Hour 1: Pistons or Knicks? Spurs or Thunder?

First Take

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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First Take begins with Eastern Conference favorites. Will the Pistons and Knicks face off in the ECF, or can James Harden finally get the Cavs over the hump? (0:00) Next, Stephen A. thinks Wemby can carry the Spurs deep into the playoffs. (27:00) Finally, are the Celtics real threats in the East if Jayson Tatum returns? (40:40) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From 30 for 30 Podcasts.
0:02.5	Brian Padda, Senior Defensive Lyman from Miami.
0:12.9	Gunned down.
0:14.3	The key to this case, it's Brian.
0:18.0	A hour before he died, he was on the phone. Argued what about this might be a hit.
0:22.6	You want the truth.
0:23.6	The biggest one of the conviction being placed in arrest.
0:25.6	We had a killer amongst us.
0:27.6	Murder at the U. Listen now.
0:29.6	Obviously, we knew that there was a little extra to this game.
0:33.6	We want to beat on.
0:34.6	Kate, backs to the right elbow, turns.
0:36.6	Fires fills it up up another Isaiah Stewart block
0:40.2	the route's been on for a while but the business not taking their foot off the gas
0:44.6	pole that inside rejected jumper up and in this is keep raining
0:50.6	they kick guard behind starting with me.
0:55.0	It's a 38 point loss for the Knicks tonight.
0:58.0	The Pistons whipped the Knicks and then some tonight.
1:02.0	Oh, welcome in the first take on a Tuesday morning.
1:06.0	We got a full house here, Vincent Goodwill, Steven A. Smith.
1:09.0	Iman Schumper out there in L.A.
1:11.2	Amina Smith here with you.
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