Hour 2: Can the Knicks Compete with the Pistons?

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First Take resumes with more on the Knicks-Pistons battle. With a win tonight, would the Knicks prove they're on the Pistons level? (0:00) Then, Perk comes in with a banger!! Darius Acuff Jr. is the best guard Coach Cal has ever coached??? Better than D Rose and John Wall?? (12:40) And, Perk lists his top 5 NBA box office stars! (30:10) 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 arguing with somebody.
0:21.4	This might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	They just want a conviction.
0:24.6	Being placed him to arrest.
0:26.5	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the U.
0:29.0	Listen now.
0:31.1	This is tonight, DSPN Women's Basketball Doubleheader highlighted by three top 25 teams.
0:36.0	Number nine, Duke, will host NC State at seven
0:38.1	Eastern, followed by seventh ranked LSU, taking on number 17 Ole Miss. Like everything else,
0:43.2	both are also available on the ESPN app. I hear a special. Someone might be at that
0:46.7	Ole Miss game tonight too. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So the Knicks tip off, the second half of the season
0:52.5	tonight with the showdown against the Eastern Conference leading Pistons.
0:55.8	Now, things have not gone so well for New York in their first two meetings against Detroit, losing both games by over 30 points.
1:02.7	Nick said, Coach Mike Brown spoke on the importance of turning things around tonight at the Garden.
1:08.7	They just win the game, you know, they beat us pretty bad.
1:12.6	And so for us, you know, and again, I don't like to say that this game is more important
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