he's missed them both.
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40:55Black came in shooting it at 69% of the free throw line.
40:58He's now one of three.
41:00And the Magic trying to chip away here against New York.
41:04The largest cushion has been 12.
41:06Winner goes to the championship game of the Emirates NBA Cup.
41:11When I look at Black's shot, Coach, it looks good.
41:14I think it's just a lot of reps for him.
41:16And also understanding where his shots are coming from as he gets more opportunity to play in his game.
41:20Bridges for Towns slash.
41:2822 for Carl Anthony Towns.
41:32They surround Black.
41:33He fights through it.
41:34But Adenobe steps in front trying to walk the tight rope.
41:37He's out of bounds.
41:38That was only the Knicks 7-3 of the night.
41:41They've struggled to make threes against Orlando all year.
41:44But right there, great little shovel from Bridges to Towns.
41:54In their 24 games, they've only played two games decided by five points or fewer.
42:00As Bancaro finishes on the interior.
42:05Bancaro not playing badly today.
42:07It's going to take him time, Dwayne.
42:09He's not where he was a year ago.
42:12He's going to need probably another week or two under his belt to get those legs back
42:17and be the unstoppable guy that we've seen before.
42:22I think he understands that as well because he's not out here forcing things either.
42:25He's taking his opportunities, and he's not forcing too well.
42:28There you go for it.
42:30You know what?
42:31I'm with you on that.
42:32That upsets me when I praise a guy and then he makes a mistake right then.
42:36Both teams turning it over.
42:39Richardson hunting down the three.
42:41Opportunity.
42:42That's what it's all about.
42:43That's what this league is about.
42:45I'll tell you what.
42:46It has seemed for a good part of the second half like the Knicks were dominating this.
42:50It's a six-point game with four minutes to go.
42:53Jace Richardson, who shot at 41% from three-point territory in his only year at Michigan State,
42:59cuts it to six.
43:00Hart.
43:00He put it over the defender and uses the window.
43:04Well, Hart's an outstanding finisher.
43:09Every Knicks starter is in double figures.
43:11Every Magic starter is in double figures.
43:15And it's a 116-108 lead for New York.
43:18Back in.
43:20Baccaro in a crowd gets it to go.
43:22He's got 22 now.
43:25If you can see him just laboring up and down the floor.
43:28Yeah, you got to get back in game.
43:30Yeah, 32 minutes in a pace game, in a game at this pace, too.
43:34Towns takes it at the chest of Carter.
43:37The hoop and the horn.
43:39Now, don't flex on him, Cat.
43:40Too strong.
43:42Don't flex on him.
43:43Well, I think sometimes because he's a shooter and at times can be a finesse player,
43:49people don't realize how big and strong this guy is.
43:52He's very capable of playing bully ball.
43:54Well, he talked about it yesterday.
43:56He said he actually loves driving.
43:57He loves the contact.
43:58And most people think the opposite with Cat.
44:00You think he just wanted to sit out there and shoot threes?
44:03Stan, what's been the difference with him at the four or him at the five?
44:06See, I just think at the five, number one, he has a much better advantage to be able to drive the ball
44:11and to be able to shoot the ball.
44:14Defensively, certainly better suited at the five.
44:17And the way Mike Brown runs his offense, they run the offense through their center.
44:24And so he has the ball in his hands a lot, and he enjoys playmaking.
44:27He's got 25 points on just 10 shots.
44:30Bancaro went right to the midcourt line to retrieve it.
44:34Just over three minutes to play.
44:35Bain, swing, Carter, extra, extra, Richardson.
44:39It's an air ball.
44:40I think that might have gotten partially blocked.
44:43Brunson got his first block of the year is what you're saying, Coach?
44:45I don't know.
44:47I don't think Jace would have missed it that badly.
44:52Was that a block?
44:53Jalen, was that a block?
44:55I don't want to know.
44:55I'm just waiting to see if the official scorer gave him one.
45:00No, not even close.
45:03No, no.
45:04Figment of our imagination.
45:06We're coming back.
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45:13Jalen Suggs, 26 points, but he scored 25 in the first half.
45:18It's a sore left hip.
45:19His return is questionable.
45:20And Jalen Brunson, 38 points on 15 of 25 for the field to lead the Knicks.
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45:36And the Magic, the injuries have just been incredible.
45:41You know, last year and this year, Dancaro, Wagner, and Suggs, their three best players.
45:47Brunson matched up with the rookie Richardson.
