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00:01what a show we got planned for you today it is a Thursday on the early line sports grid network
00:06and
00:06my goodness did you wait up last night because if you did you saw the biggest comeback in NBA
00:12finals history if you went bad at the half I said you know what I can't even blame the people
00:18out
00:18there why is that because you didn't think they would be able to come back and you thought it
00:22was going to be a 2-2 series and back to San Antonio you go before you see a 107
00:27-106 victory
00:29by those New York Knicks we will get into that information and much more why because the World
00:34Cup starts today also the NHL Stanley Cup finals resume they're even a 2-2 back in Raleigh North
00:40Carolina the action is going to be fast it's going to be swift pun intended and away we go it's
00:46your
00:46boy DRS and it's Joe Ranieri my goodness what we saw last night Joe never going to see again maybe
00:53yeah I mean Donnie no kidding uh it was a crazy night to say uh the least and uh hey
01:00listen we
01:01were we have said uh both the NHL and the NBA have delivered for us uh this year and and
01:09I we got at
01:10least a couple more games uh in both series coming up including uh the NHL here tonight now let me
01:17tell
01:17you something about this the plus two and a half on the Spurs never in doubt the under in that
01:21game
01:22never in doubt either a 2-0 night here and that's how you get the job done but fill up
01:27that cup of
01:27coffee get extra caffeinated Joe deliver that hot topic of the day yeah I'll tell you what Donnie I
01:34think we all could use some caffeine this morning because of what we just witnessed inside of Madison
01:41Square Garden last night we watched the greatest in-game comeback in NBA finals history while also
01:48watching the most historic meltdown the sports world has ever seen with the San Antonio Spurs because
01:57the New York Knicks were down by 29 points early in the second half 29 they were playing their worst
02:07half of basketball that we have seen in a very very long time look like the late 90s Knicks awful
02:14looking absolutely embarrassed on their own home court headed towards a tied series heading back to
02:21San Antonio hell Ben Stiller looked like he was going to cry I felt terrible poor guy sitting on the
02:28court like that and then the Spurs were just on fire what they had 14 three-pointers in the first
02:35half
02:35oh yeah and that seven foot four alien Victor Webinyama he was clapping in Mitchell Robinson's face
02:42talking trash acting like the championship was already wrapped up but then Donnie we know better the floor
02:50well it completely tilted what followed was an absolute abandonment of any offensive principles by a team
02:58that I have seen in a very long time San Antonio dropped a whopping 30 points in the entire second
03:07half they
03:08win a miserable three for 17 from behind the arc and Wemby back of a milk carton Donnie nowhere to
03:17be found when the
03:18season and the game was on the line but one thing you can't do or don't do is count out
03:25a team with genuine New York
03:27resiliency because I told you yesterday that Jose Alvarado had no intention of taking any crap from Wemby and he
03:34didn't
03:34because he came off the bench he dropped eight massive points in the fourth quarter completely ignited the
03:41garden even tried to suplex Wemby in the first half might have been my favorite part of the game
03:46and then Ananobi puts on the cape and likely wraps up the MVP award and then of course poor De
03:53'Aaron Fox
03:54has got the Spurs ready just to ship him out as soon as this season is over
03:59pandemonium in the garden the Knicks win one of the most iconic brands in sports is on the verge of
04:06its first championship since 1973 but here's the real kicker Donnie the suits in the lead office
04:14are the ones laughing all the way to the bank Adam Silver and the NBA just got bailed out again
04:22because
04:23this has been one of the worst most miserable seasons in recent memory for the association
04:29we just had a regular season Donnie filled with exponentially bad tanking horrific officiating
04:36injuries to the league's biggest stars all sorts of relegation now next year with the I mean
04:43laughably bad but if the Knicks pull this off well then the NBA Magic League comes out smelling like a
04:51rose Leon Rose that is and the Knicks are on the verge of making Adam Silver once again
04:58the NBA a big winner the big bad Western Conference champions turns out Donnie approving
05:04no match for the more experienced tough as nails East and they always say the hardest one to win is
