Do the Knicks Have the Perfect Finals Setup?

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber shift from Mitchell Robinson’s injury to the Western Conference Finals, where Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s struggles raise questions about how a focused defense can limit even an elite scorer. With the series headed to Game 7, they debate whether the winner will be vulnerable and whether the Knicks have a real chance to compete with either team. The conversation also digs into a rare scheduling advantage for the Knicks, who are set to face a third straight opponent coming off a Game 7. Evan argues that rest matters in basketball and could help New York, while Tiki warns that rust and Mitchell Robinson’s pinky could still complicate the start of the Finals.

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0:00.0	Remember how SGA had that incredible streak that set the all-time record for most consecutive 20-point games?
0:06.2	I remember you brought that up, yeah.
0:08.2	Last night was the third time in this postseason. He did an eclipse 20 points.
0:13.3	He's been bad this postseason.
0:14.5	Well, in this series specifically. Right.
0:16.4	He is shooting 26% from three, 37% from the field. And yeah, in three of the six games, or two of the six
0:24.2	games in this series, he has an eclipse 20, which was the whole record he was chasing during the
0:30.6	regular season. Yeah, I wonder, this can't be nerves. It can't be inexperienced because he just
0:35.1	did this. Better defense. That's my answer. Better defense, but it's also, I can't help but think about what we talked about, was that
0:42.5	yesterday or two days ago about the flopping and how he's constantly chasing free throws.
0:48.6	I think he was doing that in the regular season too.
0:50.2	I know, but to your point, with better defense and better defenders and better schemes,
0:55.5	actually more focused schemes, because instead of playing a one-off, you're playing a seven-game
1:00.0	series, you can start thinking about how to attack SGA.
1:04.1	It's like, let him flop.
1:05.9	Let him flop around.
1:07.0	He's going to take bad shots.
1:08.6	Just don't foul him.
1:10.0	And he's instead of being that attack the basket,
1:14.6	attack the, you know, the scoring and be a lead,
1:18.1	he's trying to get the cheapies.
1:20.0	And it just doesn't work against good defenses.
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