Hour 2: More Detrimental Game 2 Loss: Knicks or Nuggets?

First Take

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First Take resumes with two clutch kings blowing it in the 4th! Jokic and Brunson both suffered heartbreakers as McCollum and Ant evened their series at a game a piece! Which loss hurt more? (0:00) Then, are players mistaken staying in school to reap the benefits of NIL instead of gaining experience playing in the pros? (11:20) Next, is Wemby already better than Scottie Pippen and Bill Russell? (23:55) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:53.0	This is truly a sad day for me. Bad enough I had to miss first take because of this damn dental procedure, but to miss the show in both my boys, Kendrick Perkins and Michael Willland are in studio. On the day it was scheduled to be in studio, I almost cried. Keep doing a you chie there at the end just for good measure. Damn, this sucks.
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1:12.7	So we hope that he is off to a speedy recovery. Feel better. Dental surgery. Mm. Yeah, dental. He's had a few. I hope he's not a root can. Yeah, me too. Hopefully he'll be back tomorrow and he's resting and feeling better. I'm keeping these dudes in check, though. don't you worry.
1:24.4	Absolutely.
1:25.3	As always.
1:26.6	All right, back to the NBA.
1:27.9	Frustrating loss last night for the Knicks
1:29.8	as they faced the Atlanta Hawk. They led by 12 entering the fourth quarter for the loss. New York's offense dried up in the fourth, scoring only 15 points with 10 of those coming from Jalen Brunton. Meanwhile, the Timberwolves came back from being down 19 in the first
1:44.2	to even the series with the Nuggets at one game of piece. Nicola Yokic and Jamal Murray combined
1:49.0	to shoot two for 12 in the fourth quarter in the loss. And so now we have two game two losses,
1:55.3	which was more detrimental to the series? Was it the Knicks or was it the Nuggets?
2:00.2	Well, done.
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