Knicks Beat LeBron: Was MSG Worth the Price and Do You Still Chase Giannis?

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The Knicks take down LeBron and the Lakers 112-100 as the win streak keeps rolling, and Karl-Anthony Towns gets the All-Star nod. Then the real question: if you dropped $1,200 a ticket at Madison Square Garden, did you walk out feeling like it was money well spent, or instantly regretting it? The guys debate whether the Knicks are back to their best version, with ball movement, defense, and rebounding looking like a team that can beat anybody. They also torch Reggie Miller for an all-time overreaction on a LeBron dunk and argue he shouldn’t be calling Knicks games at all. Plus, with the trade deadline approaching, the Giannis conversation heats up again. If the Knicks are rolling and the East feels wide open, do you still push the chips in or protect the chemistry? A caller floats a Mikal Bridges for Jrue Holiday swap, and the guys explain why trading a prime player for an aging vet makes zero sense unless it’s part of something much bigger.

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0:00.0	The Knicks took down LeBron's Lakers 112-100.
0:03.0	The win streak is now at 6-7 Roberts, and before the game, Carl Anthony Towns was also named to the Eastern Conference's All-Star Team as a reserve. Congratulations to Cat. Michael Porter-Juner's had a better year, but you know what? Cat's on a real NBA team. Michael Porter-Jriner's not. So congratulations to Cat. A trying NBA team. Yes. Not one that it's trying to go the other way.
0:24.3	I am very... Michael Porter Jr. is not. So congratulations. A trying NBA team. Not one that it's trying to go the other way.
0:24.3	I am very curious, and I'm glad you brought this up, and I'm going to do Sean a favor on two counts. Number one, he doesn't love screening Steve Tish, Jeffrey Epstein calls.
0:33.2	So I am curious to anybody who went to the garden last night and dropped the absurd amount of money, you got to see the Knicks win, you got to see LeBron do some cool things. Was it worth it? I've been thinking about that all night because it was a good game. I once it was a classic game. It was a good game. You saw your team win. but if you drop $1,200 a ticket for what may be, probably not, but may be LeBron James' final game at Madison Square Garden, did you walk out of the garden last night saying, ah, that was worth it. Yeah. Would you walk out of the garden saying, why did I do this? They said, man, I bought Evans tickets three times removed from him. That may be the case.
1:11.6	I should have just went to him directly.
1:14.2	If you were a Nick fan, it felt like we were back to where we were pre-MBA Cup.
1:21.0	That's what it feels like.
1:22.4	Oh, they're playing great.
1:23.1	The ball movement is back to what we saw at the beginning of the season.
1:26.6	The defense to me has been the story.
1:27.8	The defense has obviously been the story.
1:29.8	The offensive rebound, they dominated the boards.
1:32.6	Cat led the way.
1:33.8	I mean, it just felt like this team playing with this level of energy and ball movement and unselfishness can beat anybody.
1:41.9	And that's what you saw.
1:43.6	It wasn't even really about, I guess it was about LeBron
1:46.2	because he does the whole thing
1:48.2	and doubles the salt, whatever, up in the air,
1:50.1	the chalk up in the air. And it's like, oh, it's LeBron,
1:52.3	wow, yay!
1:53.6	And then you go get your ass kick.
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