Knicks Can't Keep Up With Celtics In Game 3 Defeat

The Mike Francesa Podcast

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Sports, Baseball, Football, Basketball

4.8 • 816 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Mike Francesa reacts to a rough Saturday at MSG for the Knicks in Game 3. Boston jumped out to a 16-point lead after the first quarter and never looked back, ultimately cruising to the 115-93 victory. Payton Pritchard led all Celtics scorers with 23 points off the bench while Jalen Brunson topped the Knicks with 27. Want more Mike? Sign up for the free Mike Francesa Podcast newsletter for exclusive content. Go to https://www.mikefrancesapodcast.com to sign up.

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0:00.0	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the BetRivers Network.
0:04.0	Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast on the Mike Francesa channel, on the BetRivers Network on YouTube.
0:11.5	After what was basically a Saturday afternoon stroll through the month of May, because there's nothing, nothing redeeming to be said about
0:23.3	this game from a next standpoint. This, if you remember what I said after Game 2, my whole
0:31.2	commentary after Game 2 was, okay, it was amazing.
0:39.3	It was unexpected.
0:42.2	It was legendary.
0:43.8	We know all that.
0:45.3	It had never been done before.
0:49.8	No team had won back-to-back playoff games on the road from 20 points back.
0:51.4	Okay, we know all that.
0:52.7	They stunned the Celtics.
1:11.1	You want to say the Celtics took them for granted? Whatever. The Knicks deserved the credit for what they did. And they took the bows and they lit up the city for days. But I stressed that night. And it's the first thing that came to me that I thought that night and it was the thing I thought about ever since game two was played do not allow them to come back here and completely erase the
1:20.5	thought of the first two games by just coming in here and manhandling in game three. And that is exactly what happened.
1:30.0	Was I surprised the Celtics jumped out to a lead?
1:32.1	No.
1:32.8	I thought the Celtics would come out.
1:34.4	I thought they would execute.
1:35.6	I thought they'd hit shots.
1:36.8	They did all that.
1:38.5	But when you thought, all right, the Knicks will make one of their comebacks.
1:42.8	And here we go.
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