Hour 1: Knicks Win, OG Injury Update

Summary

Don, Hahn & Rosenberg – Hour 1: Knicks Win, OG Injury Update (May 7, 2026)

Episode Overview

The hour kicks off with deep-dive reactions to the New York Knicks’ Game 2 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Playoffs. The main themes: how the Knicks took a 2-0 series lead, the significance and implications of OG Anunoby's injury, and the high stakes facing both teams heading into Game 3. The hosts also blend Knicks analysis with personal banter, betting stories, and listener interaction, creating the show’s signature mix of sports insight and lively New York personality.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Knicks Go Up 2-0 amid OG Anunoby Injury News

• The Knicks win Game 2, taking a 2-0 series lead against Philadelphia, but OG Anunoby goes down with a key hamstring injury.

  • Alan Hahn: “It's good news on OG, right? He's listed as day to day, as good as you could probably get considering.” (01:21)
  • The consensus: if OG were out for the playoffs, the Knicks’ title hopes would be over, though maybe they'd still get past the Sixers.
  • Peter Rosenberg: “If God forbid, we started today's show on the news that OG was finished. Today's show is a funeral. They do not have a chance to win the championship.” (04:52)

• The idea is floated to rest OG for Game 3 (with the Knicks up 2-0) to get him healthy for later games.

2. Betting Subplots & The Rosenberg Luck

• Peter Rosenberg recaps his run betting the Knicks, revealing he just missed a cover because the Sixers didn’t foul at the end:

  • Alan Hahn: “The only reason why you didn’t win the bet is because for whatever reason the Sixers decided they weren’t going to foul in the final.” (02:50)
  • The group agrees: keep betting the Knicks as long as the mojo lasts.

• Rosenberg: “Look on the bright side. I did not throw money at OG scoring over 25 points. He scored 24. They're good. They're very good.” (04:04)

• Observations on how sharp the betting lines continue to be.

3. Anunoby’s Value & Impact of Injury

• The hosts break down OG’s two-way impact, especially his defense when potentially facing big wings in later rounds.

  • Hahn: “Could they go on a championship run without OG Anunoby?” (05:02)
  • Alan Hahn: “No, they can't because of how he's so important to what they do.” (05:05)
  • Discussion of the different feel and visuals of his latest injury compared with previous Knicks’ playoff injury heartbreaks.

• Anecdotes: Even Knicks legends (John Starks, Larry Johnson) were asking Alan about OG’s status postgame.

  • Hahn: “So many people there… all these guys are going, what do we know?” (06:32)

• Ian Begley reports OG may even be available for Game 3, but panel agrees there’s “no need to rush it.” (07:09)

4. The Game 2 Flow: Knicks Survive a Trap Game

• The Knicks did not look sharp early (no Embiid, foul trouble, missed shots, Sixers hitting threes), but closed well and owned the fourth quarter.

  • Peter Rosenberg: “Nick Nurse… would have to try different things without Joel Embiid. That is what he did. We are not going to pretend like the first half went well… But in the first half… there were some awkward points.” (07:21)
  • Alan Hahn: “In the first half, that was setting up for exactly what Monica McNutt told us. Yes, the trap game.” (10:13)
  • The officiating was harsh (“January fouls”)

• Knicks’ bench was shorthanded (no Mitchell Robinson due to illness). Foul trouble forced them into small lineups.

  • Despite that, the game “was there for the Sixers”, but they couldn't close.

5. The Value of Winning a Close Playoff Game

• Most Knicks playoff wins had been blowouts; this close game builds necessary mettle.

  • Don Hahn: “All these blowout wins are great… but at some point… I wanted to see them in a dogfight… and see how they handle that.” (13:11)
  • Alan Hahn: “25 lead changes, you know, that we've seen in over a decade.” (14:11)
  • Winning tight games is crucial for title runs; this was “Brunson brilliance late when he got his one-on-ones.”

• Knicks’ defense praised, particularly Mikal Bridges on Tyrese Maxey late. The Sixers’ starters logged heavy minutes, raising questions about their legs as the series progresses.

6. Game 3: Stakes, Home Court, and Fan Presence

• Both teams’ needs heading into Game 3:

  • Peter: “I think the Sixers win last night, we're all sitting here going, oh, we got a series now… and they did it without Embiid.” (09:24)
  • Alan: “The Knicks won both games this season in Philadelphia. It has not really been home court advantage in the playoffs for Philadelphia.” (18:24)
  • Debate over which team faces more pressure.

• Discussion of Knicks fans potentially overtaking Wells Fargo Center if the Sixers lose heart.

  • “How many Knick fans are going to be in that building?” (16:54)

7. Listener Calls, Legacy Questions, and Iconic Chatter

• Callers weigh in on various topics:

  • Knicks’ odds if they become underdogs in Game 3 due to the Anunoby injury. (29:24)
  • Where a Knicks collapse would rank among NY sports heartbreaks (Mets '88, Yankees '04 cited).
  • One caller asks Alan to clarify a “trade Brown over Tatum” Celtics take from another show—a mini debate follows.
    • Alan Hahn: “That's literally not what I said.” (21:39)
    • He re-explains his reasoning and why breaking up Brown-Tatum would be a mistake.

• Extended fun segment about Iced Tea lyrics, New York karaoke, and poking fun at ESPN’s bad headshots of Rosenberg. (27:21–39:45)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Peter Rosenberg (on OG’s importance):
  • "If God forbid, we started today's show on the news that OG was finished. Today's show is a funeral. They do not have a chance to win the championship." (04:52)
• Alan Hahn (on the Sixers’ end-of-game approach):
  • "The only reason why you didn’t win the bet is because for whatever reason the Sixers decided they weren’t going to foul in the final." (02:50)
• Don Hahn (on winning close games):
  • "All these blowout wins are great… at some point...I wanted to see them in a dogfight… just to See how they handle that." (13:11)
• Alan Hahn (on playoff experience):
  • "They have not had those moments. And when they did, like you said against Atlanta, they missed the shots they needed to make down the stretch. But this was Brunson brilliance late when he got his one on ones and that was important." (14:34)
• Listener on Odds:
  • “48 hours ago, who would have predicted that game three the Knicks would be an underdog?” (29:20)
• On fan presence:
  • "How many Knick fans are going to be in that building? ... The Knicks won both games this season in Philadelphia." (16:54–18:24)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:01] Knicks take 2-0 series lead, initial OG injury update
• [02:19] Betting talk – Rosenberg’s streak, last-night’s near-miss
• [04:14] Vegas/betting lines, OG's "day-to-day" designation
• [05:02–06:46] Deep analysis of OG Anunoby’s importance and injury
• [07:21] Significance of Game 2 win, Nick Nurse’s adjustments
• [10:13] Trap game, Knicks foul trouble, officiating discussion
• [13:11] Value of winning a close playoff game; lead change stats
• [16:43] Looking ahead: Game 3 in Philadelphia, potential fan presence
• [29:24] Caller debates odds/Knicks as underdogs post-injury
• [31:43] NY sports heartbreak rankings
• [34:08] New York, New York – Yankees karaoke segment
• [39:00] Fun with ESPN headshots, celebrity game stories
• [42:27 - 50:10] Importance of Game 3, mental toughness, closing thoughts

