00:00Everybody picked against the Knicks.
00:02It wasn't like, oh, look at the path to the finals.
00:05The Knicks are a lot to get there.
00:07It was, oh, I think Atlanta's going to give them a run,
00:10but the Knicks might win,
00:11but that's going to be a tougher series than you think.
00:13Atlanta was 18-2 in a 20-game span in February and March.
00:18And then it came, uh-oh, the Sixers with Embiid back.
00:22You may want the Celtics here.
00:24There's a bad matchup.
00:25Who's going to guard Tyrese Maxey?
00:27His 30 points a game.
00:28And, oh, that's right, we swept them.
00:30And then it was like, oh, you got Harden and Mitchell,
00:33two elite scorers.
00:34How are we going to stop that?
00:35Bang, sweep.
00:37So I don't want to hear any nonsense about it.
00:39Now, if it is the easiest way, good.
00:41I don't care about that because I've always said,
00:44when you win a championship and you're having a parade,
00:47nobody looks back 10 years from now and goes,
00:50yeah, they did win a title in 2026,
00:52but look who they beat to get there.
00:54Nobody cares.
00:55And if you pick the Knicks to struggle against Philly,
01:00which you did,
01:00if you pick the Knicks to struggle against Cleveland,
01:03which some people did,
01:04then you can't wake up today and go,
01:06oh, it's an easy path.
01:07You just have to suck it up
01:09and acknowledge greatness when you see it.
01:11And right now,
01:12this team is playing not good,
01:15but great basketball across the board.
01:18And I'm loving it.
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