It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.

Hello again everybody and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the Bet Rivers Network.

We come to you after game when, well, game one hasn't even wrapped up yet, but it wrapped up a long time ago,

as the Knicks draw first blood against the Sixes.

And I didn't do a preview on the series because I thought this game would be a very hard game for the sixers to win.

And I thought the Knicks were going to win the series like everybody else.

The Knicks were very, very heavy favorites in the series.

It was going to be hard for the sixes who have really a six-man team and have a very, very talented but very brittle and fragile center to give a big effort in game one.

I doubt the coaching staff turn the screws between their celebratory game in Boston and game one,

figuring that if they could give a good effort in game two, maybe something good could happen,

and then they'll head down the Philly and see if they can make a series of it.

Nix, what you like about the Nicks right now is, and tonight, obviously, the shots fell,

Brunson got hot early.

He had the Flurry before the half that really put the game away.

They made their shots.

It was a very lazy, if you've watched Philly, It was a very lazy.

If you've watched Philly, it's a very lazy listless game.

And Bede looked like he was having trouble moving all night.

They through, you know, other than George, they just really were off their game maxi was off his game

they were all off their game and uh it showed right from the start but the one thing to say about

this nick team is the nicks turned the corner in the Atlanta series and they are bringing it

defensively in these games and the other teams are having trouble dealing with that right now.

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