Mm-hmm

... coming into the game, I thought the Spurs were gonna win game one.

Being down 14, I didn't see the way back with how Brunson and co. were shooting the rock, and I wasn't expecting Cat to, to, to fill in and do what he did.

But coming into the series, I thought it was pretty clear.

I picked the Knicks in six, and I thought it was clear that to beat San Antonio you need big bodies and guys that can handle the rock and create offense, and the Knicks had both of those.

I was not expecting Cat to play the defense that he played last night, but I knew they had the bodies that would be able to bang around with Wemby, and that's priority number one when you're playing the Spurs.

And the Knicks have those guys on the roster, and I think it just showed itself in this series a little sooner than I thought it would.

Yeah.

Are you surprised that after the long layoff, that they were able to keep this up after seven or eight days off?

No, what's funny is, like, they didn't, right? Like, they closed the half poorly.

They were down seven.

They gave up a champagne quarter three.

That really hurt, and then they were down 14 in the third.

So I think they were just trying to work their way into the game, deal with the crowd, deal with the situation of being in their first finals together.

But yeah, I mean, this group seems to figure it out pretty quickly, and they together are playing just the best basketball.

I, I, I don't know if there's a historical comparison for someone at that stature who is able to do what he does.