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Tone & Style

• Conversational, fast-paced, irreverent New York banter
• A blend of analytical basketball breakdown and casual, tongue-in-cheek humor
• Strong sense of camaraderie and sports fandom

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Summary Takeaways

• The Knicks’ win and OG Anunoby’s day-to-day status keep title dreams alive—his health remains the key variable.
• A close, hard-fought win builds team confidence for the playoff crucible ahead.
• Game 3 on the road looms as a critical point; resting or rushing OG is a debated risk.
• Listener calls add breadth, including Celtics hypotheticals, Knicks history, and fun detours.
• The hosts balance in-depth Knicks insights with classic New York attitude and playful asides, making the episode rich for diehards and casual fans alike.

Transcript

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[Don Hahn]

Don, where do we stand on Sus Han?

[Alan Hahn]

It's lame. It needs Viagra.

[Podcast Host]

And Rosenberg?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm going to lift my shirt up, take my pants down and shake it all around.

[Don Hahn]

This isn't North Dakota, this is New York.

[Podcast Host]

This is Don, Han and Rosenberg.

[Caller]

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[Podcast Host]

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[Don Hahn]

3 o' clock in the big city. It's Don Hahn and Rosenberg on a beautiful Thursday. It's a gorgeous Thursday and the Knicks survive. They take the 2 nothing series lead. I guess it's good news on OG, right? He's listed as day to day, as

[Alan Hahn]

good as you could probably get considering.

[Don Hahn]

And maybe you pull an embiid and say, you know what, we're going to have you sit out game three. We've got the two nothing series lead and we'll get you that much fresher for Sunday Mother's Day for the, for the game four. And heck, you know, if you happen to be up 3. Oh, then maybe it's, you know what, we won't even play a game four if it makes that kind of a difference with the injury that he suffered, which is really one of the only negatives. Sorry. Peter lost because he was getting him at seven and a half, ten and a half at the tip. But it came close. But he ended up there. Knicks only won by.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Was it five?

[Alan Hahn]

We got to discuss what happened there

[Peter Rosenberg]

and we have to discuss whether this is still considered. Like I have to ask the Knick fans, do you, do I keep rolling with this though? Because like, yeah, I didn't.

[Don Hahn]

If I'm coming from a Nick fan perspective, what we're talking about is, is that throughout the recent run for the Knicks, Peter's become a very wealthy man, betting the Knicks not just to win, but at times to cover all the money line.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All but one.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, but. And he's. But unfortunately, he had the seven and a half in last night's game and the Knicks are riding a five game winning streak because of this. And I would think that even though you didn't win last night, you still bet the Knicks and they won.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right.

[Don Hahn]

So I think the vibe has to continue. I think you have to continue to bet the Knicks to get them to continue to win. So the fact that you didn't win is irrelevant.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm fine with that.

[Don Hahn]

You bet the Knicks, the Knicks win. Period. Right. Allen, is there any other way to look at it?

[Alan Hahn]

There is no other way to look at it. And the only reason why you didn't win the bet is because for whatever reason the Sixers decided they weren't going to foul in the final.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Like they didn't do a foul.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't understand it. You're supposed to play it. It was still a two possession game.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It was right on the verge of fouling.

[Alan Hahn]

Every team does this. You just keep fouling, Just keep fouling. You try to extend the game. Maybe they'll miss free throws. It does happen and maybe you have a chance. But they just said let it go. And they. That blew my mind. Because he hits those two free throws, not only does he get his over, you get your, you get, you get eight.

[Don Hahn]

And you can't think about there being anything going on with the number because the number for everybody else if they bet the game that day was ten and a half. Didn't matter unless you bet the day before it's seven and a half.

[Alan Hahn]

There were some people in the building that I've. I heard because of their reaction to not foul.

[Don Hahn]

They got it at seven and a half.

[Alan Hahn]

That they had it at seven and a half.

[Caller]

Son of a. Bad.

[Don Hahn]

I'm sure Peter's logic was the logic of a lot of others. Why wait?

[Peter Rosenberg]

It could only go up.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. And we knew if it was going to go up, it's going to probably be something with Embiid. It was going to go up.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It happened.

[Don Hahn]

So you did the right thing. It just didn't work out well.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Look on the bright side. I did not throw money at OG scoring over 25 points. He scored 24. They're good. They're very good.

[Don Hahn]

So they kind of know what they're doing over there.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, they do. I got to tell you, Vegas, there's a reason that they always win. But I will say, no matter how you feel about the game last night, and there's a lot to get into and there was good and bad. I thought last in Last night's game obviously a lot more good because they won. The biggest news obviously by Country Mile to me is the that it's only day to day for OG because in my opinion, and either of you can disagree, I don't think either of you will if God forbid, we started today's show on the news that OG was finished. Today's show is a funeral. They do not have a chance to win the championship.

[Don Hahn]

0 no, no, no.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Over in my humble.

[Don Hahn]

I think they'd have a chance to win the series. Sure. And maybe get to the final.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Maybe, maybe.

[Don Hahn]

But yeah, be beating the Thunder or the Spurs.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Alan, could they go on a championship run without OG Anunoby?

[Alan Hahn]

No, they can't because of how he's so important to what they do.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Who's been their best player.

[Alan Hahn]

Like think about it. Him, him, him healthy. And you go to the second round and you play either the Cavs or the Pistons, but especially the Pistons. Who's Garden? Cade? He is. Right, because of the size factor. No, that's. This was. Now, of course, best case scenario is that the injury doesn't happen.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Correct.

