00:00tonight's a big night yeah tonight's game five knicks hawks uh it's only game that matters to
00:04me obviously uh the knicks coming off uh their best performance oh yeah in this series as far
00:09against atlanta in game four uh the games of master square garden of tonight and this has
00:17been one of those games where same old same old like there's no reason to change the script at
00:22all uh from a nick perspective right right and when you consider the fact that the magic take
00:27a 3-1 series lead last night against the detroit pistons i do think the celtics are closed out
00:32the sixers tonight uh that game's at seven o'clock tonight the next game's at eight o'clock tonight
00:37even if philly has some self-respect and forces a game five a game six a game six i the
00:44celtics are
00:44going to win that series i think you're with me on that unfortunately yes but it goes back to what
00:48i
00:48was saying when you and i were talking about the the our predictions for the playoffs that in the east
00:54the four seed was better than the three seed because the pistons are not right the pistons
01:00are going to lose to the orlando magic that's a one four matchup well i think they may but okay
01:07tomorrow the line's out for tomorrow's game detroit favorite nine and a half all right all right so
01:12it's still three one it'll be three two then and then i still think pistons and seven but you think
01:18they'll go to orlando when take them out of game six well first they gotta win game five at home
01:22right they're big favorites i think i still think but that's a think but what i do know is
01:28they're not ready right they're not ready bottom line is meanwhile like you said the knicks if they
01:33take care of their business celtics and that's a much tougher yeah it is because the celtics look
01:37anything i think they're the best coach team in basketball uh number one number two tatum's back
01:43right and and while i give the sixers credit they stole a game in boston you know the celtics came
01:48back
01:48the filling said you relax everybody you know you're not that good i don't beat came back but
01:54still he wasn't the problem but yeah it's just they're not as good now look maybe you get a great
01:58game out of him beat tonight and certainly on the table you know when he did play he played well
02:03he
02:03played well yeah so i just think the celtics are going to win they're going to win the series
02:06unfortunately yeah so it's a weird thing where you know when you if you get down to the next round
02:11and it is what we thought one two three four we're always saying well look can you avoid the celtics
02:17until the eastern conference finals the knicks can't do that the knicks will have to play boston
02:21of course in the next round but getting back to the next hawks game tonight this is one of those
02:26deals
02:27tonight where there's no reason to get cute tonight is do exactly what the game plan was in game four
02:35in atlanta this atlanta hawks do not have a legitimate center the tallest guy 6-9 all right you give
02:44whether it's uh carl anthony towns out of the gate if you do give mitcher robinson 20 plus minutes
02:50tonight it's low post low post force them to try to defend the low post by doubling carl anthony towns
02:58then you get the kick out to og in the corner or jalen at the top of the key or
03:04drive into the lane
03:05this is easy tonight carl anthony towns takes 20 plus shots and 80 of them are within five feet of
03:14the goal i agree no reason to get cute tonight right but i think the larger issue for the knicks
03:19isn't this game i believe the knicks are going to win the next two games didn't play well well that's
03:23that's what i'm bringing up i think the knicks are going to win the next two games brunson has to
03:27get
03:27better now because the way that they have built this celtics team because they kind of thought it was
03:33going to be a rebuild year at first yeah they got it right they got they all they have all
03:37new big
03:37men none of the big men from last year or they're all there but they have multiple guys right those
03:42guys are all going with pritchard now playing so much there's no playing well playing really well
03:47and obviously you already know about tatum and brown that could be hell for brunson if he's not
03:51going well on the other end i think the most important thing from any team in the playoffs these next
03:56two games is for brunson to get back to being brunson because that's the knicks only path yeah look
04:02yes beyond this series yeah if he's not playing well the knicks can't win he's a bit of a defensive
04:08liability but again that's what i said to start the series off even after you know the first two
04:14games of cj mccullum you know uh you know turn the hands of time backwards and became dwayne wade
04:20all of a sudden right if you're relying on cj mccullum and i have nothing but respect for cj mccullum
04:25he's 34 years old he's had a really good career came out of lehigh and uh he's like he found
04:31the
04:31fountain of youth in this series if atlanta needs cj mccullum to score 30 they're not going anywhere
04:38yeah right and i like kaminga too right but those guys are role players on good teams they're not guys
04:47you could count on to carry a franchise you know through a seven game series so if i'm the knicks
04:53tonight it's exactly what i did in game four get the ball in the low post get the ball out
04:58of
04:58brunson's hands and let's go
05:00you
05:00I'll be right back.
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