Knicks Fans Are About To Meet Their Worst Nightmare | Evan & Tiki
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🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber dig into the one matchup issue that could drive Knicks fans crazy in a potential NBA Finals showdown with Oklahoma City: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s ability to draw fouls. SGA’s free throw hunting becomes the center of the debate as they compare his whistle to Jalen Brunson’s and ask why one star gets to the line so much more than the other.
The conversation turns into a larger look at how officiating could shape the series, why foul trouble may be just as dangerous as the points SGA scores at the line, and whether Knicks fans should actually want the Thunder because beating the defending champs would silence every critic. Evan and Tiki also weigh the appeal of facing Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs, while making the case that any championship path is valid if the Knicks finish the job.
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| 0:00.0 | Last night, I found myself like a scout. |
| 0:03.8 | I found myself taking notes. |
| 0:06.3 | I found myself kind of weighing the options of these two opponents. |
| 0:10.6 | And one thing that jumps out at me, and I think it jumps out at everybody, Tiki, I think it's the number one thing that absolutely is in your face. |
| 0:20.2 | If you're a New York Kn Nick fan and you start to envision |
| 0:23.3 | who you're going to face in the NBA finals. And it's the fact that SGA is an artist. He is |
| 0:31.8 | brilliant at baiting, at confusing, at confounding, and at getting to the free throw line. |
| 0:40.2 | And I know they're a Nick fans, be honest with us, who watched last night's game and actually |
| 0:45.4 | started cursing at the TV as if the Knicks were the Spurs. |
| 0:49.8 | Becachie. |
| 0:50.3 | Jillis Alexander is utterly brilliant at drawing fouls. |
| 0:54.8 | It is an art form, bro. |
| 0:56.7 | 17 free throws he took last night. |
| 0:58.6 | Yes. |
| 0:59.2 | And some of them were off ball, just kind of standing around. |
| 1:03.5 | He's seeking out whoever is coming in to get the rebound or whatever the shot is going to the the shot is going to be and he just |
| 1:11.9 | leans into him and goes to the ground yeah and he gets two shots on the other side yes it's it's |
| 1:17.3 | maddening to actually watch someone get away with that and it's maddening that the ref is sitting |
| 1:22.8 | there like yep that's a foul even though it's not a foul yes it happened over and over and over again throughout this postseason. We talk about Jalen Brunson being a flopper. SGA might be the king of flopping. Well, that is what's so incredible. So we have this great sound effect from Walclad Frazier where he says this. You know, Brunson flops a lot. |
| 1:44.6 | And I have fun with that, and we all kind of know that Jalen Brunson flops, and you remember |
| 1:48.5 | last year in Detroit with the crowd chanting flopper, flopper, flopper. |
| 1:53.0 | Jalen Brunson does not get to the free throw line even in the same stratosphere as SGA. |
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