[Alan Hahn]

But we know it. We know something happened by the way he pulled up and the way he got like. You could tell something wasn't right. And then he called to the bench, then he came out of the game. But when he walked off the court and when he walked to the locker room, it looked a lot different than two years ago in almost the same exact situation. Game two, second round, Knicks were going up 20 against Indiana. And then he went on, he was going down the court and he pulled up lame and he was limping, holding the hamstring, limping off the court two years ago. That's. And then he was done, done. He tried to play in that game seven. We know it looked terrible, but he was done, done. This was a little different. This was him like a little hop. And then he walked off the court, but he knew it didn't feel right. And then he went in the back and they never came back on the floor, which was not like him. And there was nothing after the game, although there was a lot of. Like there was so many people there and a lot of former Knicks that were there that were all trying to find out is he okay? It shows you how much those who know or those who watch this team just know how important he is to their success. So everybody cared about it. John Starks asking me, Larry Johnson, like all these guys are going, what do we know?

[Don Hahn]

We're.

[Alan Hahn]

What about him? So the fact that this became. They were the ones asking. And the fact that it comes up today that it's day to day, you know, like Ian Begley is even saying on SNY that the mood in the locker room is that he might even still be available to play tomorrow even

[Peter Rosenberg]

though we're all in the. No need to rush it.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, you're up to if you winning that game kind of buys you that time, does it not? And we don't know Embiid status, but we expect he's going to play.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's as important to win that they. That they got last night than I think the since game four in round one that they needed to. You had to get out of dodge with the win last night. Especially because guys, Nick Nurse, as Alan predicted on our show, he obviously would have to try different things without Joel Embiid. That is what he did. We are not going to pretend like the first half went well. That was not the Knicks basketball we'd watched over the four games prior to that. Alan, I texted the group. There were a few moments that felt really like Brunson ball of them just kind of sitting back and watch Jalen trying to create. He forced a little bit. He was 9 for 21 from the floor. In the end he was good. But in the first half it got. There were some awkward points. They closed the half strong and then they just, they just really muscled up and beat this team in the second half. It was a critical, critical win.

[Don Hahn]

I still think, you know, the Knicks are in good shape. But when you talk about, all right, the injury to OG and holding him out for Game 3 because hey, we're up 20 as opposed to what happened last night. If Embiid was a decision because hey, we're probably not going to win anyway. It's game two, you know, all the Knicks would do is hold serve. I think it's more important for the Knicks to win Game 3 than it was for the Sixers to win last night. Because we talk about the importance of that Game three. Remember last year, you know, or two years ago against Indiana, we had the two nothing lead and then the longer a series goes, the more chance of getting hurt. But those game threes are so big. You've seen teams win the first two games at home and go on to lose the series because they didn't take care of business on the road. And all of a sudden two one becomes two two.

[Alan Hahn]

Funny.

[Don Hahn]

And now it's the best of three.

[Alan Hahn]

I'll never forget that game three in Indiana because they almost won that game. And then Nemhard hit that shot just completely out of his.

[Don Hahn]

And then it changed. And then the injuries happened and everything changed. Peter, I think they're winning the series anyway, so it's not. I'm not making some kind of big bold proclamation here, but I just think it's more important for the Knicks to win tomorrow than it was for the Sixers to win last night because all the Knicks did was hold serve.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I disagree. I think. I think the Sixers. It's a fun point. I. I think the Sixers win last night. We're all sitting here going, oh, we got a series now. It doesn't matter what happened in those first four. And they did it without Embiid. Now we're having a series. Could choose, frankly, if OG is unavailable. Don, I'm not saying the Knicks are choosing to lose that game, but they're going to roll. Let's say. Let's say he's on the line and they go, we're not going to. We're going to hold him out. They're rolling the dice with a loss in game three. They're willing to maybe sacrifice game three, come back up three.

[Don Hahn]

1.

[Alan Hahn]

Can I. Can I say that I think they have a better chance winning game three with OG resting or at least sitting out a game than the Sixers had winning without Embiid.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's interesting because it looked like for so long yesterday the Sixers could win. You didn't think they could?

[Alan Hahn]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, you knew the shots were going to stop going down.

[Alan Hahn]

This is why I'll give credit to John Winthrop, because in the first half, that was setting up for exactly what Monica McNutt told us. Yes, the trap game. It was exactly the game plan that Nick Nurse wanted with the Sixers is junk it up, get the bigs in foul trouble. There was no Mitchell Robinson last minute. We didn't know this. He had an illness right before the game and could. Couldn't play. He tried to do his warmups before the game and he just. He was sick, couldn't do it. So they lost him already. And then towns they get him in early foul trouble with. By the way, that game painful NBA with the whistles.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That first half was brutal.

[Alan Hahn]

There were just a side note real quick. That game was such a maddening game because it was no longer a playoff game. It was no longer May basketball. It felt like a regular January basketball. The ticky tack touch stuff that you were calling like that. What was that about in that first half? But because of it and both teams Were mad. But because of it, Towns got in foul trouble, comes out of the game, Hook Porti comes in. He, he. I don't even think he lasted three minutes. He also had three fouls. He comes out. Now they're playing small ball, and Nick Nurse is like, now I got him where I want him. It was working perfectly. And they couldn't miss from three. Dead eye from three. And the Knicks couldn't make any threes. So the formula was there. And you know what John said, And yet they're only down by two.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

And I'm like, you know what? He's right. The Sixers needed a bigger lead by then, but because it stayed close, there was always that chance. And all you kept saying was, the Knicks just need, like a 6, 070 run and this thing's over. And the 90 run came in the last two minutes and then 12, 3 to finish the game. But the 90 run, when they were down 99, 96, they scored the next nine points. Night, night.

[Don Hahn]

Well, I mean, and it really did

[Peter Rosenberg]

feel over at that point.

[Alan Hahn]

So it was there for them to take whenever they wanted it, and they took it at the end.

[Don Hahn]

It just feels like the Knicks are winning this series. So we could talk about the importance of this, the importance of that. I just, you know, the better teams up two.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh.

[Don Hahn]

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[Alan Hahn]

Right.

[Don Hahn]

So not that it was as close as the two Atlanta games, but there were times it was nip and tug and the fact that it came through, it was worse.

[Alan Hahn]

It was 25 lead changes, you know, that we've seen in over a decade.

[Don Hahn]

But it wasn't a last shot like you had against Atlanta. No, you know, but the point, and you're right, all those lead changes back, I, when I'm watching that game, I'm thinking this has so much value if they win. Because as much as you want to kind of keep the streak going, big blow, I, because that's, that's the way you win championships. And you want to know you can win those close games.

