Boomer Esiason

If he can be that guy and Jalen Brunson can be what he's been for the Knicks in the postseason and also gets rid of the ball a little bit more and becomes a hero in the fourth quarter if he has to, then yeah, I'm with you.

They could beat anybody in the Eastern Conference.

So this was good.

I wanted to see Jalen Brown play.

Didn't happen, but this was a good one.

And by the way, first half kind of stunk for them.

They did not come out and play well.

And then really in the fourth quarter, mostly.

But second half turned it on and looked like a championship team.

I feel like, and I don't really, you know, our memories with all the stuff we're paying attention to, whether it's sports or otherwise, I don't remember complaining a lot about the officiating last year in the playoffs.

And I remember actually having at least a conversation about with the Pistons that that series was very, very physical and the officials were sort of allowing them to play.

So hopefully that is the case.

I feel like Orlando is a team like that, too, if the Knicks got them in the first round.

Yeah, absolutely, yeah.

Yeah.

So this is going to be all about getting to the NBA Finals, and Mike Brown's either going to be lauded as the right choice for the coach if he gets into the Finals, and if they can't get over the hump or they don't get back to the Eastern Conference Finals, maybe he gets fired, maybe the roster gets blown up.

I mean, it's...

They need to get to the NBA Finals or at least back to where they were and play a great series.

Maybe seven games and then just be like, okay, we got beat.

We've waited for this for the longest time to see where this season goes.