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First Take

Hour 2: Which Team is More Talented - 76ers or Knicks?

First Take

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4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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First Take resumes with an old school matchup in the East. Embiid's Sixers take on Brunson's Knicks. Overall, which team is more talented? (0:00) Then, Jaylen Brown enjoyed this year more than when he won the championship? Huh?? (11:20) Next, Charlotte Flair joins the show! (24:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.6

Game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals tips off tonight between the Knicks and the 76ers.

0:36.5

Philly carries momentum into the matchup after their game seven road win against the Celtics on Saturday. The Knicks have had a few extra off days after a very dominant series clinching win over the Hawks on Thursday.

0:48.4

Ryan Clark posted this about the series on X. The 76ers have better players than the Knicks. If it's the gyms and Joe's, the Sixers going to get them. Brunson and Kat are going to have to get loose. Let's welcome in Chenet Gumakey. Chen, hello. How are you? Stephen A, I will go with you first here. Do you agree with your man, R.C.? First of all, welcome to the show, Janay. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Secondly, what the hell is Ryan Clark in Louisiana got to do with this? I mean, just sliding in comments trying to downplay my New York Knicks. What's up with that? What's up with that? I don't like that. I don't like this. It's like he's trying to put the jinks on them, okay? And Jay, you know, I mean, listen, my man Charlie Mac, my man Charlie Mac out of Philly, you know who that is. Y'all know who that is. That's my dog. I love him to death, man. We go back 30 years. He knows there's one time of year. This is the only time of the year. I do not like Charlie. And I love this brother, but I do not like him. I never like him when the sixers are in the playoffs. Because they're always going to win. They're always going to win. And then when they lose, he's got more explanations than a season politician on the campaign trail. He's ridiculous, okay? But this is what the deal is. Okay, you want to sit up there and say the Nixon Untalented? I'm not going to refute that. I'm looking at Tyrese Maxie. I'm looking at Vijay Edgecombe. I'm looking at Joe L&B. You're damn right. You could sit up there and say, The Sixers are talented. Where did I get him? where that get them. You understand what I'm saying? That get them squeezing into the playoffs,

2:18.1

praying your L&B, and say the sixers are talented where that get him where that get them you're to say what saying that get them squeezing into the playoffs praying joel and beat is going to be healthy

2:22.5

Tyrese maxi all depressed because people don't show up to help him when he needs them most

2:28.6

now I don't believe that's going to be the case I believe in this brother vj I'm definitely

2:32.7

believing him and Paul George let me tell you something he a good job. He did a good job the last series.

2:38.7

But it ends now. It ends now. You understand why? Why? Kick my music, please. This is why.

2:45.5

Because of Jalen Bruncester. That's why. Because of Carl Anthony Towns. That's why. Because of L.G. and the Novi. That's why. because of Carl Anthony Towns, that's why, because of LG and the Novi, that's why, because of the heart and the energizer bunny that is Josh Hart, because McCall Bridges is going to show that he got a pulse again, okay?

3:01.8

That the game six against Atlanta wasn't an aberration where he was concerned.

3:06.9

He's going to step up and make a contribution. And Mike Brown going to make adjustments offensively. And they're going to use their bench as well. And they're going to rely on eight instead of six. And the New York Knicks will close this series. It will not be easy. I will concede this. And Ryan Clark, I get him trying to stick his nose into the equation from

3:24.6

Louisiana I'll deal with him later but in the end what comes down to is that the New York

3:31.1

Knicks will answer the call when it counts most and they will walk away with this series

3:36.5

going back to the conference phone.

3:38.6

Sheney there's a lot of sugar and that blue and orange Kool-Aid be drinking.

3:43.9

A lot of sugar.

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