Knicks Have A 'Legit Shot' At Winning The Nba Finals 🗣️ Perk Reacts To Sweep vs. Cavs _ Sc With Svp

Again, it's not just a win, it's a statement win, as Cleveland, early on, has a one-point lead. Donovan Mitchell scores inside, he had 31, but it didn't add up for the home team. Off the miss, woo-woo-woo! Jalen Brunson, all alone, and it's a four-point mixed lead. Next, Cavaliers' possession. They had open looks from three throughout this series, didn't hit enough of them. On the other end, again, it's a run-out, and it's Oji Ananobi. The Knicks had 13 fast-break points in the first quarter, the most they've had in any quarter this postseason, so the lead is six, but it balloons in a hurry. Brunson stops on a dime. That's cash from three, and it's a 12-point lead. Knicks on a 13-0 run. Landry Schammett on an absolutely historic run. 11 of 12 from three in the series. They're not done. They're up 20. There's Jose Alvarado on the break, 18-0 run. Next, Cavs' possession. They are spiraling, and it's all gone wrong. Alvarado will miss the three, but Carl Anthony Towns is on the run. Rebound, the slam, and the Knicks have 20 unanswered, and you see Donovan Mitchell imploring his teammates. There was nothing to say or do other than just watch this Knicks team go. That flat-footed, long-distance three, Pat, 19 and 14, and the Knicks on the run again. Ananobi from Brunson, and there are Knicks fans in the building in Cleveland and a watch party in Radio City Music Hall. Once again, it's an offensive rebound and a slam. I don't know how many slams they had, but it was many. It's going to be up by 30. Brunson in the corner from Bridges. All three of these, 15 and 5 for him. They're up a zillion. Early fourth, Shamit with the steal. Here, you do it. I will. Again, it's Ananobi, and again, it's New York, and again, it's a closeout obliteration, and Donovan Mitchell, sort of like that Alonzo warning meme, shaking his head like, yep, they did it again. In four. On to the finals. They've won 11 in a row. They've won six straight on the road, all by at least double digits. Kendrick Perkins is with us in the building, and about the level of dominance they're showing. Not just winning. I mean, they're putting people to bed early. What are they showing, and is it changing your perception of who they are this postseason? Well, they're showing me that they're a team that's together, and they have the it factor, Scott. And to all the people out there in the world that's thinking that, hey, the winner out of OKC and the Spurs is going to be one of the teams that's going to win an NBA championship, they're lying, and the truth is nowhere near, because the Knicks have a legit shot at winning the NBA championship. They're deeper than the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean combined, and when you look at their roster, when you look at their leader in big-body Brunson, he's growing right in front of our eyes. He's able to get his, and make others around him better. Karl-Anthony Towns is looking like the best big man outside of Wimby Yamba in the NBA, on both ends of the floor, and you know what the most important thing that the Knicks have? What's that? Two-way players, and OKC showed us last year that you need two-way players in order to win the NBA championship. The Knicks have OJ Anovi, Josh Hart, Landry Shamit, and Mikael Bridges. So all of those guys are capable of defending at a high level, and putting the ball in the basket. I just asked Kat something I'm going to ask you, because you've lived it. When you haven't lived it, and now it's the finals, is it difficult to just, the outside noise and whatever it is you're feeling, it's got to be difficult to flush it and focus on what you're doing, because it's just a game, but it isn't. Scott, you have to find that balance. And it's almost to the extent of like, you know, when Floyd Mayweather, when a guy first time fighting Floyd Mayweather in Vegas, you know, they get caught up in the moment, and Floyd already won the fight before he stepped in the ring. It's the same stage, similar when you step into the NBA finals. The team that's happy just to be there is the team that's going to go home as a loser. But if you go there, you find that balance before, beforehand, to come in and say, you know what, okay, we soak it in media day, let's get in between these lines, and all of a sudden, it becomes basketball again, and you stay true to who you are and continue to win the game between the lines, then you'll be fine. I wouldn't ask Catholic this, because no disrespect, but he never could be honest. If I say, has your