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Knicks Need To Have One Leg UP on Keeping Themselves Alive in ECF 5-25-25 · OneLegUpAlex Sports

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  Speaker 1: Money satisfied. That's the goal here for the Knicks. As
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  Speaker 1: we begin one look up with Alex Garrett. Keep yourself alive,
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  Speaker 1: as Queen would sing it, It's been my brain in
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  Speaker 1: the whole day today because down oh two going to
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  Speaker 1: a field house in Indiana that has given the Knicks
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  Speaker 1: and the nick fans nightmares year after year. Can this
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  Speaker 1: be the year the tide is turned? Look the Halliburton
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  Speaker 1: shot in Game one that nobody thought would go into
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  Speaker 1: tie it It did. Pacers were followed with another epic
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  Speaker 1: performance just a day later and go up to and
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  Speaker 1: oh in the series. I'm not sure what the answer is.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it seems like they gotta keep Nie Smith
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  Speaker 1: and Halliburton on lockdown. But also this team has to
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  Speaker 1: rebound offensively. I mean literally rebound, making their shots, hitting
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  Speaker 1: their free throws too, by the way, I mean, there's
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  Speaker 1: just a lot. And I want to mention this because
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  Speaker 1: Mike Lupaka, who is a brilliant sports writer for the
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  Speaker 1: New York Daily News, made this strong comparison even before
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  Speaker 1: the start of the series of number elevens, boldly saying,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson, the Knicks number eleven and captain has the
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  Speaker 1: chance to be like the Rangers number eleven Mark Messier,
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  Speaker 1: and I still think there's two games to go where
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  Speaker 1: he can prove to be you know, the Knicks Messier.
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  Speaker 1: And he has he's proven himself to be the captain,
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  Speaker 1: the leader those ice in his vain moments. But now's
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  Speaker 1: the time, whether he got stepped on the foot or not,
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  Speaker 1: for him to lead this squad into Indiana with a
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  Speaker 1: different energy than last year. I mean, last year it
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  Speaker 1: really was Jalen or bust. Thank god, he's got playmakers
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  Speaker 1: around him now, kat He's got a Josh Hart who
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  Speaker 1: had last year, but his heart's a little stronger this
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  Speaker 1: year and a little more effective. He's also got he's
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  Speaker 1: also got McBride and McCall bridges around him also. I
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  Speaker 1: mean this this guy is a supporting cast, but it's
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  Speaker 1: up to him to lead this squad and to lock
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  Speaker 1: down the Pacers offense. And uh, you know Mitchell Robinson
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  Speaker 1: jumping around trying to defend these guys. You know, it
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  Speaker 1: looked a little mannic on Friday night. It looked like
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  Speaker 1: the Pacers just would not miss, and every time the
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  Speaker 1: Knicks had to run, the Pacers just do a little better.
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  Speaker 1: So today. It's a clamped down kind of thing, a
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  Speaker 1: lockdown type of game they have to play so that
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  Speaker 1: Halliburton and Nie Smith specifically are shut down. Now, obviously
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough. They're gonna be in road territory.
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  Speaker 1: They're gonna be in tostile territory, if you will, So
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  Speaker 1: that's not gonna be easy. But I think if they
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  Speaker 1: have this mentality of keeping themselves alive, the Knicks can
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  Speaker 1: do this well. Anyway, Lubagat brought some interesting stats to
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  Speaker 1: the article going into the series, because here here are
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  Speaker 1: some interesting stats. He's nearly averaging Brunston's twenty nine points
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  Speaker 1: in the playoffs going into the series, to go with
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  Speaker 1: seven point seven assists, and while Lupuca notes he did
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  Speaker 1: not come here with the championship pedigree that messiated when
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  Speaker 1: he got to the Garden from the Oilers, Brunson has
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  Speaker 1: now established himself as the most important free agent signing
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  Speaker 1: in the city since Reggie Jackson. That's right, Jalen Brunson
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  Speaker 1: getting a comparison to mister October. We need him to
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  Speaker 1: be mister May right now for the Knicks. If he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be compared to mister October, who of course came
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  Speaker 1: to the Yankees and helped win two straight World Series.
