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00:00at 116 to 113 uh and you do sound better today at least thank you so you got that going for you
00:06sound a little bit better uh here we go uh final moments tied at a buck 13 and uh we'll go to msg
00:14for this one scotty because this could be the last time you get a playoff game uh you know msg
00:19mike breen double bang call because next year there's no more rsn's uh for the playoffs in
00:24the nba it's all over the air network so last time probably clive also uh for the nicks but you did
00:32get breen on the call with an elusive double bang on msg brunson holding it's trying to wait till the
00:39end brunson puts up a three bang bang jaylen brunson hits the three with 4.3 remaining
00:47and the pistons call timeout he's always better when he's doing nick games he's good on the
00:53national games it's always better when it's the next as far as i'm concerned you know the thing
00:57that got me going was the double figures for everybody you know a double double for the big
01:03bodega a double or ananobi with uh the 22 and the four threes bridges 25 with a three heart a double
01:12double with a three and brunson the 40 burger with three threes including the game winner and i just
01:22thought that uh their their starting five played magnificently especially after blowing an 11 and a
01:2915 point lead i mean when they lost it again uh the big lead and and i was like it's over you can't
01:39you know i've always told you you get passed in that race car it's over when they lap you it's over
01:45when they catch the field it's over and then uh they somehow miraculously responded to losing the
01:52lead and got it back and i think they did that mike with patients and uh veterans and guys that have
01:59been in big games title games and playoff games including college i think brunson playing in uh
02:07national championship games and playing in ncaa tournament games and playing in nba playoff games
02:12he's played in so many big games that uh he wasn't phased at all when they were down and i
02:17thought their patience what they waited for was the pistons to miss shots and make mistakes and they
02:23did and one of the things that worried me in that game was when cat went out and they had to put this
02:28uh mitchell robinson in because all they do is hack him and he goes to the line and misses free throws
02:33i didn't want that guy on the floor at all no uh you never like when he's out there uh that's for sure
02:40brunson for the series averaged 31 and a half points per game 8.2 assists it was uh his second
02:4740 plus point five plus dime game on the road to close a series out only one other player has done
02:55that more than once uh the other one was michael jordan and michael jordan and jalen brunson they're
03:00the only two who have done it twice on the road now here's brunson um let's just say i guess not
03:07that enthusiastic after hitting a shot to win a series he knows what's next jalen can you take
03:14the game winning shot and how sweet was the kiss to the crowd um just found a way to uh create some
03:22separation um shot a little earlier than i wanted to but i mean i mean asar is just a great defender
03:30man and um just the fact that i got that much space i mean i had to shoot it right there um happy to
03:37ball one in listen uh i've always told you over the years that it's all about space basketball if you get
03:47that space and that shot off it's like we talk about duran he's always got that shot off with space and
03:53with his uh leverage over a guy that he can jump higher than and he cocks his hand back and he's
04:00seven foot when he's in the air he's nine foot and he's shooting you can't block it great small guards
04:07create space with moves and shake and bake and and you know handle handle uh the crossover between the
04:16legs and then the the jab step and then he gets him uh with a kickback step and he gets that big fat
04:23chunk of space and when you're as good of a shooter as he is it was lights out so i've always you know
04:30even when i play or when my daughter watch her it's all about space get open and get your shot and if you
04:37can't get screens you have to create your own screen in space it is what you have to do here is tom
04:44thibodeau after uh he had uh much nicer you know i didn't think brunson was very pumped up but that's
04:49him brunson's not as he's not as rah-rah guy you're not going to get exactly an anthony edwards press
04:54conference out of brunson but uh tibbs you got a little bit more than usual he was happy to see
04:58brunson do it incredibly tough series so in uh jalen shot what can you say you know timely you know he's
05:09at his best when his best is needed he's done it all year uh that's what makes him special but
05:16also you look at the contributions uh 15 rebounds a lot of tough plays that he made
05:23and we needed mikhail and og were phenomenal uh throughout you know josh just playing doing the
05:29things that he does you know and we need all of it so and just showing the toughness you know to get
05:35down and then find a way to win at the end uh but you know we know we got a lot of work to do
05:42listen let's just uh be clear here this guy is a great coach for the new york knicks
05:48he's the perfect coach for the knicks and the problem with the nba and nhl is they fire coaches
05:53when the wind blows and uh if you have any failings whatsoever they fire you uh if you go through a
06:01rough season they fire you if you lose they fire you uh here's an idea for the knicks keep this guy
06:07around bottom line is ever since he's been coaching the knicks they're you know a second round at least
06:14playoff run team