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Evan & Tiki

Knicks Finals Predictions, Breen Bangs, and Yankees Worries

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber get caught up in the excitement around Knicks finals basketball, but with a twist: the debut of a Mike Breen “bang” tracker inspired by Big Cat’s idea. They make their own predictions for how many signature calls Breen might deliver, debate whether game one will shape the entire series, and weigh just how much confidence Knicks fans should have. The conversation also branches into Landry Shamet jokes, New York’s playoff energy, and a Yankees injury scare involving Aaron Judge. Evan and Tiki break down possible lineup fixes, Giancarlo Stanton’s role, and a shot taken at Jazz Chisholm by a Cleveland broadcaster.

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0:00.0

I love these big sporting events, but I also love looking at other aspects of this sporting event.

0:04.2

And I got to give a ton of credit to pardon my take, one of the most popular podcasts from Barstall out there.

0:09.0

Big Cat came up with an idea.

0:11.5

And he told his idea to Mike Breen about the Mike Breen game that he's going to play just to check if Breen is going to be fair in this series.

0:20.4

Okay.

1:30.4

So here's the idea from Big Cat. I think it's brilliant. Take a listen. Listen, the Spurs have to outbang the Knicks, and we will keep track. And when people are saying Mike Breen's rooting for the Knicks, we're going to be like, no, no, no, no. The Spurs have had 15 bangs. The Knicks have only had six. It's right here, black and white. And then you're free to say whatever you want. You could be rooting for the Knicks on the broadcast, but if you give the Spurs more bangs, people can't argue with that. That's solid. Unbelievably brilliant to the point where I'm going to keep track. Because I don't know if they're going to keep track. I don't know if Big Cat was just being funny. And it's like, I'm literally going to watch tonight's game, take my notes, keep track of the game the way I do in a geek way. And there's going to be a column called Mike Breen Bangs. You think it'll be transcribed so that if you miss one, you can go back and find it via the transcript? I mean, no, but I think if Big Cat and Bar still do it, we could almost fact-check each other, or at least I'll see if I'm right with them. Right. But I'm going to keep track. Now, do you want to hear Mike Brin's response to this idea? Oh, he responded. Yeah, this was said to Mike Brie. So here's Mike Breen's response to this brilliant idea by Big Cap.

1:29.4

You know, it's idea. Oh, he responded. Yeah, this was said to Mike Brin. So here's Mike Brine's response to this brilliant idea by Big Cat.

1:31.1

You know, it's not a bad idea,

1:33.3

but it's really out of my control.

1:35.1

Although, if say the next

1:37.1

start getting, if the Knicks

1:39.3

get ahead,

1:41.4

I'll just start saying bang on Spurs

1:43.5

free throws.

1:45.7

So he could even manipulate it.

1:49.0

So we'll try this for game one.

1:51.1

We're not going to do the entire series unless this flows.

1:53.5

For game one, today and right now will be our official Bang Predictor.

1:58.8

Yeah.

1:59.2

And you'll just trust me to get it right.

2:01.6

I'll try to keep track.

2:03.5

Is this going to show up on Kalshi somewhere?

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