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  Speaker 1: He then goes, this is interesting. He then compares what
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  Speaker 1: Brunson could be to the great Dave de Busher was
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  Speaker 1: for the Old Knicks when they traded how he this
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  Speaker 1: is why I love Lupa. He's so historical minded and
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  Speaker 1: so nostalgic in his writing. He even got compared. He
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  Speaker 1: even compares Runson's playoff postseason to Walt Clyde Fraser when
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  Speaker 1: Walt did on the night when Willis limped out and
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  Speaker 1: made those two jumpers before sitting out the rest of
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  Speaker 1: Game seven in nineteen seventy. All Clyde did that night
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  Speaker 1: was score thirty six. I mean, you gotta read this article.
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  Speaker 1: He is comparing Brunson's performances some legendary names, and now
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  Speaker 1: it's time for that legendary postseason to come to fruition
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  Speaker 1: against the Pacers. Footstep down or not. Twenty nine points
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  Speaker 1: a game or not. This is where he leads him.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't mean just scoring, because I think he
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  Speaker 1: can be backed up as adventure a cat who's making
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  Speaker 1: threes from like seven feet out. It's really remarkable to
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  Speaker 1: watch him when he's odd, but he's got to lead
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  Speaker 1: this team with that emotion, with that passion, with that drive.
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  Speaker 1: And yes, maybe the fouling issue is a problem here,
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  Speaker 1: because on many occasions Brunton is either fouled out or
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  Speaker 1: has gotten to the five to foul mark, forcing Gibbs
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  Speaker 1: to sit him down for a while in critical stretches.
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  Speaker 1: But I hope, I hope that if the Knicks go
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  Speaker 1: on what do they go on a like seventeen or
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  Speaker 1: eighteen oh run on Monday night on Wednesday night, only
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  Speaker 1: to blow it and give it up with five straight
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  Speaker 1: threes heading into that Halliburton shot. They need to get
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  Speaker 1: on that run again, but this time clamp it down
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  Speaker 1: and they will be fine. I do think this guard
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  Speaker 1: this game and the series goes back to the Garden.
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  Speaker 1: I really do believe that. I can't see us losing
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  Speaker 1: two in Indiana. Being swept is just unimaginable right now.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go out and the live and say
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  Speaker 1: there will be a game five at the Garden. What
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  Speaker 1: happens before that, though, is one possession at a time.
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  Speaker 1: Nick's ought to take it one possession at a time.
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  Speaker 1: If they're gonna help Brunson become the number eleven Messier
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  Speaker 1: equivalent in the postseason. I didn't realize that this is
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  Speaker 1: fifty two years since the Knicks have won as a title. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: fifty two years. It was fifty four when Messier stepped
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  Speaker 1: up and helped deliver that Rangers Cup in ninety four.
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  Speaker 1: The parallels are there, the stage is set, the series
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  Speaker 1: is backs against wall kind of right now, and oh
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  Speaker 1: and three, I'd say it's even more, but right now
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  Speaker 1: it is a kind of baxsgans Wall moment moment. But
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  Speaker 1: they gotta have urgency and they gotta put prunts in
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  Speaker 1: in that position to make those threes. And what I
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  Speaker 1: also noticed was they were trying to run around find
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  Speaker 1: the best shot. Just take the shot. I know you're
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  Speaker 1: trying to find that best position again the pacers to
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  Speaker 1: make these shots. Just shoot the ball and see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: It's like in hockey. You know these teams try and
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  Speaker 1: pass it too much before making it go. Just take
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  Speaker 1: the shot. Even in basketball, I get you want the
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  Speaker 1: perimeter offense there. You want to drive to the lane also,
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  Speaker 1: but if you see the open shot, just take it.
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  Speaker 1: Don't try the fancy passes. It's too late. In the
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  Speaker 1: game really to try and be fancy. You see the shot,
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  Speaker 1: you just take it and hope for a miracle, or
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  Speaker 1: as the Daily News said today, hoop for a miracle
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  Speaker 1: in Indiana. That's it for now. I'm gonna drop again
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  Speaker 1: Amorial Day weekend and when you're buying the shirts, when
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  Speaker 1: to thank the troops because basketball, baseball, hockey, and football aside,
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  Speaker 1: it's the troops that are making this country safe and
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  Speaker 1: making us a secure country to be able to enjoy
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  Speaker 1: these moments here in New York City wherever you may be,
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