All right, welcome to an audio-only version of the PHLI Sixers podcast as the NBA Finals is set to kick off later tonight.

And I think, Kyle, I think this is going to be quite a series.

Yeah, I mean, Sixers fans got a taste of what the Knicks have been on this postseason.

They have been an absolute buzzsaw.

They have close to a plus 20 net rating right now,

which is absolutely mind boggling.

They are in the midst of one of the best playoff stretches,

statistically ever, which is just a crazy thought.

I saw one stat, I think it was from our friend Tim, Tim Bondemps, who said that over

their last 11 games, the overall, they've outscored opponents by more than any team in

NBA history over an 11 game stretch, playoffs or regular season.

Absolutely wild.

Obviously that one Hawks game to end that series is doing some heavy lifting, but they have

all of the games to end their series. doing some heavy lifting, but they have all of the

games to end their series.

They have been crushing teams when it matters here. And so you guys have seen them,

presumably you've also seen the San Antonio Spurs who have the second youngest finals team

in the shot clock era, led by Victor Wembenyama, who was one of my preferred MVP

candidates this year, who Derek and Devon, I think some of their bold predictions before

the year was Spurs are going to be a big sleeper team while nobody's sleeping on the Spurs

anymore after that game seven win over the Oklahoma City Thunder,

I think the thing that has impressed me the most about them, Derek,

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