Hour 1: Knicks Flip the Switch as Brunson and KAT Dominate the Hawks

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber break down the Knicks’ most complete playoff performance yet as Jalen Brunson, Karl Anthony Towns, and the supporting cast overwhelm the Hawks in a dominant Game 5 victory. The guys discuss why this win felt different, how Mike Brown’s adjustments may have changed the trajectory of the series, and whether Knicks fans should finally start believing this team can make a real championship run. The conversation also dives into the pressure surrounding the Knicks and why criticism comes with high expectations in New York. Evan and Tiki react to Charles Barkley taking shots at Knicks fans, debate whether the team is truly ready for Boston, and touch on another electric night in New York sports featuring Juan Soto’s confidence, Aaron Judge staying red hot, and Cam continuing to build his growing Yankees legend.

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0:00.0	Today's the morning where you wake up, the sky is beautiful, the sun looks awesome, and you can
0:07.1	envision winning an NBA championship.
0:09.9	Yes.
0:10.4	Now, I get it.
0:11.4	The Atlanta Hawks are a flawed team.
0:13.3	We kind of knew that going in.
0:14.9	This was a series you needed to win, and you are likely going to do it on Thursday.
0:19.1	So it's not about being up three, two.
0:20.8	I think we all would have expected to be up three, two, or we thought the series would have
0:24.9	been over. It's how it looked. It's the way Carl Anthony Towns looks. It's the way Jalen Brunson
0:31.8	even bounced back with a monstrous fourth quarter. It's the way OG looks. It's even the
0:37.0	adjustments that this head coach
0:39.0	has made. Last night, and we have witnessed 82 plus five, so that's 87 Knicks games this season,
0:46.4	that may have been their most complete dominant performance we've seen all year. And so I think
0:54.1	you can wake up and envision it. And sometimes
0:57.4	it's been tough this year to envision it. But I thought it was so complete last night, Teak,
1:01.7	that those kinds of dreams feel realer today than they do most days. I think the only way they
1:06.3	truly feel like it's their possibility is if they do it again. Sure.
1:11.1	Because I think the M.O of this team has been inconsistency.
1:17.5	Offensively, defensively, particularly.
1:19.9	I mean, hell, they weren't even really that good defensively in this game.
1:22.9	But just the Hawks missed a ton of shots.
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