[Alan Hahn]

And we know, you know, they, they do have that demonstrated performance of being clutch in playoff moments. It just didn't happen this year yet because all of their wins so far have been by 11 or more points. Between 11 and 51 points. So they are not, they haven't had those moments. And when they did, like you said against Atlanta, they missed the shots they needed to make down the stretch. But this was Brunson brilliance late when he got his one on ones and that was important. And it was also their defense, you know, a guy that we really have given a hard time to throughout the season. But once again in the second round, coming up with big stops and big defense in the first two games is Mikhail Bridges going up against Terrace Maxey. And that's why I said that the way they wore down by the end of the game says a lot about this series because the Sixers are not deep. They only played three guys off their bench and their starters, four of them played 39 or more minutes. Maxey played almost the entire game in the minute 16. He didn't play out of the 48 minutes. His team was minus six. That means he was even in his Minutes on the court. Think about that for a minute. He played almost the entire game, and for the minute and 16, he wasn't on the floor. There's your six points. That's a crazy stat. Like, how is he going to play 40 minutes a night like he did against Boston? And now he's doing in this series. I don't care how young he is. That's gonna wear you out. In the fourth quarter, and it showed. He was 0 for 3 from 3. Edgecombe, 0 for 3 from 3. Paul George, 0 for 2 from 3. They were 1 for 10 from 3 in the fourth quarter after going 12 for 24 in the first three. So the battle of attrition is going to cost them in this series, especially without Embiid. And it's kind of funny, isn't it, that we're talking about minutes and teams wearing down. A year after that was always the worry and fear about this Knick team. So now it's somebody else that's going through it and wearing out, and the Knicks are taking advantage of it.

[Don Hahn]

So the Knicks 2o series lead. The scene shifts to Philadelphia, and we'll see now that they're down 2 0, Embiid in question. You know, how many Knick fans are going to be in that building?

[Alan Hahn]

How many Sixer fans are going to start selling their tickets?

[Don Hahn]

Well, we're going to find out. Check. We probably check out and see if there's anything available. I'm sure they're probably doing it right. Yeah, it would make sense. Although they could have won the game, you know, So I don't know if that galvanizes them to say, hey, maybe Embiid comes back, Maybe we found something, we come home. You think the fact that it was close and all those lead changes, does it make them believe a little bit? I don't know. As opposed to if they just got, you know, blown out of the game.

[Alan Hahn]

Let's flip it.

[Don Hahn]

I would think Embiid's playing.

[Alan Hahn]

Let's flip it. The Sixers are the Knicks. The Knicks are the six.

[Don Hahn]

Right.

[Alan Hahn]

Wouldn't that be the game? You're like, you gotta get that game.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, yeah, of course.

[Alan Hahn]

Gotta get that game. Wouldn't you. Wouldn't you be sitting here lamenting, like, one show? Like, what was Paul George thinking on that three? What were you doing on that shot? How. Like, why is. Why is Barlow one on one on an island against Brunson getting just torched? Like, why is this happening? Why did they play small? All the different things Bona was playing? Well, why Wasn't he out there defending the rim? And like, there's so many things you could argue from the Sixers side of it going. You had to get that game. You get that game and now Embiid comes back, now Anunoby's hurt. You could take the series lead 2:1, but now you're trailing 2:0, your backs against the wall. You have to win both home games. And oh, by the way, they haven't won a home game. They lost their two home games. Right. They lost their first two home games to the Celtics and, and the Knicks. The last time they played them, the Knicks won two of the three games in Philadelphia.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's the thing.

[Alan Hahn]

The Knicks won both games this season in Philadelphia.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It has not really been home court advantage in the playoffs for Philadelphia.

[Don Hahn]

No.

[Alan Hahn]

And if you think it's a Friday night and a Sunday afternoon, you're going to tell me that New Yorkers can't get down there for those games Friday night and a Sunday afternoon.

[Don Hahn]

If your mom's a Nick fan, what better way on a Sunday?

[Alan Hahn]

I'm just saying, if Embiid is out

[Peter Rosenberg]

tomorrow and, and they already didn't get the win that they thought they were going to get because if they ended up holding on the lights, if they, if they'd held on and gotten that and they head back with a split, I don't think anyone sells their tickets. Everyone goes, we got a split in New York.

[Alan Hahn]

It's go. Very much so.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But you lost one that you had that was the one to get. It was there for you.

[Alan Hahn]

You'd say the building be up for grabs.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Game three, borderline up for grabs.

[Don Hahn]

And if they got blown out to be the same thing. So really nonsensically said winning the game was the killer.

[Alan Hahn]

Yes.

[Don Hahn]

Because if they lost by 30, then they're definitely.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, then they know they're done. But, but doesn't it feel, isn't it more painful to say we're up 99, 96, like we've got them and we, we, we can't score and they scored nine straight point like that. They're not good enough was such a turn of events.

[Don Hahn]

They're not good enough.

[Alan Hahn]

They're good, though. They're good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They're good.

[Don Hahn]

But they're better. They better way to say it is the Knicks are just a better team.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, that's the.

[Don Hahn]

They're very well coached. The Sixers are a good team.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They're in the second round of the playoffs. Yep.

[Don Hahn]

Just beat the Boston Celtics. Yep.

[Alan Hahn]

And then nothing.

[Don Hahn]

But they're not the Knicks. Right.

[Alan Hahn]

And Embiid again, not having him. Everybody think, oh, I think like yeah, that was funny about yesterday's conversation. I think they could be better without Embiid. Are you crazy? Remember what I said they're going to need, you know, I thought Max is going for 30. You got to stop the other guys from getting to 25. Well, guess what, the others got to 19. Nobody got over 20 other than Maxi. And if they did, three guys over

[Don Hahn]

20 and if they did, they would have won the game.

[Alan Hahn]

They might have, they might.

[Don Hahn]

You know, it's only a five point

[Alan Hahn]

game and they shot the hell out of it for three quarters and they still wasn't enough because the four, four quarter game and the Knicks best quarter ended up being the fourth quarter.

[Don Hahn]

Now we're an app only vehicle likely for the length of the show because of the mets starting at 320 today. So they're just getting underway over on 880. So that's the way you consume the Mets who've gotten hot. They've won three in a row. Break them up four of their last five. But you know, still when they get to 500, I'll start to believe that they've really turned it around. But still, you know, they got some wins and Soto had a home run to lead off the game for the first time in his career. So that's over there. Okay, so we're, but we're on YouTube, we're on the app and we're going to be taking up until 7:00'. Clock. So let's get your calls in at 1-800-919-3776 on those Knicks. Let's go to Ant in Newark. You get us started off here on Don Hanna. Rosenberg.

