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The Mike Francesa Podcast

Fourth Quarter Frenzy Secures Series Opener For Knicks

The Mike Francesa Podcast

BetRivers Network

Sports, Baseball, Football, Basketball

4.8816 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Mike Francesa reacts to Game 1 of the Knicks-Pistons series at Madison Square Garden. Saturday's contest saw Detroit lead by as many as nine points before a 21-0 fourth quarter run helped New York come from behind to take the opener. Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 34 points while Karl-Anthony Towns finished the day with a double-double. Subscribe today to The Mike Francesa Podcast for more New York sports news, analysis, and breakdowns.

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0:00.0

It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the BetRivers Network.

0:04.0

Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast on the Mike Francesa channel on the

0:09.6

BetRivers Network on YouTube.

0:11.0

On this Saturday night, after a Nick fourth quarter performance that sent everybody for the exit smiling,

0:23.9

whether they're headed for 34th Street or headed for the railroad or headed on a night on the town. It doesn't matter. They will leave

0:30.5

with smiles on their face regaling the 40 to 21.4th quarter explosion by the Knicks that included a mind-boggling 21-0-0-0-0-1-0-run in a

0:42.2

playoff game. You don't see that very often. And honestly, this was a game where other than the

0:49.5

fact that they were having trouble getting their star involved the way they want to get him involved.

0:55.2

Now, stat line doesn't look terrible, 21 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, but he did not have the

1:01.7

command of the game that they wanted to have, and he did not play the game that they need

1:07.3

him to play to win. But it was an odd game in that regard.

1:12.0

After three quarters, though, they were in very good shape.

1:14.6

When you go back and trace this game, the Pistons got an incredible first half on the shooting from three from Harris, who had 22 first half points.

1:25.4

And I think he finished with 22 points.

1:28.6

Now, you don't expect him to score like that.

1:30.8

No, he went out of 25, so he did get one bucket in the second half.

1:34.4

He had 22 at the half.

1:36.2

He and Beasley, who you know are going to knock down threes.

1:39.2

That's the idea they want to get open threes.

1:41.1

And in the first half, they got him.

1:42.3

They made eight of 11 those two.

1:45.5

Now, you know you go in at halftime and you say to the team, hey, if they can go out and make

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