opinion of yourselves changed? Has your belief grown? What's he going to say? Yeah, we didn't think we could before we played Atlanta, but now we do. But I have to think, when you play at this high a level for a month and a half in the playoffs, you have to view yourselves differently. Do you think that that's something that's happening in New York right now? Absolutely. And what happened is, is that we saw growth in that Atlanta series. We saw guys find themselves, and guess what, lose themselves in the team. Because now, all of a sudden, we're watching a Knicks team that's playing a gender-free basketball. They don't give a damn who's getting the shine. We're watching Corey Anthony Towns take that step of being a defender. We're watching Jalen Brunson take a step of playing off the ball, playing on the ball, right? And all of a sudden, Mikael Bridges, who was catching a lot of heat from a lot of New Yorkers, including our friend Stephen A. Smith, all of a sudden, he found himself in that moment. And Mike Brown did a hell of a job of sticking with him. Mike Brown like the Sacramento Fire? That Mike Brown? Yeah. I'm just checking. You know they can't get right. Well, that's another story for another day. Maybe Philly was worn out from the Boston series. Maybe Cleveland was worn out from the Detroit series and the first series with... No, Orlando played Detroit. Who did they play? Toronto. It feels like three years with the playoffs. Maybe that was it. Or maybe New York's just playing it at this level right now. As for Cleveland, their series comes to an end, and it comes to an end by getting swept on their home floor. Donovan Mitchell on what happened. Y'all asked me a thousand times if we retired. I can't tell you yes. But, I mean, we did this to ourselves. And that's not an excuse. They're a hungry team. They beat us, swept us. So I don't want to diminish that. But we didn't give ourselves a chance because we didn't handle business. I told the guys in the locker room, I said, now we know. Like, for a lot of us, we've never been here. You can't play with your food. We had an opportunity to close both series and give ourselves some rest. You got to be able to give yourself a chance. And we had an opportunity in game one, and then we blew that. So the two series before, having to go seven, and it's our fault. Like, we did that to ourselves. You know, it's just an unfortunate situation. You know what I mean? Like, any team coming off a tough two series against two defensive monsters, it would have been challenging. And I don't necessarily, like, maybe the first three quarters we played well, I don't even know if the first half and the first game we won. I think maybe that third quarter we played well, we actually made shots. And then other than that, I don't necessarily can't remember a quarter where we actually made shots, like, as a group, which is, like, you're not going to win against any team. So it's just, that's a little frustrating. About halfway through the sound, you just put your head in your hands. What do you got for me on Cleveland? Well, first of all, somebody needs to take their microphones. From James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, and Kenny Atkinson, because that is embarrassing to hear what they're talking about. You know what? In the playoffs, things are going to be hard. In 2008, we went through two seven-game series. It's about your mentality. It's about do you have the will to want. It comes from inside, Scott. And listening to those guys, they're making more excuses than a brother going to jail. Kenny Atkinson's comment the other day was the most asinine thing that I've heard in this postseason. About analytics? About the analytics. We're winning the analytics. What? What are you talking about? How about showing some type of leadership? Donovan Mitchell, where's your leadership? And when I watched their lack of effort, in the closeout game today, tonight, on their home court, the New York Knicks had 20 offensive rebounds. Scott, you and I were sitting in the back, and I had to ask you, what they got, 25 dunks? Well, Jalen Bronson actually looked athletic. How many times did we see him push the ball coast-to-coast and get all the way to the basket? He got a transition and got a little dunk. Jalen Bronson. And he's one of my favorite players. But again, when you're looking at your leaders, supposed to be leaders, and Donovan Mitchell and James Horton, if you're banking on those two guys to lead you anywhere, especially into the promised land, especially after hearing those comments post-game, then you dead birds tall grass.