[Caller]

What's up, Ant Allen.

Don Peter. What's going on, brother?

[Don Hahn]

What's up?

[Caller]

First of all, I appreciate it because of the reason for my call, but I'll keep my promises. I'm gonna say Nixon City.

[Don Hahn]

Okay.

[Caller]

I just think Philadelphia is fraudulent. But with that being said, I'm a Boston Selkins fan and the reason for this call because of what I heard from Alan Han this morning on get up. And I just want, and I didn't listen to it all, Alan. So I just wanted, I just want a little, a little bit of. You said you would trade Brown over Tatum. I just need some rationale.

[Alan Hahn]

That's literally not what I said. I'll help you out since you want to. This is the problem though. No, no, no, but you want to call and argue me Something that, A, you have backwards, and B, you said you didn't hear the whole thing. Do the.

[Caller]

What do you.

[Don Hahn]

At least

[Caller]

I know what you say. You wouldn't. You wouldn't trade either of them.

[Alan Hahn]

I heard that part. If it were me, you. I am not trading, but. Because the conversation is they might trade one of them and Brown sounds. You were tradable. And I said, well, if you've got to trade one of them and everybody's expecting you're going to trade Brown. And I just said, I don't know. If I trade Brown, I might trade Tatum instead. And everybody flips out like it's some crazy take. Who was the finals MVP that year? Who's a better two way player? Who's a guy in the MVP conversation this year when he was. It was only him and a bunch of nobodies. It's not crazy take.

[Caller]

I don't know how much time I have. I'm not a regular, but can I just.

[Alan Hahn]

Go ahead.

[Caller]

Can I just give my opinion?

[Alan Hahn]

Go ahead.

[Caller]

If. For what it's worth, I am a very avid watcher of the Boston Celtics. I pay attention. I play basketball, and I'm nobody. I'm no professional or anything. You know a lot more about basketball than me. I'll concede that to you. But what I will say is, as far as the defense goes, as far as two way Jason Tatum, just not nobody on defense, I think that's very disrespectful to say about him.

[Alan Hahn]

I didn't say, is Tatum a nobody. I said, who's better? Who's the better two way player?

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Alan Hahn]

Brown is just like. To me, that's the guy. And by the way, who's the guy that doesn't have a history of an Achilles tear? Mm.

[Caller]

Okay, we need to have a conversation because now I'm with you.

[Alan Hahn]

But that's why I said it wasn't. See the problem that happened. And I appreciate this back and forth because at least you are a human being that can talk this.

[Don Hahn]

I like this.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You can say it's a good start.

[Alan Hahn]

You know what I mean?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Like.

[Alan Hahn]

Like, that's what we. That's how we do these things. We have conversations and not just start screaming. The thing that I don't understand, I actually. Friends of mine in Boston were texting me after that. They're like, what were you drinking this morning? I'm like, what are you talking about? Why do you. Why do you hate Tatum?

[Don Hahn]

Why is that always the case? He's so lazy.

[Alan Hahn]

This was what I said I would not break them up. That's the first statement. I would not break them up. Because the other thing is people in Boston are like typical. It's a Knicks fan who wants to see them broken up and I literally screamed it. I don't. I would not break them up. However, if that's what they have to do, for whatever reason, they have to do it. That's not the guy I would the hard choice to make. Who's the guy that's got the body that has not been breaking down? Jaylen Brown who's the guy that won the finals MVP and the Eastern Conference finals MVP when I won a championship?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Jaylen Brown.

[Alan Hahn]

Jaylen Brown. Who's the guy that this year with a bunch of scrubs had my team winning three plus games that no one saw coming and was in the MVP conversation and might be a finalist? Jaylen Brown. Like whether you like him or not, he's the guy that you say I'll go forward with with his durability and everything else if I had to break them up. But I am not saying I would because personally I wouldn't. Because those two together when healthy, are the reason why the Celtics are every year the best team in the East.

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[Peter Rosenberg]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

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[Don Hahn]

Give me a lyric from an iced tea song on OG on the Original Gangster and I. I will. I will go. The problem is I won't stop and you'll get fired. Bad words will come out of my mouth, but. But I won't. But it'll be such a flow like I won't be able to anticipate the word coming. You're in it too much to edit myself.

[Alan Hahn]

I actually wish this was your summer performance or oh gee, we need that to be.

[Don Hahn]

I don't think we can do it. Maybe if we're app only that day.

[Alan Hahn]

Yes, that'd be the post performance.

[Don Hahn]

We need a beach bash with the Mets having like a 3:30 start and then I'm app only. Would I be able to do stuff off Original Gangster?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't know the OG well, you'll know. Well, no, I don't listen to Original Gangster.

[Don Hahn]

You know Hustler, right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's it. That's like that song I know.

[Don Hahn]

H U S T L E R Hustler. New Jack. New Jack, New Jack, Hustler. New Jack, Hustler.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I mean, that part's not impressive. That's the chorus. I just repeat the same words over and over again.

[Don Hahn]

But I knew that that was clean.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right?

[Don Hahn]

I can't even start because I could start the song.

[Alan Hahn]

But I think outside of that song, I probably know colors. And then outside of I'm just shot on. Anything else? Iced tea after that? Oh, I only know the actor. Iced tea.

[Don Hahn]

Midnight chilling in. A.m. p.m. You're all cooling apple juice. What?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Five o', clock, Nicole. Five o'.

[Caller]

Clock.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's a big iced tea one.

[Alan Hahn]

Was it isn't six o'? Clock?

[Don Hahn]

No, six o'.

[Alan Hahn]

Clock.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's six.

[Alan Hahn]

Five.

[Don Hahn]

That's what I was doing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's what I thought. At six. It's five. It's early, isn't it? I'm impressed.

[Don Hahn]

Six in the morning. The morning.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm impressed that you know Colors. Jacob, you're like truly wise beyond your ears.

[Don Hahn]

But Colors isn't on that album.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, he's saying Overall stuff.

[Don Hahn]

All right. Yeah. From the movie.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes, but him knowing that. But Jacob's like 12 years old.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, but he's. He's not an old soul. As John Winthrop, who's a 67 year old man.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, what about I'm youm Pusher? I'm youm Pusher? So that. That's the first Ice T song I knew.

[Don Hahn]

It's a great one.

