Hour 2: More, Less, or Same Faith in a Knicks Finals Run?

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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First Take resumes with another MSG massacre. Will Big Perk declare the Knicks title hopes officially dead? (0:00) Then, If Steph wants that elusive 5th ring, does he need to leave the Warriors? (15:20) Next, are the Bears on the move? Indiana passed a bill hoping to lure them away from their long time home in Chicago... (25:30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.6	The Mavs and Timberwills will square off at 7.30 Eastern, 6.30 Central.
0:38.6	Then Clippers Lakers. Inside the NBA,
0:43.5	tips off our coverage at 6.30. They'll also be back after the LA battle to break it all down.
0:51.4	The number one reason why Detroit has the best record in the NBA is Cade Cunningham. He does it all.
0:55.0	I just want to be a baller. Stag my money up taller. Diane gets into the pain and throws it down with the left hand.
0:59.0	Step back three.
1:00.0	It's good.
1:01.0	Oh, Kate Cunningham, a magnificent performance here in the garden.
1:05.0	And this is one of those nights where guys are just in the zone.
1:08.0	I mean, the Knicks have no answer for Cade Cunningham.
1:10.0	No answer for Ce Cunningham.
1:15.4	No answer for Kate Cunningham.
1:17.4	Third time, not the charm from the New York Knicks. As the Detroit Pistons co into MSG on a mission,
1:20.7	the Pistons have beat the Knicks now in six straight regular season games
1:25.3	dating back to December of 2024.
1:28.7	So, Perk, after last night, do you have more, less, or the same faith in the Knicks?
1:33.9	Well, let me make this clear, very, very clear.
1:37.8	I've been having Detroit coming out of the Eastern Conference any down way because you got Kay Cunningham.
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