Knicks Fans Are Starting to Believe

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

A wild double overtime night at Madison Square Garden had everything. Late whistles. Missed shots. Big nerves. And a Knicks team that refused to fold. Evan and Tiki break down the double overtime win over the Denver Nuggets and why this one felt different from past seasons. The conversation starts with the controversial loose ball foul that nearly flipped the night and why the Knicks overcame a moment that usually ends in disaster. From there, the focus shifts to the trade deadline chatter and why a game like this makes you wonder if the Knicks even need Giannis Antetokounmpo to compete with the league’s best. At the center of it all is Mitchell Robinson. His ability to guard Nikola Jokic in the paint and switch out onto Jamal Murray on the perimeter is dissected in detail, along with why his defensive impact might be the real difference between a good team and a Finals team. Jalen Brunson gets his due for late game poise, Karl-Anthony Towns’ bloody toughness moment is discussed, and the roller coaster night from Mikal Bridges is put into full context. Plus, legendary calls from Walt Clyde Frazier add another layer to an already unforgettable night. A reminder to stay calm during an 82 game season, but also a clear message. This Knicks team can beat anyone when it defends like this.

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0:00.0	I stress to you, Tiki Barber, very calmly, that it's 82 games in a long basketball season, and we need to take a deep breath.
0:07.9	We can't overreact to wins. We can't overreact to losses. We need to take a deep breath.
0:14.5	And so we will do that, but we have to acknowledge that last night at Madison Square Garden was awesome.
0:21.5	And it became very close to not being awesome.
0:25.6	We were very, very close, very close to this day on sports talk radio being about officials
0:32.8	and being about McKell Bridges.
0:35.2	Because you barely hear it mentioned when talking about last night's incredible double
0:39.3	overtime victory by the New York Knicks over the Denver Nuggets.
0:42.8	But McKell Bridge's loose ball foul, which basically forced overtime or second overtime.
0:49.0	I can't even remember when it happened in the game, was so nuts and so stupid all at the same time. It's another reason why the Knicks feel different. Because in years past, when I play like that happens, you then find a way to lose. But credit to this New York Knick team, despite McKell Bridges having an all-time bad day, including an all-bad time foul. He knocked down that. He knocked down that corner three. It was amazing. That was at the very end, but sure, right. It was kind of foregone at that point. But yeah, you're... Look, this is why as a Nick fan, you start to feel like, yeah, we don't need Janus. Yeah, we're good without Janus. We can pull off victories like this against one of the better teams in the West.
1:28.2	And we didn't have Janus. We didn't even play our best game. And you found a way to win it.
1:33.4	And so the narrative around the trade deadline, which is in five hours or so, is something that I
1:40.3	think was exciting to think about and to talk about. But you said this from the very beginning, Evan, and you're right.
1:46.6	If Janus is on this team right now, I don't know if they win that game.
1:50.2	Well, it's just a different, everything's so different.
1:52.6	But that's my point.
1:53.5	Yeah.
1:53.6	Is McKell Bridges being bad and then nail in a corner three-pointer or Jalen Brunson now having to play in a different
2:02.7	capacity or missing the shot from Kat, meaning the range from Kat.
2:08.3	Do you win that game without it?
2:10.3	And Mitchell Robinson playing pretty stout defense on Yonkich?
2:14.7	Like, does that happen if Janus is here instead of the current formation of this team?
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