[Alan Hahn]

I might have to listen to it in the box.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm your pusher. I'm your pusher's a hammer. That's. That's. I. I do not know. I love iced tea. Don't know that many iced tea.

[Don Hahn]

So app only makes you do strange things. Richard of Manhattan, you're on ESP. What's up, Richard?

[Caller]

Hi, fellas. Don. Peter Allen.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Caller]

48 hours ago, who would have predicted that game three the Knicks would be an underdog? Can you imagine that? I mean, think how crazy best sports is. It is unbelievable.

[Don Hahn]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You're saying who would have picked as the Knicks would be an Underdog in game three?

[Caller]

Correct. 48 hours ago, Tuesday night.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't think that. You mean because of OG Whatever it

[Caller]

is, they're an underdog on tomorrow's game, Peter.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, but they're a one and a half point dog on the road in a playoff game. It's. It's not. I think. I think the. I think even if. If OG and Embiid were both playing Richard, I could be. I think it would be Philly be probably a.

[Alan Hahn]

All right. Okay.

[Commercial Announcer]

All right.

[Caller]

Just bring it up. If the Knicks lose this series, fellas, where would you rank this in New York sports history as the most disappointing turnaround all four sports? Don.

[Don Hahn]

Peter, I would say the Mets losing to the Dodgers in 88.

[Caller]

Okay, that's a good one.

[Don Hahn]

They were 100 win team. They look like they were on their way to a championship. And that Dodger team Gibson was banged up at the end of the series. They the Met. No business losing that series.

[Caller]

Alan, I got two for you. Now, if I could ask any question in the world to any sports figure, I would ask this to Clyde and maybe one day you will. I would ask CLYDE after the 69th season, you famously said when they lost to the Celtics, you knew the next year would be our year. So when they went into the 6970 season, they were primed. I would love to ask Clyde, if Sam Jones and Bill Russell did not retire and came back, what would have happened? Alan, if you can ask Clyde that question, I would Love to hear that.

[Don Hahn]

Well, we'll pass it along. It is a good take. Yep. Now it's going back.

[Alan Hahn]

Jalen grabs this cup. I'm going to just poke my thumb right in his butt.

[Don Hahn]

1-800-Right in your app. 1-800-9193776 I it would be up to. Oh, if the Knicks lose to the Sixers. It would be epic. Like, I can't envision.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Can you ask me what. Tell me Richard's question was again? He said, if they were to blow

[Don Hahn]

it, where would this, where would this rank?

[Peter Rosenberg]

As far as I think somewhere behind the 04 Yankees.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, 04 Yankees would be good to up three games to none. But the 88 Mets losing to the Dodgers after beating them 10 out of 11 times in the regular season. That was awful.

[Alan Hahn]

Cap.

[Don Hahn]

I just don't think it's going to be on the table.

[Alan Hahn]

What are we.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You don't. You know your timing. You were dealing with something. Your timing was impeccable. You couldn't be. I know you. You will say that what's happened since you've been gone, you agree with me. Don was exactly what you would have wanted to happen while you were gone.

[Alan Hahn]

Good.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Don't you feel good about that?

[Don Hahn]

It's why I did it.

[Alan Hahn]

Because.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Is that why you did it?

[Alan Hahn]

What happened while I was gone was not great. Was not great. But now it's, it's, it's now good. We're good. But that was not great for a minute.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The person who we spoke to, let's, let's call him Rick in Manhattan. He, he was saying, he was like, can you imagine, can you imagine, could we have imagined 48 hours ago that the Knicks would be a one and a half point dog tomorrow night in Philly? I, I don't think, like, yeah, I think they would have been around a one point dog in Philly. It's a road game in the playoffs.

[Alan Hahn]

On the road.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, that's what it is.

[Don Hahn]

But it is odd though.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They could have been a one point

[Don Hahn]

favorite point good at home.

[Alan Hahn]

I think the Anunobi news is what probably flipped it from being a plus one. You know, plus one and a half.

[Don Hahn]

No.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Minus one and a half to a plus one and a half.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. But you know what I mean. Yeah, I think, I think we don't know if embiid plays. It might push it a little further. It's interesting in the favor of the Sixers.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't think it's shocking news, though. No, but that's, that's what you get

[Don Hahn]

from Rick juicy on Route 17, New York. What's up, Juicy?

[Caller]

Hey, what's up, fellas? Listen, I don't know if you Too soon for beach bash song recommendations, but in light of the horrific thing that happened, do you think you could possibly start spreading the news down the shore? You know what I mean?

[Don Hahn]

What? Singing New York, New York by Frank Sinatra.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, you know,

[Caller]

it might be.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't hate it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't hate Honor.

[Don Hahn]

Sterling.

[Alan Hahn]

You see, by the way, you see what the Yankees are doing?

[Don Hahn]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

And Boone said that he. The fact that Boone said. Which probably tells you he listens to the show or still does, that Boone said that he wanted them to continue doing that. The Sterling. The Yankees win into Frank Sinatra. They did it on the game that they honored him.

[Don Hahn]

Right.

[Alan Hahn]

He said, I want that now for the rest of the season. And I think it's great. I love that. And how about a little New York, New York? I do that.

[Don Hahn]

I could do that because I've sang Frank in karaoke before. I've done New York, New York. I've done my way.

[Alan Hahn]

Thanks for ruining that moment.

[Don Hahn]

What did he do now?

[Alan Hahn]

Well, they won.

[Commercial Announcer]

The Yankees won the next day and

[Alan Hahn]

they didn't play Sterling and they didn't do Sterling.

[Commercial Announcer]

So I don't think they're.

[Alan Hahn]

So that's out. I don't think they're doing it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But.

[Alan Hahn]

But you could have let that just hang in the air for just a minute.

[Commercial Announcer]

I did for like two seconds. And then I killed it.

[Alan Hahn]

Shot it dead. Couldn't help.

[Don Hahn]

He's got to get the facts out there, doesn't he?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Couple of things I need to tell you about. Number one, Don, I just saw that Ice T is performing at La pas on Rouge, LPR right here downtown, next Friday, the 15th. A small venue down. You could see him do 6 o' clock in the morning in front of like 100 people.

[Don Hahn]

I don't think the song is called 6 o' clock in the morning. 6 in the morning, that's right. You know, you old timey.

[Alan Hahn]

You know when you're.

[Don Hahn]

That's like.

[ESPN App Announcer]

When you're.

[Don Hahn]

My mom was talking about Ice Tea song. I like that 6 o' clock in the mornings. Look at me schooling Peter on hip hop.

