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00:00How else would you want to spend your Saturday
00:02other than being at the world's most famous arena
00:05inside Madison Square Garden?
00:08It's the New York Knicks hosting the Detroit Pistons.
00:11A seven-point spread in favor of New York inside MSG.
00:17It was supposed to be a comfortable win
00:19for the Knicks in the series opener.
00:21Supposed to be a rather comfortable opening round set
00:24for Tom Thibodeau and his crew.
00:26But can Detroit basketball make things difficult?
00:32J.Y., if the Pistons are going to make this a lengthy series,
00:35how important is their effort to at least keep the game close
00:39and cover tomorrow night in game number one?
00:42I think it's critically important.
00:44And you could argue that at points,
00:46Cade Cunningham may be the best player in this series.
00:50And yeah, I said it, and I'm a Knicks fan.
00:52I think that's important to understand is how they defend.
00:56What does Mikel Bridges do in regards to defending him?
00:59Does what is OG?
01:01I don't know if these guys are trying to distract me here
01:02with X Factor here.
01:03But listen, at the end of the day,
01:06I think Detroit coverage has spread.
01:09I think we're in for a somewhat long series.
01:11I think this is going six or seven.
01:14Coach, how about this?
01:15I want to back you up.
01:16Jalen Brunson's my favorite pick in round number one
01:18for a prop that's going over 27 and a half points.
01:21I think he instills himself as the playoff leader
01:23with a high usage rate and a good tempo game.
01:26How about that?
01:28I like it, but I don't like it if it's late game situation
01:31where Tom Thibodeau just gives the ball to Jalen Brunson
01:34and he dribble out the clock.
01:36I think the Knicks have to show more of the summiter parts.
01:39I think, I'm going to be honest with you,
01:40I think Bridges and Ananobi are going to play critical roles
01:43in this series, not just defensively, but offensively.
01:46When Brunson got hurt, those guys, especially OG, stepped up.
01:50So they put the ball in their hands a little bit more
01:52and let them score.
01:53So I expect Beasley to probably take Brunson,
01:55probably Cunningham goes to Josh Hart.
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