05:09the last one closing out San Antonio not going to be easy it's going to be a war but Donnie
05:16we should
05:17remind everyone enjoy these games no matter how many we have left because this has been unbelievable
05:24theater and let's be honest we never know when we might see anything like it again
05:31spots why sports are the greatest now I might have woken up this morning if it was a four-point
05:34victory
05:35by the Knicks and been furious at that game but basically it was a Picasso that you got your
05:38sweated and still were able to cover the two and a half and as I told you Joe had the
05:41under in this game
05:42good luck with that 30 total points in the second half by the Spurs sometimes we always like to bring
05:47football back into the equation and keep it in New York with Bill Parcells you know who's just
05:51appreciated with Bill Parcells late in the game Joe up let's just say 10 points with four minutes
05:55to go guys we're not throwing the football we're handing the football up the middle we're playing
05:59percentage football here where they have to have a miracle to come back we're not going to hand it to
06:04them and as I just told you 41 points in the first quarter Joe by the Spurs 35 points in
06:09the second
06:09quarter 30 total points in the second half what were you doing out there so much more to get to
06:15Joe
06:15great hot topic off the break which again we're going to continually hit this hard over the next two hours
06:20but let's get to the early lineup and there will be lawyers Joe and there will be associations with
06:25I'm with the player I'm with the school I'm with the conference now the latest Texas Tech AD Kirby
06:30Hokut releases a statement on Brandon Soresby quote Texas Tech is not a party to Brandon's lawsuit we
06:36did not file it we did not fund it fantastic stuff who's in control down there Joe and he's right
06:43and
06:43we've been saying this Donnie from day one when the news was announced I mean the moral outrage of
06:49these people is so hypocritical it's ridiculous Texas to what is Texas Tech supposed to do they
06:55just signed a dude for four to five million dollars they're not breaking any rules he was signed with
07:01them the whole thing was getting blown up now he's cleared the play what are they supposed to do walk
07:06away the whole thing is absurd it really is uh-oh will Wade be an investigator you know NC State
07:12was
07:13not happy with his departure after one year hey you used us now we're coming after you how about this
07:18breaking the contract here did he do anything wrong by the way does will Wade ever do anything
07:23right that's what I should say least surprising story to come out in the last 24 hours Donnie that
07:29will Wade might have been uh breaking the rule unlike Texas Tech will Wade uh definitely I can assure you
07:36is probably doing something nefarious patchable homes I guess has enough money to maybe make a
07:42significant investment in the SpaceX IPO coming up soon because why two more years tacked on tons of
07:48money here this man 504.75 million yeah that's a value for him and worth every damn penny so kudos
08:02to him
08:02uh you know some guys a very few are worth the kind of money that he is looking at but
08:08he is absolutely
08:09worth it there you go those New York Knicks last night what a comeback here showing that grit the
08:14people some people did leave at the half and I can't fault him but again Joe this wasn't a game
08:18like in early February it's like I paid 200 for these seats I'll leave when some people were playing
08:24a hundred grand for those seats they stuck around and they got memories on top of memories Joe
08:30yeah I was gonna say Donnie if you spent uh you know 20 large to get into the building to
08:35watch that
08:35game last night you were gonna watch it till the very last second you all if you got the tickets
08:40for free you were likely heading to the door at the break break out the Vuvuzelas Joe World Cup
08:46action starts today yeah get out of the way here we go a couple of weeks Donnie of uh on
08:53the biggest
08:53stage right soccer is here look Trump went to a basketball game he goes I'm not going to the opening
09:00of the World Cup maybe if the Americans do make it to the final he will be there and how
09:04about Serena
09:04Williams doubles partner got injured not her come on man find somebody to help her out at this point
09:10right now we don't need any help today people it's a Thursday and yes the New York Knicks Spurs will
09:15be
09:15a topic all throughout the show stick with us we'll be right back after a quick break hour number two
09:21on
