Hour 2: Shutting Down The Wolves

First Take

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Hour 2: Stephen A. Smith, JB Bickerstaff, Chris Russo and Kendrick Perkins continue to talk all things Conference Finals on First Take! Does Jalen Brunson need to have a big game tonight for the Knicks to win? Is OKC 'significantly' better than Minnesota? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For the team ready to conquer the grandest stage,
0:05.0	immortality wins.
0:07.0	Moments of sweat and sacrifice.
0:13.0	Forge the composition of champions.
0:16.0	It's self-explanatory, as glory,
0:19.0	a spanditori, an unforgettable journey is nearing its finale.
0:22.6	Four more wins to take home the trophy.
0:24.6	The NBA final presented by YouTube TV, begin June 5th on ABC.
0:30.6	Game two of the Western Conference Finals between the Timberwolves and the Thunder.
0:35.6	Tomorrow night, 8.30 Eastern 7 Central and ESPN, ESPN News. The countdown crew getting you started at 7.30.
0:44.1	Back to the East. Game one between the Knicks and Pacers tips off tonight. It's a rematch of last
0:49.1	year's Eastern Conference semis. In that meeting, the Pacers knocked out the Knicks in seven games.
0:53.5	Jalen Brunson, of course,
0:54.5	was hobbled with an ankle injury, but still managed to average almost 32 points per game
0:58.4	in the first six games before getting knocked out in game seven after fracturing that hand.
1:05.2	All right, full crew back here with us. Dogs, does Brunson need a big game for the Knicks to win tonight?
1:10.7	I think that is where Indiana has a little advantage because I do think they need a big game
1:15.4	out of Brunson. I think Indiana can win this win. Howbert doesn't play great. J.B. is the coach.
1:20.3	You'll tell you, they have a lot of guys. And they got three point cards. Knicks don't have a three-point cards and they got a lot of guys off that bench who could score.
1:32.9	The Knicks are, I think, a little bit more dependent on their best player than Indiana is on theirs.
1:36.9	And I don't know if the Knicks can beat them if he has like 17 points.
1:41.1	I think he's got to be, you know, right around 30 every night for the Knicks to have a chance.
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