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Speaker 2: He's the pride of Syracuse University. Henos Why the Mets
Speaker 2: are so terrible With perspective on the game last night,
Speaker 2: it can only be our beloved sports anchor John Stashower, John,
Speaker 2: Good Morning.
Speaker 1: Give me Morning Time. I can't kill Paul for going
Speaker 1: to sleep. I think a lot of people did you
Speaker 1: know when it's they're down by twenty nine early in
Speaker 1: the third quarter. But here's what Paul missed. They cut
Speaker 1: that deficit in half. It was fifteen going to the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. The Knicks kept chipping away and they took
Speaker 1: their first lead with a minute twenty two to go
Speaker 1: at Jalen Brunston shine and they fell back behind. So
Speaker 1: they were down one. They had the ball about six
Speaker 1: seconds left, Brunson.
Speaker 2: Gets it, fires up at three shot.
Speaker 1: No God, but that's gone. It's gone.
Speaker 2: It's gone good one point two remaining.
Speaker 1: Mix take the lead. Oh, Treota Loby, that's one O seven.
Speaker 2: One of sex.
Speaker 1: It was your final score. ABC had the call and
Speaker 1: I was saying this Morning Time, I'm not sure what
Speaker 1: was more astonished in the comeback where that game winning
Speaker 1: basket at the end? Yeah, John, I mean I mean
Speaker 1: as great as the next played in the second half. Defensively,
Speaker 1: they held the Spurs only thirty points. It's just extraordinary.
Speaker 1: They had seventy one in the first half. It was incredible. Now,
Speaker 1: you know, you had the feeling there was no way
Speaker 1: they could keep making those shots. They shot fourteen of
Speaker 1: twenty six on three pointers in the first half. So
Speaker 1: they did cool off. And the Knicks have made these
Speaker 1: comebacks before. Even last year with basically the same players.
Speaker 1: They had a couple of big comebacks in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: They beat the Celtics. They came from twenty two down
Speaker 1: in Game one against Cleveland only seven minutes left. But
Speaker 1: you didn't think they could do it this time because
Speaker 1: the Spurs are a better team and they were playing
Speaker 1: so well. I don't think anybody really could have seen
Speaker 1: this coming.
Speaker 2: And John, you know what I noticed was a change Alvarado.
Speaker 2: I mean, he goes into the stands. The other night,
Speaker 2: he's saved. They were protected by a man in the
Speaker 2: stands who caught him nicey last night. And then at
Speaker 2: the end of the game, all of a sudden, I've
Speaker 2: got Elvarado. Brunson, I'm sorry, is that something new? For
Speaker 2: Game five?
Speaker 1: It's a good point. I know, he Mike Brown very
Speaker 1: rarely I think plays those two together, and I was
Speaker 1: surprised they did. But Alvarado, I don't know. He's very pesky,
Speaker 1: you know, and he maybe that's why he brought up
Speaker 1: he had a couple of big shots in that comeback
Speaker 1: in the in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 2: I think, Paul, it's amazing at Elvarado. I mean, he
Speaker 2: knows he was lucky to play Game four, protected in
Speaker 2: Game three by that person on the sidelines.
Speaker 1: Exactly right. So, Johnny, the game we head back to
Speaker 1: San Antonio for a game Saturday night. What are you
Speaker 1: thinking here? Well, they just won twice in San Antonio,
Speaker 1: so you know, I mean logic tells you that he
Speaker 1: might be hard to wrap this thing up on the road.
Speaker 1: I don't think the Spurs want to see the Knicks
Speaker 1: celebrate on their home floor. But if San Antonio wins Saturday,
Speaker 1: then we would move ahead to Tuesday night back at
Speaker 1: the Garden. It'll be another high ticket with a chance
Speaker 1: to win the champions.
Speaker 2: John I'm an amateur. Alexis is the real deal. Paul's
Speaker 2: the real deal. Who was up on your wall as
Speaker 2: a kid like nineteen seventy three.
Speaker 1: Who oh Clyde, Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2: Link for our international audience, John Stash Shower Link nineteen
Speaker 2: seventy three, and the other struggles over here to two
Speaker 2: thousand and six.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they've been a lot of struggles. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's that's part of why this has become such a
Speaker 1: big story, is because Nick fans have gone through so
Speaker 1: many just dreadful teams. I mean, yeah, they went to
Speaker 1: the finals in ninety nine, but basically since then, I mean, Tom,
Speaker 1: they had twelve coaches in eighteen years. I mean, they
Speaker 1: just kept recycling different coaches. J'll managers, they bring me,
Speaker 1: Phil Jackson, they bring all kinds of people, never work,
Speaker 1: and now it's finally worked and they have such a
Speaker 1: great team.