When we left here on Friday, I was hoping that when we came back here today, Monday morning, that it was going to be 2 O Nix. And I remember you asked me, what do you think? And I said, I think they're going to win on Friday night. I still didn't understand why the San Antonio Spurs were favored, especially by the amount of points they were favored by. Now, I will say this. Jerry said this before this series even started. If they let them play basketball, it actually helps the Knicks. But I have to say, that Friday night game was one of the worst officiated games I'd ever seen. And I know that so many people have talked about this already. And I don't want to rehash every little thing because I want to look forward to tonight. I want to be excited about tonight.

I can't wait to see what the garden looks like, sounds like. I can't wait to see what the players and how they react to the atmosphere and the president's going to be there. Yeah, the mayor is going to be there. They're all going to be there. I mean, everybody wants to be a part of this. and as evidenced by the prices of the tickets,

which is really unfortunate,

as,

you know,

as Josh Hart said yesterday. wants to be a part of this and as evidenced by the prices of the tickets, which is really

unfortunate, as, you know, as Josh Hart said yesterday, but it is what it is. I mean,

it's supply and demand and the demand for a Nick championship has been years and years and

years and years in the making and we're finally here but there's a lot of work to do

there is a lot of work to do and it's not going to be easy because if the officials allow the

spurs to do what the spurs were bitching and complaining about what minnesota was trying to do

to win bina in round one then it's going to be really tough on Jalen Brunson.

They are just basically beating him up. Now, I don't know if his knee is still bothering him from game one or not, but they're all over him. And I mean, it's ridiculous. I mean, it is insane what they're doing to him. And he's got to work hard. And it's one of the reasons why he's been a little bit off because he's been working a lot. He's been working hard.

He's been dealing with a lot of pressure.

They're double teaming him.

They're picking him up three-quarter court. They're making him work for everything.

This is probably one of the reasons why Becky Hammond and some of the people would question whether or not he's a clutch player or a great player and all-star player, an MVP type

player, he is because they are just all over him and they know that he is the engine that

makes this team go. But as I've been saying throughout this playoffs, the reason that this team

is winning is because it's not just about one player they're all participating they all

have something going on and you know when hose alvarado almost had his head ripped off by

victor wemmynama in the pain uh you know that tells me all i need to know about hose alvarado he's a pain

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