Hour 2: Knicks One Win From Title as OG Anunoby Shines in Finals

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
La Playa awaits. I had a few coronas last night.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:03)
Yes, we did.

**Craig Carton** (0:04)
I believe they've replenished my stash. So another case of coronas in for game five. Now let's just go back a week and a half or so when we made our predictions here.
Did anybody on the radio station, or I wouldn't care about them, did anybody on this show that you're aware of, because I'm trying to rack my brain to remember, pick the Knicks in five that you can remember in this particular show before the series started. Was it Gallo?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:32)
I don't remember.

**Craig Carton** (0:33)
It was not. Was it Petey?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:35)
Might have been. It was not.

**Craig Carton** (0:37)
Did you pick the Knicks in five?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:38)
I did not.

**Craig Carton** (0:39)
You got them in seven, I think, right?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:41)
Which by the way, Still might happen.

**Craig Carton** (0:42)
Still can happen. Not about one guy here. One guy at this radio station actually had the Knicks in five. The same guy that told you at halftime last night, it was a wrap.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:51)
Yes.

**Craig Carton** (0:52)
2-2. Let's go to game five.
And that was the only thing to think at halftime.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:57)
Oh, come on.

**Craig Carton** (0:58)
Right?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:58)
I know we're getting some flack for that. I don't know how anybody's going to do that.

**Craig Carton** (1:01)
I think it's tongue-in-cheek flack because they know the deal.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:04)
The reason it's special is because the game was over. That's what makes last night insane. Right.

**Craig Carton** (1:08)
If the Knicks were up by 20 last night, then that ending, while still amazing, would not have been as fun.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:13)
I suppose you could have said, well, let's see if they can get it down to 15 by the fourth court.

**Craig Carton** (1:18)
We all played those math games.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:19)
They were getting their ass kicked.

**Craig Carton** (1:20)
If we get it to 15 by the fourth court, that's a reasonable number to come back from.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:23)
They were hitting every shot. The Knicks had no offense to speak of.
They were throwing out 12 different guys. There was no reason to think that second half was going to look any different than the first. I am still stunned.

**Craig Carton** (1:35)
Let me ask you a question. Do you think Sochan, who's... By the way, gets a ring this year no matter what. Played for the Spurs. That obviously is on the Knicks now.
He obviously played like 3 minutes left, 5 minutes last night. He took one shot. It was an embarrassingly bad air ball, right? So he does show up in the stat sheet because he played and he attempted a shot, okay? But it was an embarrassing shot. I'm just wondering, do you think he tells his grandkids, I played in the NBA Finals?
You do? Because he's not going to get into another game.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:07)
You wouldn't hope. You wouldn't think so.

**Craig Carton** (2:09)
Right. If he's playing, there's a problem. And I'm not trying to be a bad guy here. But if the only thing you did in the one game you played in was shoot an air ball, do you tell people you played it?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:21)
Yes.

**Craig Carton** (2:22)
Do you tell your kids?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:23)
Yes.

**Craig Carton** (2:23)
Daddy played in the NBA Finals?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:25)
Hell yeah.

**Craig Carton** (2:25)
Daddy, show me the video. Yeah. Well, it was a long time ago. They don't keep videos like that, son.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:30)
He's in the NBA Finals.

**Craig Carton** (2:32)
But he took one shot at an air ball.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:35)
99% of athletes and people who dream of it don't get nearly that close.

**Craig Carton** (2:39)
Do you think he says it like from not a braggart standpoint, but like, I'm really proud. Yeah. You think he tells his kids?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:46)
My grandpa used to play in the NBA. He was in the NBA Finals.

**Craig Carton** (2:50)
How did he do in the NBA Finals?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:51)
He played for the championship, Knicks.

**Craig Carton** (2:53)
Okay. That's a different story. Yeah. My grandfather played for the team that won the championship, and they won for the first time in 53 years. Because he was on the team.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:01)
Yes.

**Craig Carton** (3:02)
Oh, really? What position did he play?

**Chris McMonigle** (3:04)
Well, he played, you know.

**Craig Carton** (3:06)