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Evan & Tiki

Can the Knicks Turn a Dream Run Into a Championship?

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The Knicks are back at the center of New York’s sports universe, and the city is ready to erupt. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber react to the lifted NYPD ban on watch parties outside Madison Square Garden, the frenzy over sold out Garden viewing tickets, and the growing belief that this Knicks team may be built for something historic. The conversation dives into whether championship droughts need an epic ending, why past curse breakers may offer a strange road map, and how the Knicks stack up against a dangerous Spurs team led by Victor Wembanyama. Evan and Tiki also debate whether the Knicks’ dominant playoff run should silence criticism about their path to the Finals, and what this title would mean in the larger history of New York championships.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And how about this little piece of breaking news for Nick's fans in the city tonight?

0:03.4

The NYPD ban on Nick's watch parties directly outside MSG has been lifted for tonight.

0:09.3

According to Ian Begley, the NYPD had previously banned watch parties in Plaza 33 during the Eastern Conference final.

0:15.8

They've reversed the decision for game one tonight.

0:19.0

And MSG spokesperson has confirmed the garden has applied for permits to host that party tonight. And those permits have been granted for just tonight as it stands. Behave. That's the answer. Just behave. Be excited. Be crazy, but behave crazy. You know what I mean? Because all it takes is one idiot to do something horrific.

0:37.6

Yeah.

0:56.7

And it's canceled again. Yep. That's what it always comes down to. And yesterday on the program, I mentioned that I got an email. A lot of us did about the Knicks Watch Party inside Madison Square Garden. I even joked, hey, do you want to go? And I told you I was 117,000th online. So I said, all right, I'm not getting this ticket, nor was I really going. So let me log out.

0:58.7

They sold out in record time and then people put it on the resale market for like hundreds

1:04.8

of dollars.

1:05.5

Meanwhile, it's like $10 to get in.

1:07.9

Is that right?

1:08.6

Yeah.

1:09.6

That's just horrible.

1:10.6

That's terrible. Yeah, it is. It's one thing to resell, Is that right? Yeah. That's just horrible. That's terrible.

1:11.5

Yeah, it is. It's one thing to resell, you know, season tickets. It's another thing to scoop up tickets simply to try to resell them. But look, there is no denying. To make 10x on it? Come on. That's ridiculous. There's no denying that this city is going to be rabid tonight.

1:30.8

Inside Madison Square Garden to literally watch the game on Garden Vision,

1:32.5

which isn't even the greatest TV in the world.

1:35.5

Outside, as Sean mentioned, every single bar.

1:37.6

I think Central Park is doing a watch party.

1:39.8

So it is going to be an incredible night.

1:41.4

One last thing before we get to your calls,

2:02.5

if you believe in history, if you believe in, hey, you're wrong about the Knicks not being able to win a title because the Chicago Cubs did it, the Boston Red Sox did it, and all those examples you want to give. I'll tell you something that the Cubs, the Red Sox, the Cavaliers, City of Cleveland, and the White Sox all have in common. What's that? And those are, I think we would agree, like, the Cavaliers, city of Cleveland, and the white socks all have in common.

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