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Evan & Tiki

Cinco de Luncho: Why Tonight Feels Massive for the Knicks

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber close out the show with a fired up Cinco de Luncho countdown focused on why Game 5 against Atlanta feels so important for the Knicks. From avoiding a long series before a potential Celtics matchup to shutting down Giannis trade speculation before it starts, the guys explain why the pressure and expectations around this Knicks team have completely changed after their dominant Game 4 performance. The conversation also dives into the Mets continuing to spiral, season ticket frustration, and fake Yankees trade scenarios involving former Mets stars. Evan and Tiki debate how much fans should trust preseason expectations, why chemistry matters more than talent on paper, and whether New York sports fans judge teams differently depending on expectations and market pressure.

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0:00.0

Sean Moresh in the booth somebody hide the castle

0:05.0

Artics flying phones ringing Evans yelling no

0:09.0

Tiki's laughing chaos cracking nobody's in control

0:15.0

It's Cinco de Roncho

0:19.0

Bam crunch! Let's go Let's go Cinco Day Luncho. Bam! Crunch! Let's go!

0:21.6

Let's go!

0:22.6

Cinco Day Luncho is brought to you by Helix Wireless, connecting everything everywhere.

0:27.6

All right, we're getting revved up. We got, what, seven hours to go.

0:30.6

The five reasons tonight is a must-win game for the New York Knicks.

0:33.6

Here we go.

0:35.6

Here we go!

0:36.6

Number five. Atlanta's already clin Here we go! Number five.

0:39.2

Atlanta's already clinched a baseball playoff spot.

0:41.4

We're not getting that in the National League in baseball here.

0:43.5

We need the Knicks to knock Atlanta out quick.

0:45.0

Already, cleanse the spot.

0:46.8

Look at that division.

0:47.7

Geez.

0:48.6

The division's over.

0:49.8

He's outselling Sal.

0:51.8

The NL East is over.

0:53.7

Or at least one NL playoff spot is over at a minimum. Number four. The Celtics are going to be rested. You saw the way they mowed over the Sixers the other night. You don't want them sitting there for five days while you're scrapping out into a game seven. Yeah. Number three. That's a big part of it. And I know that the business at hand is more important than anything, but you don't want to give the Celtics any extra advantage and getting a few extra days of rest would certainly be one of them. All right. Number three, we want to avoid Janus trade talk as long as we can on the fan. Yes, it'll happen to me. Yeah, it could happen tomorrow if they lose tonight. Number two. The Pistons may be toast. We sat here talking about how they own the Knicks in the regular season. If you're setting up that next round could be the Eastern Conference final, get out of the series as fast as possible. And last but not least. Number one. Evan needs to make resale money on his Knicks tickets because the Mets tickets are worthless now. The biggest reason I've got to win tonight.

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