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The Pat McAfee Show

PMS 2.0 1566 - NBA Finals Game 1 Recap, Stanley Cup Finals Game 2 Preview, Kendrick Perkins, Erik Johnson, Ian Rapoport, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.919.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about last night’s massive Knicks win in game 1 of the NBA Finals as Jalen Brunson went crazy, KAT kept Wemby in check, and the boost on DraftKings won. They also preview game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, with the Vegas Golden Knights leading the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0, as well as all the different injury news that is coming to the fore front in the NFL. Joining the progrum is 15 year NBA veteran, NBA Champion, and ESPN NBA analyst, Kendrick Perkins to chat about the Knicks massive win last night and his expectations for the rest of the series; Next, 18 year NHL veteran, former #1 pick, and ESPN NHL analyst, Erik Johnson joins the progrum to chat about tonight’s game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals; lastly, ESPN Junior NFL Insider, NFL Network Senior NFL Insider to chat about injury news floating around the NFL, and Christian Watson getting a new deal from the Green Bay Packers. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you, we’re off tomorrow, we’ll be back Monday LIVE from Bristol. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And welcome to our Humbley Bo, the Thunderdome.

0:05.4

The Draft King's Thunderdome.

0:07.4

Come on, get it right or pay the price.

0:09.3

It's broken.

0:09.6

It sucks now.

0:11.3

Sport!

0:11.9

It is the Draft King's Thunderdome, and we're so incredibly thankful that Draft King's has become

0:15.6

our official partner because sometimes you're able to boost some bets, and sometimes

0:19.9

you're allowed to see the board, and sometimes you're allowed to trust the stars, which is exactly what we did last night as the NBA final. Game one tipped off at the Frost Bank Center in front of 18,418.

0:34.6

So many, sold out, crazy place that has, you know, some fans chirping some players.

0:41.3

Fans chirping stars.

0:43.3

Obviously an atmosphere that warranted what it was, which is the biggest game, the pinnacle of basketball on the entire planet.

0:51.3

And ladies and gentlemen, what we saw was the New York Knicks do what the New York

0:55.3

Knicks have done for the last 12 games. They're on a 12 game winning streak. These dudes haven't

1:02.0

lost since April 23rd. It is June 4th, 2026, playing the best teams, right? Because in the playoffs, this late, all the bad teams are gone. All the teams that were trying to lose. Remember, we're changing rules because all these teams are trying to tank and be ass. There was 25-point spreads during the NBA regular season. All the ass teams or the shite teams or the teams that are trying to rebuild or be ass at the same time, they're all gone. These are just the best teams. They haven't lost

1:28.7

since a month and a half ago, this team. It has been an outstanding run. They're plus 272,

1:36.0

okay, over those 12 games. That's the largest in the history of the NBA, obviously. They're

1:41.2

breaking records left and right for the dominance in which they display.

1:45.0

And then their comeback ability, what they're doing there is also historic. I think the amount

1:49.1

of comebacks that they've had in the postseason is something that's like double the previous

1:53.3

best in the history.

1:54.3

Yes, seven and I think the previous was three or something like that for double-digit

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