Kevin Harlan

coast in that conference and what those teams that remain are doing is right now vying for a series against the Knicks in the conference finals.

They're playing well against Philly and B didn't play the other night.

They're just, the Knicks just have, I think, they've congealed so well these last two years and they're picking up where they left off last year in the postseason and

to the point now where they don't blame.

We know they lost the game to Atlanta, came back and won 4-2 in that first round.

They're having success again.

Neither Detroit or Cleveland, whoever comes out of that other semifinal round in the East, will push the Knicks

you know, to the brink.

I see New York not rolling through, but definitely traversing every opponent they've got, whoever it might be, with the same kind of success.

And I think that's a team coming out of the East.

I've said it since the beginning of the season, had some second thoughts when Boston got back.

They're now gone.

Philadelphia kind of surprised me how they've been able to kind of maneuver here.

But I still think the Knicks, and even though they're not number one, and Detroit is,

with a 60-win season, I still like the Knicks.

And I just think they've got that grit.

And every guy that has to do what they do well, playing their role, staying in their lane, has done that.

Carl Anthony Jones and clearly Brunson.

And right on down the line, they've all kind of stayed in doing what they do well.

And that's why they had the kind of regular season they had.