KNICKS ARE CHAMPIONS! Instant Reaction to New York's NBA Finals Win

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
This is the biggest free throw of the year right here. Biggest free throw of the year. Come on now.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:10)
No fouls, no fouls.

**Craig Carton** (0:12)
Tell Richard Jefferson to shut up. This is money. This is money.
Yes, sir. I still, I foul right away.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:27)
They said no fouls.

**Craig Carton** (0:28)
This doesn't matter. I guess it doesn't matter.
Brickhouse Knicks are champions. Shut up. Woo!
That's what I'm talking about. The New York Knicks NBA champions for the first time since 1973 You got to believe it baby. Woohoo! Unbelievable. Something nobody thought was possible. That's just happened.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:58)
Woohoo!

**Craig Carton** (0:59)
Yes, sir.
What a choke job by the Spurs. Talk about it. Talk about it.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:05)
Talk about it.

**Craig Carton** (1:08)
Unbelievable.
Miss more free throws, you suckers. The New York Knicks are NBA champions. Brunson's the MVP. Danner at 50 And let that sink in. 94 to 90 The New York Knicks. And by the way, I told you, Knicks in 5-2.
Somebody here knows basketball. Oji Adanobi with the free throw to end it. We are world champions. Yes. Woohoo.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:47)
Woo.

**Craig Carton** (1:49)
Yes.
In my lifetime, I've just drink that martini bigs. Drink it. Yes, sir.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:58)
That's a championship martini.

**Craig Carton** (2:00)
The drink of champions. We have done it. Three wins on the road against the Spurs. Once again, overcoming a double-digit point deficit. It's gonna be the parade of all parades.
I cannot believe it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:18)
I can't believe it either. I can't believe it.
Oh, my God. A championship, Craig. A championship. The New York Knicks are champions of the NBA. The New York Knicks are the champions. Jalen Brunson, he wins the MVP.

**Craig Carton** (2:36)
Easily. Yes, easily.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:37)
He did everything he needed to do. He's the MVP. He's the superstar. He's the king of New York. He's whatever else we want to call him. He carried this team to a championship in the fourth quarter. The New York Knicks, the lowly New York Knicks, The New York Knicks are champions for the first time in 53 years.

**Craig Carton** (2:58)
Unbelievable. He damn near had 50 effing points in this game. Carl Anthony Towns only had two points and it doesn't matter. We even misfreed those down the stretch.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:09)
Yes.

**Craig Carton** (3:09)
But for everybody out there, from Becky Hammond to Draymond Green and everybody that questioned the superstardom of Jalen Brunson, for those of you that hated the trade and the acquisition, rather, that when the Knicks got him for $100 million, you can all suck it because Jalen Brunson is the NBA Finals MVP and the New York Knicks are NBA Champions. And I'm rocking it on tuckit.com shirt. And I look fantastic, I have to say.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:43)
I wash my Martini down with the Corona, but right now I am sipping a dirty dirty Martini with blue cheese.

**Craig Carton** (3:51)
I don't even know what to say. I don't know what to do. I got two of my kids here who are Nick fans.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:56)
I have them chasing me to my right.

**Craig Carton** (3:59)
I Nick fan all the people I can't tell you about as well. And this is going, look at McHale Bridges crying. That's how much it means to him. People wanted the trade and people said he's not worth five first round picks. Yes, he is and yes he was. And this is one of the great moments of our lifetimes as sports fans. I've been a Nick fan since I came out of the womb.
And I cannot believe Jalen Brunson had 45 points tonight, the rest of the team only 49
That's what the great players do. They put teams on their back and they carry them to championships. And Jalen Brunson, the official king of New York City and one of the greatest New York athletes we've ever had. He's now in the echelon of Derek Jeter, of Clyde Frazier, of Willis Reed, and all the other greats because he can now lay claim to the reality that he is not just a champion, but a New York champion. And there's nothing better than being a champion in New York City baby!

**Chris McMonigle** (5:10)
Say it again, Craig. This is it. He has reached the pinnacle. And I did not think I would cry. I just got emotional there watching him hug his father. I know, you know, I have reasons for that, but like there-

**Craig Carton** (5:21)
Yeah, I know you lost your father. I know you lost your boys. Awesome.