Carton Slams Wembanyama's Bold Guarantee as Knicks Lead Series

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
All right, 5.28.
They had the press conferences today, and the French douche has done it again. When asked about the prospects of coming back from 3-1 down in the series, Wemby said everybody knows we're gonna do it.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:21)
Everybody knows.

**Craig Carton** (0:22)
Is that right? Is that right?

**SPEAKER_3** (0:24)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (0:24)
Do something that's only been done how many times?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:27)
One other time, I believe.

**Craig Carton** (0:28)
One other time?

**SPEAKER_3** (0:29)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (0:30)
Do something that's never been done, lose the first two games at home and win a championship.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:34)
Yep.

**Craig Carton** (0:34)
But everybody knows we're gonna do it. Well, I'll say this to you, Wemby. The only thing everybody knows is this, based on history, right?
That if it's a one-possession game and the Spurs need a bucket to win or go to overtime and you have the ball in your hands, you're not gonna win.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:52)
You're not gonna do it.

**Craig Carton** (0:53)
Because you had two free throws to win a game, you missed them both. You had the possession of the ball, threw it away off of Castle's back. And when you had an open look to win game two, you brick that one also.
That's who you are right now.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:07)
There's no doubt. Now to be fair to him, and I'm not inclined to be, but I think he means his team.
Not necessarily everyone on the planet, but everyone in their circle, everyone on the Spurs. But at the same time, I don't think he's honest there either. I don't think everyone on the Spurs knows they're gonna win.

**Craig Carton** (1:21)
No!

**Chris McMonigle** (1:21)
I don't think T.

**Craig Carton** (1:22)
Aaron Fox is that comfortable.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:24)
I think it's very hard to convince yourself you're gonna win down 3-1, blowing leads the way they've blown them, and losing that game the way they lost it in the manner of game four. I don't think they're very... They would be one hell of a mentally strong team if they all had this common belief that they're gonna win three in a row.
Full of crap.

**Craig Carton** (1:40)
I agree.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:41)
He's full of it. Now listen, what is he gonna say? I get it, but...

**Craig Carton** (1:43)
You can't come out and say the series is over.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:45)
No.

**Craig Carton** (1:46)
We agree.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:46)
One game at a time.

**Craig Carton** (1:47)
We'll hopefully get back there next year. And yes, you can't win game six until you win game five.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:52)
Correct.

**Craig Carton** (1:53)
But the reality is this, you haven't beaten the Knicks in your building. And it's gonna be hard for the Knicks to win tomorrow night.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:58)
It is.

**Craig Carton** (1:58)
No one's saying the Knicks are showing up and we're rolling the ball out and doing what we did to Philly or Atlanta or to Cleveland.
It's gonna be work.
It's gonna be a dogfight. Because San Antonio's got nothing left to do but fight. Now remember this, that flagrant foul on Wembay looms very large. Because if he does it again, he's out. He's out. Now, I know there's a lot of conspiracy theorists out there that feel like that's why he didn't get the upgraded call on Brunson. And to think there's no way they're gonna call a flagrant on him. But remember what his flagrant fouls this postseason have been. You had the elbow to the face of and throat of Nas Reid.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:41)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (2:42)
You, the NBA's refs can't not call that.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:45)
Can't deny that one.

**Craig Carton** (2:46)
The elbow, although I do think on this one, it was not on purpose, doesn't matter.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:50)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (2:51)
The elbow to cat's mouth, the refs have no choice.
Now, I think if it's a questionable call, then yeah, I can see the refs continuing to curry favor to him.
But if it's based on something you can't deny seeing, at this stage, because they've done it once. And that's the Brunson play. We all saw it. They saw it. They reviewed it. They avoided it. Why?
Because in their dream scenario, he doesn't get himself kicked out.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:21)
Of course. And now there's no wiggle room. Now there's no wiggle room.

**Craig Carton** (3:25)
Nope.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:26)
He bet it with those long legs, they better not be underneath any of the shooter's feet when they come down. He's going to be tentative on close outs. He might be more tentative playing defense physical. I'm sorry. The idea that, well now they won't call it because they refuse to... I mean listen, even Jarrod Wilkins in here called him the...