Hour 1: Are The Knicks Going to Win The Finals?

First Take

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First Take begins with Stephen A feeling like it's '99!!! The Knicks sweep the Cavs, officially making it back to their first finals since the days of Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell. How did Leon Rose build the East's biggest juggernaut? How did Jalen GOATson lead the Knicks out of the pits of despair, constantly dwelling at the bottom of the East with Damyean Dotson and Kadeem Allen, to now representing the NBA's finest conference in the Finals just 6 short years later? Stephen A. and Cam'ron break it down!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	The New York Knicks have won 10 in a row and tonight they have a chance to clinch a final's
0:35.2	birth. Joe Sweat the technique. It just drives Allie Upp and Robinson with a two-handed slam. Duce McBride hits the three-pointer. Fakes the three. Sighted another three-pointer, punts it in. Nix a red-hot once again. It's a 20-point lead. Caves have let go here. Like the hope is disappearing right now. Another turnover.
0:55.7	Ananovi front's an alley up.
0:56.9	When they sweat the technique.
0:59.2	Ah, Ananovi with a slam.
1:00.3	Believe it, Nick fans.
1:02.9	The New York Knicks are going to the NBA finals.
1:06.2	Ah!
1:09.7	What's up, everybody?
1:29.1	You see these orange and blue skies right here? Do you see it? It can be New York City. I'm in LA right now, but I'm coming. Start spreading the damn news. We hear. We hear. We hear in the finals, okay? But the job's not done. The job's not done, y'all. We hear. Cameron, camera don't look at me like that don't look at me like that shay this ain't chicago big perk you stay in texas if
1:34.9	you got to this is what it's all about baby orange and blue skies orange or blue skies
1:40.2	it's the boy in the house for the Eastern Conference Champions.
1:45.0	Holley!
1:46.0	It's your boy!
1:49.0	Woo!
1:50.0	Let's go!
1:51.0	Oh yeah, it's that kind of a morning here on First Tick.
1:54.0	Hi everyone, welcome to the first take.
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