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

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We come to you after game two as the Knicks now move solidly on their way towards the championship series.

The only question now will be the resistance that Cleveland offers in game three,

because if they don't win the next two games, the series will end in five.

As a Knicks, basically matter-of-factly in the second half pulled away.

Cleveland in the first half did some things pretty well.

They got a good first half out of Mowbly and Allen who have size advantages over the Nix.

Knicks don't match up well with Mowgli and Allen, but Mowgli and

Allen did absolutely nothing in the second half, nothing. And Cleveland relied on Mitchell and relied

on their guards and they got nothing and they relied on their bench and, you know, the old

adages that role players play in the NBA,

that your players, the idea is that you're two stars,

and Ubi Brown was the one who first told me this,

many, many years ago,

your two stars should play well anywhere.

Your numbers, one and two guys.

You're Jordan Pippin. Your numbers one and two guys. You're Jordan Pippen. Your number one and two guys should score anywhere. They should score at home. They score

in a row. They score on a moon. In the playoffs, players three through seven, which is really the

bulk of your team.

Normally play much better at home and shoot much better at home than they do on the road.

Tonight, a perfect example of that as Cleveland got absolutely nothing from the bench, but nothing from their three-point scorer.

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