The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Knicks or Nuggets — More Concerning Comeback? Plus, Game 1 Breakdowns, Steph’s Run, and Stopping Jokic with Richard Jefferson
06 May 2025
Russillo starts the show by breaking down Monday night’s wins by the Knicks and Nuggets (1:25). Then, he’s joined by Richard Jefferson to talk about his time playing with the Warriors, strategies for slowing down Jokic, and his Mount Rushmore of former teammates (29:11). Plus, it's Life Advice with Kyle (1:15:30)! Did my friend and I split our chicken tenders equitably? Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more: youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. For resources and helplines, visit www.rg-help.com. Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Richard Jefferson Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On today's episode of the podcast, we go deep. Not as deep as some of those three-point attempts from the Celtics, but a great comeback from the Knicks on the road and the Nuggets on the road. What did we learn from those matchups? We'll talk a little bit more on those games and the Game 1 wins by the road team with Richard Jefferson. the voice of the NBA Finals on ABC and ESPN.
We're just going to go through a bunch of stuff with Jefferson, just some basketball stuff, all of these series, and then his Mount Rushmore teammates because this dude has an all-time teammate list and life advice. We have two more game ones in the book, second round of the NBA playoffs, and all the road teams keep winning.
New York and Boston and obviously Denver and that thrilling win at Oklahoma City. I'd start by saying there are two games that through the course of the first two hours of the games, I'm sitting there thinking, okay, this is probably going to go the way I thought it would go. Boston's up huge. And it felt like OKC was in control. And that's not what happened to close out both of those.
So let's go through some of the stuff I thought was interesting and what ultimately happened. So a Knicks defense that finished 13th in the NBA that felt like Where the conversation would end on whether or not the Knicks could win an NBA title and whether or not they could beat any of the special teams, which they struggled against so much during the regular season.
A team that has Brunson going up against Drew Holiday, Derek White. Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum on the perimeter when he can't get Porzingis, or more importantly last night, Horford and switches, which he's going to look to do every time the bigs are out there, especially with Horford.
Although Horford, I still think at this age, holds up a lot better than you could ever imagine he was going to be doing. That was going to be a much more daunting task than switching into Beasley. Hardaway Jr., Schroeder, who fights but doesn't necessarily have the size, and Cade, who's just not exactly, even with his size, somebody that you're afraid of defensively.
So that was one part of the matchup. You're like, this is entirely a different level of a challenge here for Brunson.
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