[Alan Hahn]

When would that ever happen?

[Don Hahn]

What's the hockey equivalent?

[Alan Hahn]

You know?

[Don Hahn]

No, no.

[Alan Hahn]

When you really want to know.

[Don Hahn]

Stevens who scored.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But no, that's exactly where it would have been. It would have been like. It wasn't Stevens. It was Recce. I understand how you make the mistake, but it Wasn't it was.

[Alan Hahn]

You had Mark.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It was Mark. I was a big Penguins fan. I've never been that team.

[Alan Hahn]

Can we get a strange poll?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Mark Recky's not a strange poll for the average person. If you're not a hockey guy or Penguins fan. Done. So you could see good LPR and see the 6 o' clock in the morning by the iced tea. But also I went on Freddie and Harry, our good friends at National.

[Alan Hahn]

Oh yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Look at the picture they used of me.

[Don Hahn]

Oh my God.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Can I say that's for Pug.

[Alan Hahn]

Peter. Everybody had the same dude.

[Don Hahn]

That. That's. That's 10 years old today. That might be before you started here.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh yeah, for sure.

[ESPN App Announcer]

You're.

[Don Hahn]

Oh my. That's not even you.

[Commercial Announcer]

Where did they get it?

[Don Hahn]

That's not nice.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Now.

[Don Hahn]

That's not nice.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No.

[Don Hahn]

Somebody was making a statement.

[Alan Hahn]

Yep.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I think I have to know when they went on goo on Getty Images, whatever these because this they are there. ESPN radio.

[Alan Hahn]

We need to know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We pay for wire services. They can get real photos. Where did they.

[ESPN App Announcer]

Why?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Who's the producer? Who said he is all I can get.

[Commercial Announcer]

They also have access to our photos,

[Don Hahn]

but just Google my name that somebody was making some sort of a statement. Somebody there doesn't like that photo, is

[Peter Rosenberg]

so repulsed they had to search for that Peter.

[Don Hahn]

That's not going to come up. Just search Google Photos. How far down you've got to go for that picture?

[Alan Hahn]

Let's get a hideous photo of him and that.

[Don Hahn]

That is 10 years old of it today.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Now I will tell you, I think when you. I feel like when I type my name in in Google, like

[Alan Hahn]

the little

[Peter Rosenberg]

tiny picture that comes up when your name pops up in this is. That's not it, is it? It's close to. I don't think it's it though. No, it's still not.

[Don Hahn]

That's not it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

American radio DJ and TV host Peter Rosenberg.

[Alan Hahn]

American.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Alan Hahn]

You are American.

[Peter Rosenberg]

God bless. I'm looking at page one. There's no repug Peter here.

[Don Hahn]

Somebody on page one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm bearded.

[Don Hahn]

Worst picture of Peter.

[Alan Hahn]

This was an effort. I think an effort was made.

[Don Hahn]

So yeah, there was no question it was.

[Alan Hahn]

That effort was made.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The only thing could have been worse that would have been showing my arms from the Celebrity Game.

[Don Hahn]

But at least it would be from the Celebrity Game where they'd at least have the argument. I wanted to find something. You doing something significant or athletic.

[Alan Hahn]

Let me get to the bottom.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Can you find out what happened there, by the way? Do you know that what happened here. Do you know, Don, that the only reason that this the only tainted thing about the celebrity game weekend, besides the fact that. And I don't mean this disrespectfully, but besides the fact that it was with my ex wife and I. Natalie wasn't there because I would have liked to have gotten to have shared that with Natalie. But the only thing that I truly have a regret about in that situation is that when I got to the building, I prepared for everything. I'd been practicing. I'm going to get there early. I'm going to prepare. I left my undershirt at home and I was fat as a house at that time. And so you don't want the back fat and the arms. I played the whole first half with no undershirt. You'd be very confident to go tank top, no undershirt. Why did it put the face that you just made? Alan, what the hell was that?

[Alan Hahn]

Not listening to you. It's. It's responses.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Don Hahn]

About.

[Alan Hahn]

To me. No, no, not about you. This is personal. Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You're going everywhere.

[Alan Hahn]

I am trying to find out though if who. Who picked out the picture but because

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm looking on my image something else on Google Images, I'm. I'm mostly. I mean, don't get me wrong, there's an occasional repug, but I'm mostly really good here. And. And they yet.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, that's just.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's not right.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm getting to the bottom right now.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thank you.

[Alan Hahn]

I sent out a text. I will get an answer.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, I found the event though. This is the event. Here it is. It's me. This is it, right?

[Don Hahn]

Oh, yeah. That's it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's it. It's me.

[Don Hahn]

Oh, God.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's bad, man. Hot 97's K. Fox and Peter Rosenberg at the New York premiere of Something from Nothing, the Art of Rap, New York City, USA. 12 6, 2012.

[Don Hahn]

Come on. Got 14 years ago saying it's 10 years if it's a day. No longer than that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's a. I work for ESPN. They could have just asked ESPN's press department for better pictures.

[Don Hahn]

That was intentional.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's, it's, it's upset. I did a good hit with them. I talked wrestling.

[Don Hahn]

I talked.

[Alan Hahn]

Is what you get.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You walked in when I was doing and I was.

[Alan Hahn]

I was rolling. Oh, yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I gave him good stuff.

[Alan Hahn]

Y.

[Don Hahn]

That person's dead to me. Whoever did it. Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Dead.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm getting to the bottom.

[Don Hahn]

You too?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

What is it with this show and us? Now we got problems.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, there's something with us and Freddie and Harry. I don't know what the problem is.

[Don Hahn]

Something's going on and we need to get the bottom of it.

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don Hahn]

Iman Shumpert's gonna join us coming up at 4 o'. Clock. Shump to you and working the Knicks. Here we talk about the Knicks and the Sixers. Knicks up two games to none after their victory last night. And I was mentioning that, I thought it was a good thing, that it was a close game and the Knicks came up on top in a close game. If you're just joining us, OG is listed as day today, so we'll see if it's going to be, hey, we're up two. Oh, let's not push it. But I do think game threes are important. If you look at the history in this city or just the Knicks in general. Go back a couple of years ago, that Pacer series, how much it changed after that game three loss and all you did. I think the Knicks are winning the Series. All right, but still, until you do it, you haven't done it. But they just held serve, right? They won the two games at home. He's supposed to do that. And now we'll see if the Sixers, with Embiid, without Embiid, you know, can hold serve. And then we get a best of three coming back to Madison Square Garden for game five on Tuesday. And by the way, on Tuesday, we are going to be outside the Garden doing the show. If there is a game 5, you bet your ace and we'll see. But the game three is not nothing. Guys, I know you're excited and they're. They're up two. Oh, and it doesn't look like the Sixers are putting up much of resistance. That was the game they should have gotten and they didn't. So you feel like they could be dead. But, hey, Joe Torre always said in baseball and any hockey and obviously baseball and basketball that have a best of seven series, game three is big. It's always big. No matter if it's 2, 20 or 1 1, game three is a pretty big deal. And that could change the series. So the idea, oh, we got this. We can give up game three. Yeah, you could, but I wouldn't advise it.