09:21a Thursday oh my goodness what do we have tonight well you got some NHL action you can watch in
09:26the
09:26Stanley Cup that series tied 2-2 between Carolina and Vegas do you know what else you have the World
09:31Cup
09:32starting this afternoon there's actually a double header three o'clock and 10 p.m eastern today
09:37kicking off hundreds of matches throughout tons of cities and a lot of tickets still out there to
09:43be deciphered and how much money you're going to actually spend on those tickets and will that
09:47market crash down but the hot topics continue to flow because we are going to continually talk
09:52about what happened in Madison Square Garden last night the crowd came alive the Knicks came back
09:58the Spurs tucked their tails and eventually ended up with an egg to the back and ahead of Webb and
10:03Yama
10:03on the way back to San Antonio so many topics to get to Joe in hour number two it's time
10:10for it to get
10:10underway yeah uh Donnie epic night last night don't forget we got a uh we got a pretty important uh
10:18game
10:18five tonight in the NHL in the Stanley Cup finals and like you said uh World Cup and from what
10:24I understand
10:24there's plenty of tickets uh flooding the market right now so still have time Donnie to go get your
10:31World Cup uh tickets and go see a game if you like does anybody in New York have any money
10:36left over
10:37after those ticket prices of games three and four and if there is a game six at Madison Square Garden
10:40do we have to bring back the Wu-Tang Clan who should be getting a lot of credit for that
10:45comeback
10:46hyping up the crowd at the half keeping them around just to see that epic Knicks come back here but
10:50Joe we talk about the good times in New York City they're rolling right now they're about to win an
10:54NBA championship one of the cities that New York doesn't like is Boston and they can't get out of
11:00their own way Joe did you see this news Garrett Crochet one of the better young pitchers in Major
11:03League Baseball he's got a latch strain he goes it's a lot worse than what we thought and I have
11:09no idea when I'm going to start to throw again that's not a good sign
11:14is he talking about the Red Sox or did the lack uh I'm because I was confused so yeah is
11:22he saying
11:22that this is a lot worse than I thought like actually coming here to Boston his team's a hot
11:27mess or uh is he in no rush to come back anytime soon sounds like a little bit of both
11:32by the way
11:33we're in a rush to get back brain to Sewersby as we open up more topics here on the early
11:37lineup and
11:37we didn't hear from here Joe let's hear from the Texas Tech head coach on Sewersby
11:42Brendan Sewersby is recovering from an addiction he's recovering like um I've sit down with this
11:55young man multiple times and the things that he is going through and what he's been through
12:00is serious as a society we've been okay with other things that happens and allowing players to play and
12:10this has been the one thing that has united people that they were against you know and it's crazy
12:18because it's it's not murder it's not beating somebody or it's so there's a lot of things that
12:27we're working through now there's a lot of ways you can go in this story at this point right now
12:32and I just wish hey look he broke a rule you couldn't break hopefully he gets a second chance
12:37he's getting some help but now it's like Texas Tech is like on the defensive like yeah this quarterback
12:43could help us win a lot of games and he broke the card in the rule but Joe at least
12:47he didn't kill
12:48anybody yeah I mean there's there's always that uh Donnie and I love the fact that you know they're
12:56getting all of this money from their big booster Cody Campbell right that's how they were able to
13:01afford uh Sewersby to begin with uh and when he was asked about all of these uh teams basically lining
13:08up
13:09to try and uh and not play Texas Tech he basically said I got uh I got a dozen lawyers
13:15on retainer
13:16Donnie good luck with that you go ahead and try to back out let me know let me see how
13:20that works
13:21out for a lot of posturing and absolutely there will be no action against Texas Tech yeah and again
13:29there will be action against Texas Tech that technically will be no action because his
13:33eligibility will be up and then the court case like well what are we actually ruling on now
13:37nothing sorry to waste your time and uh we'll move on to the next one here Will Wade getting himself
13:42caught up now if you don't remember Will Wade this guy was on a wiretap with the FBI like yo
13:46man hook this guy up pay him as much as you can to get him to come to LSU oh
