The Knicks Are in the Finals… But How Real Is This Run? & Big Cavaliers Offseason Questions

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🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The New York Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore and Haize break down how to evaluate New York’s run through the East, whether the Knicks’ hot shooting makes this feel fluky or sustainable, and how Jalen Brunson controlled the series on his way to Eastern Conference Finals MVP. Then, the crew turns to the Cavaliers after a disappointing sweep. Cleveland finally reached the ECF for the first time since 2018, but did the Knicks expose bigger problems with the Cavs’ core? Should Cleveland get involved in the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade market, even if it means discussing Evan Mobley? What happens with Donovan Mitchell’s extension, James Harden’s player option and the Mobley-Jarrett Allen frontcourt? Finally, the Knicks wait for the winner of Spurs-Thunder. Would New York rather see Victor Wembanyama and San Antonio or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals? Subscribe to Locked On NBA Daily for daily NBA playoff coverage, Finals analysis, trade rumors and smart basketball debate.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Locked-on NBA Daily, the Knicks are going to the NBA finals.
0:05.0	What do we make of their run through the Eastern Conference?
0:08.0	And who would they rather face out of the West?
0:10.0	Plus, are major changes coming to Cleveland this summer?
0:13.0	Locked-on NBA Daily starts now.
0:20.0	You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:26.0	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:32.5	Hello and welcome back to Locked-on NBA Daily.
0:35.3	I'm Wes Goldberg.
0:36.1	That's Matt Moore and Hayes.
0:37.1	We have a ton to get to today, including some big questions for the Cavaliers to answer this offseason. But let's start today with the New York Knicks, who completed their series sweep of the Cavs last night. And they are going to go into the NBA finals for the first time since 1999. Great for Knicks. Great for Nick's fans. And great for us. Now we know one of the NBA
0:55.6	finals teams. We're going to ask which team that they would rather face in the finals between the
0:59.7	Thunder and the Spurs here in a second. But let's start with this Nick's run. Matt, you're not
1:04.2	afraid to call a finals run a fluke. I know that you've talked about the 2023 heat and the
1:08.5	2024 Mavericks in particular as
1:11.2	fluky runs fueled by hot shooting.
1:14.3	Well, no team has been as hot as this Knicks team through this playoff run.
1:17.5	11 straight playoff wins shooting over 50% from the floor.
1:20.3	And yet this was still a team, I think unlike maybe those Heat and Mavs teams that entered
1:25.4	the season with legitimate finals expectations.
1:29.1	So how would you qualify this next run, Matt?
1:31.4	It is the best run in NBA history.
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