[Alan Hahn]

Nobody's thinking that way. That's what I'm like. Nobody's thinking that way. That is simply now about. And that's been the thing we keep learning about this team. You know, it's all little stuff. It's a game that. And Monica said to us, right, the trap game and the whistles go the way they go at the start of that game. And that's. That's Tyler Ford and Tony Brothers saying, we heard all the rhetoric about tough talk going into this. We're not letting that happen. And they called everything. It was embarrassing. January fouls. That's what I was calling them. They're January fouls. You don't call those fouls in May. Come on, man. But that's what they were doing. And so we've seen a Nick team melt down because fouls aren't going their way. Frustrated with the officiating, spending too much time complaining to officials. They have done that in the past. That's in their DNA. And Mike Brown has done all he could to kind of get it out of their DNA. That was a game, clearly, that you could have seen them start to melt down and get in their own heads and have it affect them. And all that stuff didn't happen. They showed kind of a mental fortitude and just stayed in it. And Brunson, after the game, talked about poise, how important it was to have poise. And they're trying to be in the moment, you know, about how. All right, yeah, blowout wins are nice, but that was yesterday. We've got a game today. We can't think about what happened yesterday. It's always about the next game. And this all sounds cliche to everybody, and it is. But you know what, though? When you are going through something like this, you almost have to do it that way. And that's what I really respected out of that game. It was an impressive win because it shouldn't have been a win. Does it make sense to say they stole a home game in the playoffs?

[Peter Rosenberg]

No. That's how it feels.

[Alan Hahn]

That's what it felt like it did.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The entire second. The entire first half. You felt like, oh, man, I defy

[Alan Hahn]

you to tell me, a Nick team in this current iteration that you've been watching, that you're like that as you're watching that game, even in the fourth quarter, and you go, well, they're going to lose this game, right? Like, everybody felt that there is probably going to end a loss. We're all going to be frustrated. It's going to be annoying. And you're watching, but it didn't happen. And that's. You got to feel good about that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And you do have to feel like in a lot of ways it was

[Alan Hahn]

stealing it, which is why going into game three, a place building, they're comfortable being in. In a team that now you know is their backs are against the wall. And you got to feel like the Knicks will go into this thing with the right mindset and win or lose, I just don't think they're going to do dumb things to lose. The game?

[Don Hahn]

No, especially the way it went down a game, too. Another reason why I like the fact that it was close. It kind of humbles you a little bit, right? Where, hey, be careful. Because if the exact same game happens and now they're home, you know, now they steal the game, we let them back into the series. That is the conversation. That's why game three is so big. Because no matter how it ends up the way it looks, if the Sixers win, what's the headline? Sixers are back in the series. That. That's the headline.

[Alan Hahn]

It all depends on what it looks like. Does Embiid do it right? Is he. The reason why does he have a huge game is Town's getting in foul trouble again. Because that's Down's the best player in the series. Guys. He's the best player in the series. Nobody wants to say it, but he is. And he only played 27 minutes and he still had 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. He's dominant when he's on the court, but he's got to stay on the damn court. And Embiid's really good at getting you in foul trouble.

[Don Hahn]

I know you're breaking it down how you feel, but the is thing theme would be Sixers are back in the series. Well, it's two. Nothing becomes two one. Game four is back in Philadelphia.

[Alan Hahn]

Remember last year, back in a series, the Knicks won two games on the road to go up two zero, come home. And we did the game before game three. Yeah, right. And it was what got to win this game. Right? Take control, take the series and all that stuff. Boston wins, and we all know it opens the door. Anything can happen. I'm telling you. Yes, they get back in the series, but you still own control. Because if you get split series over,

[Don Hahn]

well, both could be true.

[Alan Hahn]

Right?

[Don Hahn]

You're still in control. You're still up 2:1.

[Alan Hahn]

That's why game two was so big.

[Don Hahn]

But. And you still have home court advantage. Yes, but it still lets them back in the series. Right. When you don't win a game. Right. How do you feel? You're in. You've lost two games. There was a game you could have stolen. You didn't.

[Alan Hahn]

If you had the Sixers. Right.

[Don Hahn]

You know, but all of a sudden you win a game, no matter what it looks like you won a game.

[Alan Hahn]

I understand. I get it.

[Don Hahn]

So you don't even want to have that conversation.

[Alan Hahn]

They've won five straight games in the playoffs, which is. They have not done anything like this since 1999 when they won six straight. They won game five against Miami, first round, swept the Hawks for four, and then won game one of the conference finals against the Pacers six straight. That's the franchise record. This is the second most wins in a row they've had. So they've been on a.

[Don Hahn]

On a toot, some might say.

[Alan Hahn]

And so, you know, winning Game three on the road would match something that you've only seen, you know, one time in franchise history. It's asking a lot. Are they good enough to do it? Yes. But at some point they're going to lose a game, right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's going to happen.

[Don Hahn]

And you know what? As much as you wouldn't want it to happen in the conference final, is that it's going to happen at some point. You'd like that. You know, when you like to happen up three zero. Of course, you let him have game four. We'll come home, we'll take the series, celebrate on 7th Avenue, dancing to the conference.

[Alan Hahn]

Why do you do that, though? You let him have it Like. I'm not letting him have anything.

[Don Hahn]

I got to take it. I'm just saying, if you're going to lose a game, lose it when you're up three games to none and they walk out of it. You walk out of the game just going to let him out.

[Alan Hahn]

Close that at home.

[Don Hahn]

Who cares? But guess what?

[Alan Hahn]

At home, they were up 31 against Sixers two years ago. Said, oh, we'll just close it out at home. Guess what happened? They go back and close it out in six.

[Don Hahn]

Yeah, a little bit of a different team. Both of these teams were a little bit different.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

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Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Alan Hahn]

I don't want to know how the sausage is made, man. I just want to know it's good.

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