Patrick Ewing

You know, a lot of people thought that the game was over.

Some people, and I might have been one of those people that turned the TV off if I was at home.

But I thought that Jalen Brunson did an outstanding job of putting on his Superman cape and being able to score all those points for us.

Then we locked down defensively.

I thought that the coaching staff made some...

You know, Landry came in and did an outstanding job on the defensive end for us.

OG made some big plays for us.

Cat was able to do some things.

You know, I just thought that the team as a whole did everything right at the right time to be able to come away with that win.

You know what?

I've been asked that a lot, and I really don't have one particular.

I guess if I were just going to put it as one, when we beat Indiana to finally make it to the final, we've been trying to get to the final for a lot of years, and that was my first opportunity to be able to get there.

We struggled game six.

But we were able to get it done in game seven.

I thought that I showed my emotion, my gratitude for the fans, for all that they had to endure and we had to endure.

When I got up on that table with my arms stretched out, just trying to show them my appreciation.

You know, Dad, sometimes I wonder, you know, do I really still hate him?

Do I like him now?

But no.

I mean, you know, we as athletes, we go through some ups and some downs.