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00:03 So let's take a look here at another Eastern Conference team,
00:05 which is the New York Knicks.
00:07 107-98 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
00:09 Now you might hear that and say, yeah, it's the NBA, and
00:11 the Knicks probably got hot and Brunson played well.
00:13 Well, as we told you in the seven and seven,
00:14 Brunson didn't even play a minute in this game,
00:16 didn't even score a single point.
00:17 Now here's the tough part about this game.
00:19 We're all handicappers, we're all gamblers.
00:21 If you're sitting down watching this game, and
00:23 you see Brunson hobbled right away, aren't you running right to
00:25 the Fanbula Sportsbook and trying to get as many wagers in
00:28 on the Cleveland Cavaliers as you possibly can?
00:30 Because there's no way the New York Knicks would be able to win this game.
00:33 And they actually did, and almost by double digits, an incredible feat here,
00:37 which saw Josh Hart play 45 minutes, McBride off the bench, 47 minutes here.
00:42 A gutsy performance, John, from the New York Knicks yesterday over
00:45 the Cleveland Cavaliers.
00:46 >> Yeah, I think kind of a microcosm for both of these teams here.
00:51 We see the Knicks fighting through adversity.
00:53 Yes, it's been tough without Ojean and Obi, without Julius Randle, and
00:56 now potentially without Jalen Brunson.
00:58 But we know guys are prepared to play big minutes, or
01:01 they really have no choice under Tom Thibodeau.
01:03 Playing 40 plus minutes, you can expect that for
01:06 guys like Josh Hart on a given night, as he did last night, you said.
01:09 So I think the Knicks, they're bringing the intensity,
01:13 they're doing what they need to do to kind of stay alive in that playoff race.
01:16 Cleveland on the other hand, this is kind of a defining loss for
01:19 them too, because they struggle against teams.
01:22 They actually have won a lot against teams that are under 500.
01:25 So you'd think coming into a Knicks team, minus a bunch of stars,
01:29 you'd think that maybe Cleveland would be able to put them to bed.
01:31 But the Cavaliers against teams above 500 on the season, Donnie,
01:36 are really struggling.
01:37 I believe they're under 500, I think 13 and 18 now, I wanna say, is that number.
01:41 So the Cavaliers need to be able to win against good teams and
01:44 win against teams playing hard in a playoff-like environment.
01:47 The New York Knicks are gonna slow you down and grind it out.
01:50 That's the kind of basketball that Cleveland can expect to encounter in
01:53 the playoffs, not a good sign for the Cavaliers.
01:56 But hopefully Jalen Brunson comes away not too bad from this.
01:59 They're saying it's a knee contusion, Donnie.
02:02 I don't know, non-contact, I don't know if I really believe that, but
02:05 let's hope that is the case.
02:06 And hopefully Jalen Brunson can be back alongside Julius Randle and
02:09 Ojean Inouye for New York's playoff run.
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