45:51Seven to shoot.
45:52Under three minutes to go.
45:54Brunson.
45:55Step back.
45:56Jalen.
45:57Book it.
45:58Just played him a little too soft, I thought there.
46:01You just can't give him that much space.
46:03Nope.
46:04Too much space.
46:04He walked him down right into his sweet spot.
46:06And Brunson's got 40.
46:09The Knicks lead by 11.
46:11Richardson.
46:12He's fouled.
46:14And Richardson went down hard himself.
46:20It's Brunson picking up the personal.
46:22Fifth personal on Brunson.
46:30And the commissioner, Adam Silver, on hand.
46:35NBA Cup semifinals.
46:37It's been a fun one between the Magic and the Knicks.
46:39We've got a tremendous matchup coming up with San Antonio and Oklahoma City going head-to-head.
46:45That's going to be a great game.
46:47Oklahoma City, a historic start to the season.
46:50But I'll tell you what, San Antonio's a legitimate contender.
46:54And Wimbenyam is back tonight with those guards that get in the paint.
46:58They're a fun team to watch.
47:00I think that game will be as much fun as this one's been.
47:02Yeah, you get a sense while you're talking to those guys over at San Antonio that they're not scared.
47:07They don't feel that OKC is unbeatable like the rest of the world.
47:11So it's really going to be good to see how they come out and how they compete with Wimbeny coming back.
47:18Right now the Knicks have a 10-point lead.
47:20We have just over two minutes to play.
47:24Brunson taking his time.
47:26Nine to shoot.
47:27Defended by Black.
47:28Screen from a heart.
47:29Brunson uses it.
47:31Gives it up.
47:32Towns the catch.
47:33Shot clock winding down.
47:34And Towns can't hit the baby hook, but he's fouled.
47:39More free throws for New York.
47:42They are 18 of 25 at the line.
47:44Well, and it's been really interesting.
47:47The Magic have done what they have wanted to do with New York all year, which is take away three-point attempts.
47:53They've held them to only 20.
47:55They usually shoot 40.
47:57And they've taken away their offensive rebounding game other than Mitchell Robinson getting about 78% off the defensive glass today.
48:04But the Knicks have found other ways.
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48:16Spurs and Thunder preview.
48:18Knoss performs, and that's in the practice score where Shea Gilders Alexander is getting some shots up.
48:25I've never heard Knoss name pronounced so.
48:28So, right.
48:29Fluently.
48:31So, fluently.
48:32Well, there was a rumor that Ian was going to perform with Knoss today after the game.
48:38I don't know if that's true or not.
48:40I should have gone to hard Z.
48:42Throw down.
48:45Dunked by Carter.
48:48You study all the pronunciations all day, and then you get a promo with Knoss.
48:54Ten-point lead.
48:57150 remaining.
48:58Yeah, you definitely said the S.
49:00I did.
49:00Yes.
49:01I meant the Z.
49:02My apologies to Knoss.
49:05Your son just hit me and just apologized that I had to work with you today.
49:10Richardson, a three.
49:11He's got it.
49:12Magic trying to come back here.
49:15123 to 116.
49:17A minute and a half to go.
49:19That's not easy.
49:20Jace Richardson hasn't been playing a lot.
49:22You come in late in the game.
49:24He's acquitting himself very, very well.
49:28Hart drives it in, and he fakes it home.
49:31I'm telling you, I don't think people understand what a great finisher Josh Hart is.
49:38And Hart just made contact with the driver because him and Carter got into it out front.
49:48Well, Hart was upset that he didn't get this call, but that's pretty good verticality.
49:52Yeah, that's tough.
49:53By Wendell Carter Jr., but that is a great finish.
49:56That's just tough.
49:57I mean, he, as we talked about, he's so unorthodox in how he plays the game of basketball.
50:01And so it throws the defender off when they're trying to block a shot.
50:04Foul was called on Hart.
50:06There will be a challenge with 1.15 to play.
50:09This is a nine-point game in the semifinals.
50:12On Hart, to me, that's a moving screen.
50:17To me, that foul should have gone on.
50:19Wendell Carter Jr.
50:20We'll see what they say here.
50:23So the contact that Hart made down low on Bain, the original contact was he and Carter meeting.
50:35And that was the point made by Mike Brown and the challenge by the New York Knicks.
50:41Knicks very good on challenges the last two years.
50:45I've already hyped up my guy Jordan Brink over there.
