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Evan & Tiki

Hour 2: Evan Takes MSG, Mets Drama, and Knicks Cavs Game 1 Chaos

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Knicks are headed into a massive Eastern Conference Finals matchup with the Cavaliers, and Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber break down why Game 1 at Madison Square Garden could set the tone for the entire series. From Cleveland’s exhausting playoff path to the Knicks’ home court edge, the conversation captures the nerves, excitement, and pressure surrounding one of New York’s biggest basketball moments. The episode also dives into Evan’s controversial plan to score the Mets game from MSG, Big Mac’s impossible attempt to avoid Yankees spoilers, Joe Davis angering Mets fans with his “Oh no, the Mets” call, and the ongoing debate over the Yankees’ flaws. Evan and Tiki hit on roster questions, fake trade ideas, Aaron Rodgers with the Steelers, the Jets’ future under Aaron Glenn, and why Knicks Cavs feels like the Eastern Conference Finals many expected all along.

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0:00.0

I was going to the game Tuesday. I'd be going to the Eastern Conference Finals game one, and I was taking Big Mac, and I texted Big Mac this morning saying, are we good to go? I haven't heard back from him. So if I don't hear back from him, I may have to cut him out. I mean, I... Why would he not respond to you? I think his excuse is going to be, I texted him at 6 a.m.

0:19.2

Because the way I view text messaging is it's like a voicemail.

0:22.5

You can do it any time.

0:23.6

Right.

0:23.8

Because I assume it's not waking somebody up. And so Big Mac is going to say, why are you texting me at 6 a.m? And then he probably then missed it because then his day starts, he's taking his kids to school. And like the text message gets lost in the ether. The good news is, I see Big Mac every day. So when he walks in about an hour, I'll be like, are we good to go for tomorrow?

0:41.2

It was Christmas. and like the text message gets lost in the ether. The good news is I see Big Mac every day.

0:38.5

So when he walks in about an hour, I'll be like, are we good to go for tomorrow? It was Chris McMonico, his fat ass. But the reason I'm taking him is because Craig screwed him. Craig promised that he was going to take him courtside to a playoff game. And I heard it. I heard it live. It was an absolute promise. and then he changed his mind because his son wanted to go.

0:55.4

And I think we all understand taking your son over a co-worker.

0:57.9

You would do that. I heard it. I heard it live. It was an absolute promise. And then he changed his mind because his son wanted to go.

0:55.4

And I think we all understand taking your son over a co-worker. You would do the same thing. Well, here's the difference. Well, you wouldn't put yourself in position to have to. Exactly. I wouldn't make the promise. Just like the guy who called and wanted to go to the Mets game with you. Yeah. He said let's make a bet.

1:10.7

Yeah.

1:11.1

He said, let's make a bet around him at playoff game.

1:12.7

My first response was, I can't promise you that. to go to the Mets game with you. Yeah. He said, let's make a bet. Yeah.

1:11.0

He said, let's make a bet around a Mets playoff game.

1:12.6

My first response was, I can't promise you that.

1:15.2

I got two sons and a dad.

1:17.0

Right.

1:17.1

Like, you're not, you're not cutting that line, bro.

1:20.9

So that's the difference.

1:22.4

Craig didn't think that.

1:23.5

He just made a promise that he couldn't back up.

1:26.2

Right. that, he just made a promise that he couldn't back up. And so I feel out of loyalty to Big Mac, I will take him to a game, even if it is in courtside, even if it is literally the exact opposite of coaching. He'll have more fun. Oh, he definitely will. He'll have more fun. Dude, we sit on the Chase Bridge, and I'll be there tomorrow night. The Chase Bridge is where it's at. Like, I think it is one of the most underrated seats to go to a sporting event.

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