13:49no you can't pay people
13:51but now you can pay people in college and Will Wade was like NC State let me come over there
13:56and rebuild
13:56your program haha just kidding one year I'm going back to where I always wanted to be at LSU and
14:01now
14:01NC State's like oh yeah there will be lawyers involved in this as well
14:07you just again it's Will Wade it follows him the way he laughed the way it's how are we surprised
14:16by
14:16any of this shocker they're going to try to stick it to Will Wade like he stuck it to everybody
14:21else
14:21along the way how about Patrick Mahomes gets a two-year extension here and move some of that money
14:27around a half a billy baby one of the best quarterbacks you're going to find in this generation
14:33I again worth every penny uh you pay the man do what he's got to do I don't know do
14:39it the
14:39Otani way extend it out 700 years what's the difference uh you're you're paying for a once
14:45in a generation quarterback that's worth every cent go New York go New York go go home they were
14:52down 29 points why are we sticking around beat traffic here this is boring my favorite team's
14:56getting wasted and I spent a lot of money on this game 81 to 52 turns into 107 106 New
15:04York
15:05Knicks the biggest comeback Joe in the history of the NBA finals was completed last night on an OG
15:10and an OB miracle tip the hand of God comes in to save the Knicks yeah and he quietly Donnie
15:18is now
15:19the front runner for the MVP like we mentioned uh this week too where forget Brunson who again was
15:27MIA yesterday where was Webb Ayama in the second half nowhere to be found and but you know who has
15:32been
15:34consistent OG and uh that is your likely MVP here moving forward let's hear from the coaches Joe post
15:41game now I challenged a lot of our guys today you know and OG was one of the guys that
15:51I challenged
15:52I told OG as big as strong as athletic as he is he's got to be a monster on the
16:01offense glass tonight
16:03I don't know if there was a play I don't know if there's a play
16:08bigger than any other play in the history of Knicks basketball that was a huge offensive rebound huge
16:14offensive rebound he took on he took on the challenge and he went and won the game for us
16:21doing exactly what I call him out for don't shoot around today Mitch Tom Morris born in San
16:27200 Express News the 30 points in the second half what what went wrong offensively in your mind
16:34uh I mean obviously a few things to score 30 points in a half
16:41we got away from what got us the 76 points in the first half just in terms of putting pressure
16:49on
16:49the rim rolling after screens running continuing to find the pain whether it's for ourselves or for
16:57a teammate we got on our heels and um you know miss some shots and then you know you don't
17:01get as many
17:02free throws by the way you hear the crowd in the background joke where was the they had a post
17:07game press conference I want to see an NCAA maybe championship game not like like the national
17:12championship maybe a conference championship game where the coach was complaining that he could hear
17:16the fans outside fans seemed like they were ready to raid that press conference they were uh and
17:23listen I mean you know they just witnessed the greatest comeback in NBA history and we also
17:28witnessed the greatest meltdown in NBA history and uh yeah I I would love Mitch Johnson to explain to me
17:35the the concept of just chucking up threes and going three of 17 in the uh in the second half
17:42and
17:42thinking that was a good game plan when you had what a 25 point lead at one point come on
17:49plus two and a half the slimmest of margins here Joe World Cup gets underway today we waited years for
17:54it to
17:54happen it's finally here gotta love it Donnie it's gonna be what two and a half three weeks here we
18:01get the route for Team USA uh we don't have to wait up until two o'clock in the morning
18:06to watch these
18:06games Donnie so yes uh all for it let's see what uh let's see what we got one of the
18:12biggest betting
18:13events outside of March Madness that you will see yes have a President Trump not going to attend
18:19USA's opening World Cup match maybe Joe he's got his own opening matches on his back lawn at the
18:25White House for UFC Freedom 250 and Serena Williams I actually read this before like doubles participation
18:31in doubt due to injury like man she already came back is it injured no she's the healthy one her
18:35partner's injured Joe help her out pick up a pickle board or whatever they call it pickleball baby
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