New York United as Knicks Face Spurs in NBA Finals Game 1 | The Carton Show with Chris McMonigle
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The Carton Show captures the electric atmosphere in New York as the Knicks prepare for their first NBA Finals appearance in decades. Craig and Big Mac break down the matchup against Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio's controversial ticket policies, and James Dolan's narrative about the team gelling at the perfect time.
01:07 - NBA Finals Preview
06:18 - Knicks Team Likability
08:14 - MSG Watch Party
09:53 - Spurs Ticket Controversy
11:01 - Series Prediction Rules
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Fox straight up! It's the Cardin Show with Big Mac. |
| 0:07.3 | We have finally made it. |
| 0:09.3 | June 3rd is here. |
| 0:11.2 | Game game. |
| 0:11.2 | NBA finals are here. Game one tonight. |
| 0:16.5 | Can't be, I've been beside myself so pumped up. |
| 0:19.4 | Did you feel it when you woke up? |
| 0:20.5 | Yes, I did 100%. I felt it when I went to bed last night, knowing that when I woke up, it was going to be June 3rd. NBA finals game one. Good afternoon, Big Mac. How are you today? I'm doing fantastic. It's beautiful outside, and we have an NBA finals game tonight. A moment we've not had since 1999. |
| 0:40.3 | Think about how long ago that was. |
| 0:41.3 | 27 years since our last NBA finals appearance, |
| 0:45.7 | and I can tell you now we're doing something very special tonight. |
| 0:49.1 | We're doing a live half-game show, a halftime show, on our YouTube channel. |
| 0:54.2 | More than that coming up later on. |
| 0:55.8 | But me and Big Mac and the entire gang here, Petey and Anthony, are going to go live on YouTube. |
| 1:02.8 | Final whistle of the first half, we go live and we take you right to the inbound pass of the second half. |
| 1:09.7 | So figure about a 12 or 15 minute at a halftime show live on YouTube. We'll take all your comments done as well. So very excited. It's also made possible by our friends at C4, the best energy drink of all time. And we have the new flavor of the bomsicle. Nice. That we'll be enjoying tonight and halftime. So more than that later on. But today is one of those days. |
| 1:30.2 | Today is one of those days. Let's be honest about it. We've not had |
| 1:33.5 | since the 2011 New York Giants run, |
| 1:36.4 | since the 2009 New York Yankee run |
| 1:39.5 | where I guess I could give |
| 1:41.5 | one of the other Yankee appearances, probably the ALCS, or the World Series run against the Dodgers a couple years ago. |
| 1:50.0 | Met's in the World Series in 2015. |
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