50:48So he better get this one right, or it's the last time I mention him on air the rest of the year.
50:53He can't make me look bad.
50:55I've hyped him up.
50:56I don't believe you.
50:58I think you'll hype him up again.
51:00You think so?
51:00Yeah.
51:02I'm telling you, I take it as an act of disloyalty.
51:06After review, the offensive player gives the defender the opportunity to avoid contact,
51:11and the defender then delivers illegal lower body contact.
51:14Therefore, the call stands, and the challenge is unsuccessful.
51:19Well, he's there for Jordan.
51:20Yeah, no chance, man.
51:21He's done.
51:22It's over.
51:22It's his last time he's mentioned on an NBA on Prime.
51:26That's it.
51:27He's done.
51:27We're going to monitor that.
51:30Well, we have their game Tuesday, and we'll have their game Friday,
51:35and I'm guaranteeing you his name's not coming up.
51:38Can he make up for it?
51:40Well, he can't make up for it tonight because he's out of challenges.
51:43Yeah, can he make up for it in the next few games?
51:45You know what?
51:45Can he earn it back?
51:46He'd have to get about five in a row right.
51:48You said he's number one, right?
51:50I think he was.
51:51He was last year for sure, and I think they are this year, and I honestly thought he had
51:56it right there, but it doesn't matter what I think.
51:59It only matters what Kevin and Sean and Andy think.
52:03I also feel like you're just making up the rules as we go.
52:05You just arbitrarily picked out five in a row in order to get back into your good grace.
52:11Well, yeah, of course I'm making up the rules as I go.
52:14The world according to Stan.
52:16It's the same thing we do as parents, right?
52:18We just make up the rules as we go.
52:20Just make it up.
52:22Another one here for Wendell Carter.
52:25I heard a parent making up a rule on a plane.
52:27I look back at her like, that ain't true.
52:29That's not real.
52:31I ain't saying nothing, but I looked at it like, there's no way.
52:33You could have told the kid and maybe ended that whole relationship.
52:371.15 left on the clock.
52:40Knicks just trying to get it in cleanly.
52:42They do.
52:42Hart ahead for Bridges.
52:45Handling the pressure, and then Bridges floats it home.
52:48All that little stuff that Hart does, like breaking that press.
52:52He knows, don't look backwards against the pressure.
52:55Look up the floor.
52:57And Anobi with the board.
52:58A foul called with 1.02 on the clock,
53:01and the Knicks can taste it.
53:06There's quite a few Knicks fans in the building, too.
53:09As you look around here, they're all standing up now.
53:13Oh, yeah, now they're up.
53:14Yeah, now they're up.
53:15You can see there's quite a few Knicks fans in the building.
53:19I would expect most of them will be back on Tuesday.
53:21The Knicks are shooting 60% from the field.
53:29They've gotten their free throw numbers up to just over 75%.
53:34We talked about the financial part of it.
53:36The winner here is guaranteed $212,000 a player.
53:42Head coach also gets that number.
53:46Assistant coaches, the number's a little different.
53:50And then two-way players is half the number.
53:52Yeah, but the two-way players, it's a bigger boon to them than to anybody.
53:56Plus, they've got tonight in Vegas with not a game until Tuesday.
54:02D-Wade, Cassidy, what does Mitchell Robinson plan to do with his night off in Vegas?
54:09Oh, he has big plans because he is a big-time country music fan.
54:15And the Zac Brown band is playing at the Sphere.
54:17Concerts sold out.
54:18The Robinson joke, he probably has a hookup given that James Dolan,
54:21the Knicks owner, also owns the Sphere.
54:23So just another reason he wanted to win tonight
54:26and making it a little bit more sweeter for the big man.
54:28Well, and Mr. Dolan might not have given him the tickets if they had lost today.
54:34Well, we don't know, though.
54:35Well, I just don't know that he would have, though.
54:37You know now he will.
54:39Well, I know Tyler's dad is on CarMax right now trying to find his car.
54:43That's exactly right.
54:44He's looking.
54:45That's exactly right.
54:47He's looking right now.
54:48So Tyler Kolick last year used his winnings to buy his mom a new car.
54:52He came out and said dad would get a new car if they continue advancing in the Cup.
54:58And the Knicks are 41.7 away from qualifying for the championship game.
55:05Wow.
55:05And then we have Cat, who's going to use his money for good cause
55:09and give money to the Dominican Republic.
