Knicks Have 2-0 Series Lead on Boston, But The Fellas Say Gm 3 is “Must-Win” For NY 🗣️ | NBA on TNT

Knicks Have 2-0 Series Lead on Boston, But The Fellas Say Gm 3 is “Must-Win” For NY 🗣️ | NBA on TNT

>> FRIDAY NIGHT AT 630 EASTERN. >> THAT’S CRITICAL IN READING A PROMO FOR AN UPCOMING EVENT. >> FRIDAY NIGHT Y’ALL. >> THERE YOU GO. OKAY, NOW HERE WE GO. JALEN BRUNSON AND THE KNICKS TOOK THE OPENER. TOOK THE OPENER DOWN BY 20 AT ONE POINT OVER JAYSON TATUM AND THE CELTICS. YOU’D BE AMAZED AT HOW EERILY SIMILAR THIS GAME WENT. THIS WAS JAYLEN BROWN EARLY ON. AND THIS IS DERRICK WHITE FOR THREE. AND A THREE BALL THAT GOES FOR THE C’S. >> DOWN LOW. >> KARL ANTHONY TOWNS WORKING ON AL HORFORD. AND THEN PAT WORKING ON AL HORFORD AGAIN. >> KILL HIM KAT. >> HE HAD 14 AND TEN IN THE FIRST HALF. BROWN GETTING IN THE PAINT. >> NICE. >> BROWN GETTING IN THE PAINT. >> THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF MIXING IT UP THE FIRST HALF. YOU KNOW THE CELTICS AS GREAT AS THEY ARE THEY DON’T HAVE A LOT OF BODY AND BALL MOVEMENT. THEY JUST GO ONE ON ONE WITH JASON AND JAYLEN. BUT THE MISSING PIECE IS PORZINGIS IN MY OPINION. >> OH GOOD PASS. >> JOSH HART WITH THE FINISH 11 TO 4 RUN TO END THE HALF. BOSTON’S LEAD WAS 50 TO 41. >> TATUM AGAIN. >> TATUM WEAVING HIS WAY TO THE TIN. AND THEN KRISTAPS PORZINGIS WHO HAD 8 IN 14 MINUTES OF WORK. >> AND HE DON’T GET HEALTHY. >> SICK AND CONTINUES TO FIGHT THAT. BUT THEY’RE UP 73 TO 53 IN THIS GAME. AND THEN HERE COMES NEW YORK REELING THEM IN. JOSH HART. THEY’RE. BRIDGES. >> BRIDGES PLAYED GREAT. HE HAD A RUN ERNIE ABOUT 6 TO 8 POINTS IN A ROW GOT THE KNICKS ROCKING. >> WELL ALL 14 OF HIS POINTS CAME IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. HE WAS SCORELESS THROUGH THREE. AND MEANTIME CELTICS WENT TEN FOR 40 FROM THREE BOOKER 25 FOR 100 IN THE SERIES. >> KEEP SHOOTING. YEAH THAT’S THAT’S TODAY’S NBA. THAT’S WHAT THEY TELL ME ON TV EVERY DAY. 8679 AT. >> THIS POINT. AND HERE WE GO AGAIN. THAT’S HART. AND THEN WE’VE GOT. >> WAIT ARE THEY ARE THE KNICKS ACTUALLY SHOOTING LAYUPS AND STUFF. YES. THE HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOT. >> AND FINALLY THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD. >> I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE YOU COULD SHOOT POINTS WITH NOT ONE THREES IN THE NBA TODAY. >> 34 TO 13 RUN. >> NO SHOOT A THREE. NO. TAKE THAT LAYUP. GREAT PLAY RIGHT HERE TATUM. >> SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PLAY AND THE ONE THEY RAN AT THE END. WOULD TRY TO RUN THE SAME PLAY HERE. BUT AL HORFORD SCREEN WAS MUCH LOWER ON THE SECOND ONE. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS NEAR HALF COURT GAVE JAYSON TATUM A LOT OF ROOM TO MANEUVER. BUT NOW THIS ONE IS NEAR THE THREE POINT LINE. AND NOW THERE’S NO ROOM TO GET DOWNHILL. GOOD DEFENSE BY MITCHELL ROBINSON. HE HE GETS THERE AND THEN HE COMES OVER ERNIE BRIDGES. >> YOU KNOW HE ACTUALLY GOT LUCKY TOO BECAUSE IF HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO PASS THAT BALL TO JAYLEN BROWN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN WIDE OPEN. BUT IT WAS A GREAT PLAY. IT WORKED OUT. >> 91 TO 90 IS YOUR FINAL SCORE. THE KNICKS AGAIN DOWN BY 20 AND COME BACK TO WIN. AND BOTH OF THOSE GAMES IN BOSTON. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT KIND OF ADVANTAGE IN JUST A SECOND. BUT FIRST LET’S GET SOME YAKETY YAK. >> TWO GAMES. WE UP 20 POINTS SOMEHOW END UP NOT WITH WINS. IT’S INEXCUSABLE. >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS GROUP. >> THAT TELLS YOU YOU CAN GET. >> RIGHT BACK INTO THE SERIES? >> YEAH. RESILIENCY. TOUGHNESS. WE GOT A GREAT A GREAT GROUP THAT STAYED TOGETHER THROUGH IT ALL. THESE ARE THE MOMENTS WHERE WE NEED TO SHOW OUR RESILIENCY BECAUSE WE CAN WE CAN GET BACK IN THIS THING. NO QUESTION. I THINK YOU NEED TO. >> SPOT THEM 20 POINTS FROM OPENING TO. >> TO BE ABLE TO PLAY YOUR BEST BASKETBALL. I WOULD PREFER NOT TO, BUT WE NEED TO START THE GAME A LOT BETTER. THEY’RE GOING TO GO ON RUNS. THEY’RE A GREAT TEAM AND THEY THEY CAN SHOOT THE BALL AND THEY CAN MAKE PLAYS FOR EACH OTHER LIKE NO OTHER. BUT WE GOT TO JUST FIND A WAY TO LIMIT THE RUNS. AND SO NOT GETTING ALL LIKE THAT. >> JOSH. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE TWEETING. SO I KEPT REFRESHING. OH NO. >> I WAS. >> TRYING. >> TO. >> ORDER SOME UBER EATS. >> WELL, THEY FEASTED ON THE CELTICS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT GAME, 7555, IN GAME ONE, 7353 IN GAME TWO. YOU SEE THOSE GAME ENDING RUNS AND HOW THE KNICKS WERE ABLE TO SOMEHOW ON THE OTHER GUYS FLOOR, THE CHAMPIONS FLOOR, GO IN THERE AND TAKE THE FIRST TWO OF THIS SERIES. SHAQ. >> YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PART OF THAT, THAT WHOLE THING IS LOOKING AT THE CLIPS AND YOU SEE CELTICS SHOOTING THREES. AND YOU SEE KNICKS PLAYING OLD SCHOOL BASKETBALL TAKING A HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOT DRAWING AND KICKING GOING TO THE HOLE. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND WHEN YOU’RE NOT THE FAVORITE YOU KNOW THERE’S REALLY NO PRESSURE ON YOU. BUT THEY JUST KEPT PLAYING KEPT PLAYING. AND THE CELTICS JUST KEPT SHOOTING UP THREES. KNICKS GETTING THE REBOUND PULLING IT OUT. BRUNSON PLAYED GREAT. BRIDGES PLAYED GREAT KAT PLAYED GREAT. AND THEY DID THE UNEXPECTED. THEY’RE UP TWO NOW FOR THE KNICKS. DON’T GET COMFORTABLE. IT’S A MUST WIN FOR BOSTON. BUT IT’S ALSO A MUST WIN FOR KNICKS. IF YOU WANT TO PUT SERIOUS PRESSURE ON THE CHAMPS. GAME THREE IS A MUST FOR THE KNICKS. >> 30 TO 17 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. >> SO LET ME LET ME TAKE THAT FOR A SECOND. HE IS 100% CORRECT. I’M ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION TWICE. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO BRING THAT UP. >> AS I SAID, I’VE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION TWICE. WE PLAYED THE LAKERS WHEN WE WERE THE NUMBER ONE SEED IN THE WEST. WE LOST THE FIRST TWO GAMES AT HOME. >> IN A FIVE GAME SERIES. >> IN A FIVE GAME SERIES. AND I AND I SAID, AND I REMEMBER TELLING THE GUYS, I SAID, GUYS, ALL WE GOT TO DO IS GET THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE THEN THE PRESSURE SWITCHES BACK TO THEM. >> BUT DON’T LET US WIN ONE. >> LET US, BECAUSE BUT YOU GOT TO WIN THE THIRD ONE. YEAH. BECAUSE THEN THE PRESSURE SWITCHES. BUT ALSO WITH KENNY, WHEN WE WON THE FIRST TWO GAMES IN HOUSTON, I REMEMBER TELLING THE GUYS, GUYS, WE CANNOT GO BACK TO HOUSTON TWO TWO. WE CANNOT GO BACK TO HOUSTON TWO TWO. I SAID WE GOT TO WIN GAME THREE. AND IN BOTH OF THOSE INSTANCES, WHAT SHAQ SAID. GAME THREE IS A MUST WIN. IT’S GOING TO SOUND STUPID. GAME THREE IS A MUST WIN FOR THE KNICKS. BECAUSE IF THEY GET BACK BECAUSE. BECAUSE GAME FOUR, BECAUSE BOSTON’S GOT A BETTER TEAM, THEY’VE BEEN UP 20. BUT I’M TELLING YOU, BEEN IN THAT SITUATION TWICE. YOU GOT TO WIN THAT THIRD GAME. AND I KNEW I STILL THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WIN THE SERIES WHEN WE WERE UP. BUT WHEN WE LOST GAME THREE, BUT IT ACTUALLY FLIPS THE MENTAL PICTURE. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON YOUR END WHEN YOU WERE AT HOME AND YOU AND YOU LOSE THE FIRST TWO AGAINST HIS BUNCH? >> WELL, THERE WAS STRANGELY ENOUGH, THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE. ONLY BECAUSE WE LIKE WE CAN GET UP 20 ON THESE GUYS. LIKE WE JUST HAVE TO SUSTAIN IT LIKE. AND IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DID THEY DO THAT ALLOW US TO GET UP 20? CAN WE DO THAT AGAIN? AND WE’RE LIKE, YEAH. AND THEN WHAT DID WE DO TO ALLOW THEM TO GET BACK AND REALLY WHAT IT IS WE GOT TIGHT. WE STOPPED SHOOTING QUICKLY. ON YOUR TAKING YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY, YOUR FIRST OPEN SHOT. AND WE TRY TO GET THE GREAT SHOT. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START CLOSING IN. NOW THE LEAD STARTS SHRINKING AND YOU GET NERVOUS. THAT’S HUMAN NATURE. BUT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU STAY FULLY FREE FLOWING, YOU’RE GOING TO BE OKAY. AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, UNBRIDLED BELIEF IN YOURSELF. >> DID YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU WON GAME THREE 100%? >> YEAH, WE KNOW WE WERE SAYING THE SAME THING. LIKE WE WIN GAME THREE. YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO BE TIGHT GAME FOUR. BECAUSE WE GOING BACK TO H-TOWN. >> WHAT’S WHAT’S INTERESTING. GAME ONE WAS A NAIL BITER. AND THEN IN GAME IN GAME. GAME ONE WAS A NAIL BITER. GAME TWO THEY WERE UP LIKE 25. AND WE SAID AND PAUL WESTPHAL SAYS GUYS JUST START TAKING A BUNCH OF THREES FOR LIKE FIVE MINUTES. IF NOT, WE’LL IT’S FUNNY, IN. >> THAT INSTANCE IT WAS OKAY. >> IT WAS OKAY BECAUSE WE WERE DOWN 25. AND HE SAYS, GUYS, I’M GOING TO GIVE Y’ALL FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET READY FOR GAME THREE. HE SAID, JUST JACK UP A BUNCH OF THREES. YOU KNOW MARLIN AINGE LOVE THAT. AND BEFORE WE KNOW IT WE HAD IT DOWN TO 15TH. AND WE GET IT TO TEN. AND HE RIGHT. THEY GOT TIGHT. WE SHOULDN’T HAVE WON GAME TWO. THAT’S WHAT WAS CRAZY ABOUT IT. >> YEAH. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU DID AND. >> BUT BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT THE CELTICS MINDSET IF YOU KNOW BASED OFF EXPERIENCE WOULD BE WE CAN GET UP 20 POINTS AND WE CAN’T BEAT THESE GUYS. NO THAT’S THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE. SO THEY KNOW WE CAN GET UP 20. AND THERE’S NO WAY THEY’RE GOING TO DO THAT THREE TIMES. AND SO YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE, LIKE I SAID, AN UNBRIDLED BELIEF IN YOURSELF THOUGH. >> YEAH. BUT I. >> THINK THINK. >> LIKE THAT. I THINK WHAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE PROBLEM FOR THE CELTICS IS THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYING THIS WAY. SO THEY ARE THE CHAMPS. SO THIS WAY WORKS OKAY. WE MISSED 40 THE FIRST GAME. WE MISSED 20 THIS GAME. BUT WE ARE THE CHAMPS. AND INSTEAD OF SAYING WE’RE NOT SHOOTING THREES WE’RE GOING TO THE BASKET. WE’RE GETTING IN THE PENALTY. WE’RE TAKING HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOTS. IF I KICK IT OUT THEN HE CAN SHOOT THE THREE. NO QUICK THREE. BUT I THINK JASON. >> I THINK. >> JAYLEN BROWN BROWN DID THAT. >> I THOUGHT HE CAME OUT WITH THAT MINDSET TO. >> TAKE. >> EVERY LEVEL OF SHOT. >> YOU CAN’T MISS 23. SHAQ. THE ONE THING THAT WOULD SCARE ME. >> THEY WISH IT WAS ONLY 20. >> THE ONE THING THAT WAS. >> 45 AND THEN 30. >> YES. THE ONE THING THAT WOULD SCARE ME. THEY THEY LIVE AND DIE BY THEM THREES. THEY THEY HAD TWO AWFUL GAMES. BUT JAYLEN BROWN CHANGED UP A LITTLE BIT AND STARTED GOING TO THE BASKET. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THOSE THREES ARE GOING TO CLICK IN. YOU NEVER KNOW. >> CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH GAME THREE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THAT AFTERNOON IN NEW. >> YORK I’LL BE ON THE THIRD HOLE. BY THEN. >> I’LL HAVE MY PHONE UP THERE. >> THIS IMAGE IN THAT NEW TRUCK COMMERCIAL IS GOING TO HAUNT ME NOW. >> FOR ANDREW. DARRELL. >> IF YOU IF YOU LIKED IT ON THE COMMERCIAL, WAIT TILL YOU SEE IT ON THIS VERY SHOW A LITTLE BIT LATER. OH, I JUST KIND OF GIVING AWAY. WHAT’S GOING ON. THE NEATO STAT OF THE NIGHT. >> OH, WE GOT SOME CHUCK

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