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Evan & Tiki

Hour 3: Embiid’s Excuses, Volpe’s Future, and Sterling’s Brilliance

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Knicks’ playoff dominance over Philadelphia takes center stage as Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber react to Joel Embiid’s postgame comments, his free throw complaints, and what a blowout win could mean for the rest of the series. The conversation also digs into whether Knicks fans could once again take over Philadelphia if the series continues to tilt New York’s way. The episode also shifts to the Yankees, with a sharp debate over Anthony Volpe’s demotion, Jazz Chisholm’s value, and whether Volpe’s future may be as a super utility player. Plus, the show pays tribute to John Sterling by spotlighting his ability to rise to the biggest moments, even when those moments broke Yankees fans’ hearts.

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0:00.0

After the game, he decides to accuse McKell Bridges of a dirty hit on him,

0:05.4

going after the area he had the appendectomy, his belly.

0:09.3

So number one, Joel Embedge sucked on the floor last night.

0:11.9

Number two, he actually stood there in front of cameras

0:14.6

and accused somebody else of being dirty,

0:17.6

and the somebody else was McKell Bridges.

0:20.0

But there's another thing Joel Embed said yesterday after the game that I am still just wrapping my head around. I give Joel Embed a lot of credit. He's very good at baiting and getting to the free throw line. Yes. Want to call him a flopper? Totally fine. Like that's what Joe Al-N-ide does, and he's very good at it.

0:41.9

So after the game, he was being asked about getting to the line a lot.

0:46.8

And you're not going to believe what he said when he cut off the reporter's question about finding a way to get to the free throw line.

0:50.2

If you didn't think Joe Alambide was enough of a baby, well, he's about to top himself again.

0:56.0

I'm a drunk foul, skins and a phone line, really working in favor, both Caird Robinson.

1:03.0

Oh, no, you gotta ask a gentleman Boston up.

1:06.0

I don't think I got to the frito as much as I wanted.

1:13.6

But that's not the reason why we lost.

1:18.6

We just got the defense was the biggest reason.

1:23.6

We just weren't connected enough, not physical enough.

1:28.3

All the guys were just, you know, too comfortable.

1:32.3

So yeah, I'm only focused about what we could have done better on the defensive band.

1:38.3

The last part of what he said is great.

1:40.3

The first part of what he said is, you got to ask Jalen Brunson.

1:43.3

I actually love that. What do they got to ask Jalen Brunson I actually love that what

1:45.5

do they need to ask Jalen Brunson because he's asking about how you get to the free throw line

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