Hour 3: Triple Bangs, Soto Salutes and a City Lost in Knicks Mania

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals, and Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber dive into the surreal feeling of Madison Square Garden hosting a Finals game for the first time in decades. The conversation centers on Mike Breen’s legendary “bang” call and whether a Knicks game winner on the biggest stage could finally produce the first ever triple bang. They also react to Juan Soto embracing Knicks fever after a Mets homer, debate whether Mets broadcasts should stay basketball free, and touch on the growing overlap between New York sports, politics, and fan identity. Plus, the guys discuss Shohei Ohtani’s two way dominance, MLB’s looming salary cap fight, and the lost magic of rushing to Modell’s for championship gear.

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0:00.0	The Knicks are playing a finals game for the first time since 1999. We also know a week from Monday,
0:05.5	Madison Square Garden will host an NBA finals game. We heard yesterday the president confirm
0:10.7	he's coming to one of the games. I cannot comment on if he's the one sitting next to me on the
0:15.6	Chase Bridge. I cannot comment on that. Good luck, by the way, getting your iPad in to watch the Mets.
0:20.3	What do you mean? They're not going to let electronics like that in with the president in the building. Really? They're going to ban tablets because the president's there? Do you understand how much more the security's going to be? Yes, I've been in the presence of one president while they were president. That was 1997 when Bill Clinton showed up at Chase Stadium for the Jackie Robinson ceremony, 50th anniversary
0:39.1	of him breaking the color barrier. And my dad had to go to the bathroom in the second inning,
0:43.3	and I saw him five innings later. So now, I'm well aware of security, but I've got good news, Sean.
0:48.6	Game three of the NBA finals at Madison Square Garden a week from Monday, no MET game.
0:53.8	All right, you're good to go. They're off. Go for you. You got nothing to worry about. So we know about what could happen. The Knicks can win an NBA championship, which still seems surreal. But there's something else that may happen. And you may have forgotten about this, but trust me, I did not forget about it. Mike Breen is calling the NBA finals.
1:12.0	And we all know his famous call, bang.
1:14.6	Bang!
1:15.3	And we also know that when something is really special, he whips out the double bang.
1:19.8	Bang!
1:21.4	Doesn't happen often, but it happens.
1:23.5	Like, there are certain moments.
1:24.7	I think it's happened maybe 15 times in Mike Breen history. So maybe on average once a year, something of that nature. We get the double bang. The double bang is maybe once a year. Yeah, I think so. Bang! I don't think we've gotten one yet here in the postseason this year. So there are a few that just jump out of me. Like Julius Randall hit a shot against the heat. I got a double bang.
1:44.5	Bang!
1:45.9	Steph Curry in Oklahoma City with that like half court by the logo shot got a double bang.
1:51.5	So, okay, we get it.
1:52.9	They may give us a double bang.
1:54.7	Well, Mike Breen about a year and a half ago,
1:56.5	appeared on the Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson podcast,
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