Knicks Stay Alive With 111-94 Win in Game 5

The Mike Francesa Podcast

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Sports, Baseball, Football, Basketball

4.8 • 816 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Mike Francesa reacts as the Knicks got huge performances at home from Jalen Brunson & Karl-Anthony Towns to avoid elimination against the Pacers in Game 5. Can New York still rally for a spot in the NBA Finals?

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0:00.0	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.
0:04.5	Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the Bet Rivers Network.
0:08.9	We join you on this Thursday evening after a rather matter of fact, Nick Game 5 victory, not a lot of drama.
0:22.7	One they led start to finish.
0:24.5	And I got to be honest here, folks.
0:25.4	Okay.
0:27.9	Number one, I thought the Knicks would win tonight.
0:35.2	History will show you in this kind of series that when the team that's leading wins game four and comes to the other guys caught per game five.
0:39.5	Usually they lose this game.
0:42.2	Historically, they lose this game.
0:45.2	And I got to be honest, I thought the Knicks did some decent things tonight.
0:51.5	I thought Towns played well.
0:53.7	I thought stupid fouls, but that's part of this game. Okay. I thought Towns played well. I thought stupid fouls, but that's part of
0:56.2	his game. Okay. I thought Brunson did what he had to do tonight. A typical Brunson game from that
1:02.7	standpoint. But let's be honest. Okay. I'm going to just got to be honest. And I did think we'd go back to Indiana for game six.
1:13.2	I thought that would happen.
1:15.2	Indiana brought zero, zero intensity to this game tonight from the start, which I got to admit.
1:24.5	I expected a little of that, but not to the extent I saw.
1:30.1	I mean, where was Halliburton tonight?
1:32.4	I mean, he didn't want to shoot the ball unless he was absolutely in the position where he had to shoot it.
1:39.6	Two for seven from the floor.
1:41.6	Do you know that tonight?
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