55:13Every player we talk to mentioned how much they've enjoyed the Cup experience,
55:19the intensity level,
55:22and the feeling that there's something on the line.
55:25These are games in November and December.
55:29And there's a goal.
55:30There's an objective in mind.
55:33Everybody is in it.
55:35All 30 teams.
55:37But the Knicks are going to be the last one standing from the Eastern Conference.
55:43Yeah, look, you've got to give Adam Silver and the people at the NBA
55:47all the credit in the world for this.
55:51There were a lot of skeptics when they started this three years ago
55:54that didn't like the idea.
55:56There's not too many people now that will speak against it.
55:59I think the other part of the mentality with Cup games is the diff.
56:03They're still trying to score.
56:04Yeah.
56:05If this was not a Cup game, they would be backing it out.
56:09They'd be slowing it down.
56:11They'd be having a catch.
56:12They are looking to score all the time.
56:15That's a great point.
56:16I'm glad you brought that up
56:17because I've always had a problem with players being mad
56:20at guys that will run through the tape and play the entire game
56:23because it's a league.
56:24I love the Cup because no matter what, you have to run through the tape.
56:28You have to finish the game.
56:29And that's the way we should play the game.
56:31Yeah, absolutely.
56:32And the other thing is,
56:34the part I've thought is always tough at the end of NBA games is
56:37you bring these guys off the bench.
56:40Now they get to play two minutes.
56:41Right.
56:42And you have them holding the ball out there.
56:43Right.
56:44They don't get to have to rock out.
56:45No, no.
56:46If you're going to put me in for two minutes,
56:47at least let me play in two minutes.
56:5029 seconds.
56:51It's a lot of time.
56:52You know, even other players will get upset
56:54if somebody dunks at the end of the team's way ahead.
56:57Look, man.
56:58Play the game for 48.
57:00The other part of the equation here,
57:03there's a budding rivalry.
57:05Oh, no question.
57:06And I think both these teams will be in the final four
57:10in the Eastern Conference this year.
57:12Bancaro couldn't finish it.
57:14Yabusele with the rebound.
57:16Get it ahead for Bridges.
57:18And now Bridges is going to dribble it out.
57:21Knicks fans rise to their feet.
57:26The New York Knicks advance to the championship game
57:32in the Emirates NBA Cup.
57:36The Knicks are staying in Vegas.
57:39The Magic see their run come to an end.
57:431-32 to 1-20.
57:46The final.
57:52This semifinal matchup belongs to New York.
57:57The Knicks are in the final here
58:02in America's playground.
58:05Oklahoma City and San Antonio coming up.
58:11We send it over to Cassidy Hubbard.
58:14Carl, our studio crew cried for Thundercat in this game.
58:19And you delivered.
58:20I mean, the monster dunk flying around
58:21in what was a physical, fast-paced game.
58:24How were you guys able to keep up with the pace in this one?
58:26I mean, that's a really good team on this side.
58:29We know what they do.
58:30They're best at when they're getting out in pace.
58:32And we did a great job of just slowing them down
58:34and playing Knicks basketball.
58:36Even when, you know, they got on their runs,
58:38we know the game is a game of runs.
58:40We minimized the bleeding.
58:42And we did a great job tonight.
58:43And Knicks basketball included all five starters
58:46in double figures, led by Jalen Brunson.
58:49You guys scored or shot over 60%.
58:53Why is this offense humming the way it is right now?
58:56I mean, we're playing good basketball right now.
58:57And it's a good time when you're at the NBA Cup
58:59playing some really good basketball.
59:00So, you know, this team, we work hard.
59:03And we put the hours in.
59:05And we pay attention to the little details of every practice.
59:08And we had two great practices up to this day.
59:10So we felt very confident in our game.
59:12And, you know, we came out here
59:14and did exactly what we said we wanted to do,
59:16which was play Knicks basketball.
59:17Thanks for your time.
59:18And good luck on Tuesday.
59:20Hey, appreciate it.
59:21Appreciate it.
59:23Yep.
59:24Another game for the Knicks
59:25after winning the semifinals
59:27over the Orlando Magic.
59:29132 to 120.
59:31They advance to the Emirates NBA Cup Championship.
59:34They'll take on the winner of our Game 2 doubleheader,
59:36Spurs and Thunder.
59:37After the break, we'll send it over to Taylor
59:39and the rest of the crew.
59:40The crossover presented by Universal Orlando Resorts.
59:44NBA on Prime.
59:45Semifinal action.
59:46More to come.
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