00:00There is such a laser focus from everybody, from Jalen, from Kat to Mikel, who was awesome in this game.
00:06I think any discussion about Dem Picks has completely been obliterated.
00:10Yeah, it doesn't matter.
00:11It does not matter.
00:11It doesn't matter at this point.
00:12He is delivered in a major way, but they were stone-cold killers, and they were able to take a
00:172-0 series lead.
00:18And I think if you're just being logical about things, you have to have immense confidence that you can find
00:23a way to win two more games and finish this thing off.
00:24Especially because you have two at home, and it's going to be loud and raucous.
00:28And you have to feel excited.
00:31Just don't play in the parade yet.
00:33I love the Mikael Bridges.
00:34You bring him up.
00:35The post-game media availability he did when he's on the court, and they ask him about, oh, does it
00:42feel like being up 2-0?
00:43And he's straight Mamba mentality.
00:46Yeah.
00:46You want to hear it?
00:47Of course.
00:48For those that missed it, there were two interviews Mikael Bridges did after the game that I think you have
00:53to admit gives you some goose wiggles, if you will.
00:55This is labeled Bridges too, Sean.
00:57This is Mikael right after the game.
01:00I forget who was interviewing him.
01:02Yeah, I can't remember either.
01:03But listen to the laser focus and the intensity in the answers given by Mikael Bridges.
01:09Just gut, just fight, man.
01:11A lot of integrity, a lot of just poised, staying together.
01:14We're going to fight today.
01:15And they made a run.
01:15They're a really good team, but we're going to fight today.
01:17The level of intensity tonight was off the charts.
01:21Describe what it was like playing in it.
01:23This is great, man.
01:24This is great.
01:25I just wish we had a better fourth quarter.
01:26But they're a really good team.
01:27They pushed it, but we've got to be better.
01:30You were dominant on both ends of the floor, coming up with big stops, big shots.
01:34Talk about your performance tonight.
01:36My teammates, man.
01:37My teammates' coaches gave me confidence.
01:39But I had a bad fourth.
01:40I've got to be better.
01:41I've got to play hard all throughout the fourth quarter.
01:43Even when I'm tired, I've got to keep going.
01:45I can't have a fourth quarter like that.
01:46Up 2-0, going back to the garden.
01:48What's the mindset?
01:490-0.
01:50Stay desperate.
01:50All times.
01:52Listen to that.
01:54They've stayed desperate all the time.
01:55And that's how they play, by the way.
01:57They played like that in all the closeout games we talked about against the 76ers, the Cavaliers.
02:02When the pressure is on the other team, the Knicks play better than them, which is amazing.
02:07I mean, they could have blown game two.
02:09They fell behind.
02:10And somehow were able to show that poise and find a way to hold on.
02:14And I was thinking about this after Mikel Bridges' interview, and he did a few of these where he was
02:18just...
02:19And to describe the video, if you didn't see it, he's, like, shaking.
02:22And, like, his eyes are really focused.
02:25Like, I think the video also added to the intensity of that mini wrestling promo Mikel Bridges caught.
02:30But he didn't mention that in this interview, but I started to think about it.
02:33This is a guy who has NBA Finals experience.
02:36There's not a lot of guys who do.
02:38Do you remember his NBA Finals experience?
02:40And I admit, I forgot it because I avoided watching that NBA Finals for some personal reasons.
02:45The Suns won the first two games.
02:48He was on the team that was up 2-0.
02:51Well, you probably had the same emotions I did for that NBA Finals.
02:54Right.
02:55I don't want to watch this.
02:56I'm bitter.
02:56But they were up 2-0.
02:58Now, they were at home, obviously very different than going on the road.
03:01And his team lost four straight.
03:03So Mikel Bridges knows probably as well as anybody,
03:08hey, I know what this means.
03:10We're up 2-0.
03:11We haven't done it yet.
03:12It's like the Kobe Bryant Mamba mentality when he was asked about,
03:16I think it was being up 2-0.
03:17I forget the exact NBA Finals.
03:19And he's like, what's the smile about?
03:20What have we accomplished?
03:21Aren't you happy?
03:22Aren't you happy?
03:23You're up 2-0.
03:23He's like, well, what have we accomplished?
03:24What have we accomplished?
03:25And I think Mikel Bridges, and not just him,
03:28but the rest of this roster, has that same mentality.
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