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First Take

Hour 2: Who Was The MVP of Game 1?

First Take

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4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First Take begins with Perk, SAS and Windy waxing poetic about the Nova Knicks. Years of bonding, team building, and ribbing have culminated in one of the greatest playoff runs of all time. What worked so well about the Knicks game 1 plan, and how can the Spurs adjust? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Runson drives, pulls up jumper, tie game.

0:05.0

Brunson drive and lab shot is good.

0:07.3

Leams in, pass inside, and a travel.

0:10.3

You cannot say enough without the job defensively to Carl Anthony Townsend,

0:14.1

on Victor Remiombe.

0:15.1

I was bad tonight.

0:16.1

It's not more complicated than that.

0:17.7

Brunson, corner three is up.

0:19.8

Dang.

0:20.7

And the next take a two-point league.

0:22.6

I trust my work, trust everything I do.

0:24.6

I stay confident in those moments.

0:25.6

Twelve consecutive wins for the Knicks as they take game one of the NBA finals.

0:34.6

What a game it was.

0:36.6

That is the front page of the New York Post this morning as the Knicks take game one of the NBA finals. While Brunton led the way down the stretch, NBA legend Charles Barclay thinks someone else on the Knicks was the biggest key in their win. Here's Barclay. The key to the game was Carl Anthony Towns. He was spectacular. I mean, Brun's going to get a lot of luck. He scored the most points. But if you actually watch that game, the biggest difference in that game was Carl Lansney Towns, him getting Wimby away from the basket, him posting up. If they're going to win this series, he's going to have to be the best player on the court for the Knicks. and he was the best player on the court for the Knicks tonight.

1:28.1

So now our question is, who was the MVP of game one? As we say hello to Brian. Winhorse, hey, Wendy. Good afternoon. What do you think was the morning, whatever it is? We've all been up for a while. Who was your MVP last night? Charles is 100% right. You know, if you'd have told me yesterday at this time that the Mike Brown strategy was going to be to put Carl Anthony Towns as the primary and singular defender

1:34.1

on Victor Wenbin, I would have said, what is he doing? Because not only is that a tough cover,

1:39.4

naturally, it's a tough cover for anybody, Carl gets in foul trouble. And they can't afford Carl in foul trouble

1:45.0

with uncertainty with Mitchell Robinson. And not only did Carl avoid the fouls. And they let the

1:50.8

game, the referee let the game be played. And that favored the Spurs too. It wasn't just towns.

1:55.1

Carl was able to keep his own man in front of him. Victor couldn't get around him.

2:01.7

And because Victor couldn't get around him, two things happened.

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