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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Now, back to Whiteley.
That was not what the people of New York wanted yesterday.
Chapter 2: What recent events have impacted the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals?
They'd gone to all the trouble of winning two games on the Spurs court. Could have set up the potential for the sweeping Game 4 and one of the biggest nights in sporting history in that town. Brad Blanks is traveling with this circus. He can give us the the temperature on the streets of New York. Hello to you, Blanksy.
Oh, Gerard, yeah, the temperature's a little bit nervous today because I've got to tell you, since Saturday night when they won game two down in San Antonio, it's been fever pitch and the balloon definitely got pricked last night at Madison Square Garden. Of course, we had Donald Trump, the president, turning up to Madison Square Garden where...
Yeah, I'll give him some credit that he was an avid Knicks goer, courtside seats during his famous times as a New York City socialite. But he probably didn't need to be at the Garden last night because it just caused mayhem and it let all the people of Queens and Brooklyn and Staten Island and...
the Bronx that would come in and surround the stadium that couldn't get inside the stadium, celebrate outside. And that was all shut down for about four blocks around the garden. So that was sad. And of course it took hours for people to get inside the garden. So they say that the atmosphere, you know, wasn't as heightened as it normally is. I even just, I didn't go last night.
I watched it on the couch and even watching on the couch, the first 10 minutes of the game where the Knicks actually just sort of, you know, stalled a bit coming out of the blocks. You were more looking at the sidelines trying to figure out which celebrity was at the game. And, you know, I'll give Spike Lee and Timothee Chalamet and, you know, Ben Stiller. You know, they're the mainstays.
And Tracy Morgan, the mainstays of the celebrities there. But there were a heck of a lot of bandwagon jumpers that were in that crowd last night, and it was absolutely stacked. And there were probably moments there where they ā The Knicks had a heightened sense of expectation, and by the end of the game, it was all Wemby's night, solidifying himself as now a New York City villain.
What was the travelling contingent like when you went to game one?
It was pretty quiet on the streets of San Antonio, but once we got inside, we all found each other, and it was awesome. It was very spirited, and San Antonio didn't know what hit them. The New York arrogance was ripe and strong leading into that game. By the end of it, I think it was, you know, after that game one, it was just mystified that the Knicks had won.
I think everyone was just like, how did we win this game? This was, you know, as I mentioned last week, early last week to you, it's just been a horrendous 20 years of horrendous Knicks teams and,
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Chapter 3: How did the atmosphere at Madison Square Garden change during the game?
People are saying it's a lot like after 9-11. that people were looking each other in the eyes and smiling at each other for the first time. Not that New York City, you know, sort of grittiness that you get from people. So, you know, the city had come alive. The sweep was well and truly alive.
And it was meant to be the coronation of the New York City Knicks as the people's champion Wednesday night. But that... unraveled last night and we have one, you know, heck of a series out of us now. I mean, I'm, I'll be going along Wednesday evening to the game four and it's a nerve. It's a pivotal game.
They've got to, you know, they've got to win this one because you feel if they lose it and when be sort of, you know, back in tune now, probably playing the game that he was meant to play in those other two unfortunate games for the Spurs. But, and, They could go on a tear here. But anyway, I'm just sort of trying to speculate and prognosticate ahead.
But yeah, I think tomorrow night will be quite nerve-wracking. Okay.
Are you looking forward to it?
Oh, I can't wait. I was kind of hoping for a sweep. But look, the great thing about it is pubs and bars get another night to cash in. So if the Knicks do win tomorrow night, it goes back to San Antonio Saturday night, which will be Sunday lunchtime, your time. And who knows? It could be marvellous then and the pubs will be packed and the people will be frantic and hysteric. But
Tomorrow night, leading into game four, just one game at a time, you know, there will be a slight nervousness because it's mind-boggling that the Knicks have got this far. And, of course, you've got to remember, Knicks haven't lost a game since April, which is just crazy to actually say out loud, you know, that this is their first loss. So how do they deal with that? Okay. Were you at Saratoga?
Yes, went up the Saratoga Racecourse for the Belmont Stakes. Of course, it's been at Belmont for the last three years as they're building this epic grandstand, new grandstand at Belmont, which is about 15 miles outside New York City. So the Belmont Stakes up there at Saratoga, it's run over 2,000 metres, where it's normally run over... historically over 2,400.
And of course it was won by the Kentucky Derby winner, Golden Tempo. It was quite a ferocious race. And I don't know what the Flemington stewards would say about this one, but there was a lot of jostling, a lot of bumping around that term and a deft move there from Jose Ortiz, bumping the commandment horse as it came around the turn then and then went away by a length at the end. But
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