Nightcap Hour 1: Knicks END 53 Year DROUGHT + Jalen Brunson WINS Finals MVP Shannon Sharpe, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and Iso Joe Johnson react to the New York Knicks ending 53 Year championship drought and Jalen Brunson wins Finals MVP

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. And guess what? We have a champion.
After 53 years, the 53-year wait is over. New York stand up. The city of bright lights has a champion. Thanks to Jalen Brunson's 45 points, career playoff high 45 points, they win 94 to 90, overcome another double-digit deficit, and they end the Spurs' magical run, four games to one, thanks to a 94-90 come from behind victory, Jalen Brunson was sensational. Thank you guys for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. Y'all know who I am, I'm your favorite unc, and my partner and co-host, the one that will gloat all night tonight because he had the knicks to win this series and be your champion. We've gone several years, I don't think we've had a back-to-back champs since the Miami Heat. Well, no, let me take that back. The Golden State Warriors did it in 17 and 18, but we have not had a back-to-back champ in a very, very long time. That is him, the Bingo Ring of Fame honoree, a former pro bowler and an all-pro. That is Chad Ochocinco Johnson. And the guy at Misery Loves Company, he and I are in the same classroom right now.
He's a seven-time NBA All-Star from the Atlanta Hawks for the University of Arkansas alum, a bucket getter, big shot taker, big shot maker. That is Iso Joe Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed wherever you get your podcast from. Thank you guys for your support. Thank you for your continued support because you've been riding with us for almost three years and I'm sure you'll continue to ride with us because we inform you, we educate you, and most importantly of all, we entertain you. So again, thank you for your support.
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**Chad Johnson** (3:45)
Uncle Joe?

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:46)
The best player tonight was Dylan Harper, and he came up the bench 10 of 19 from the floor, two or four from three, three or five, he had five rebounds, four assists. I thought he played an unbelievable ball game.
We'll get into the nuts and bolts of it. Ocho, this is about your Knicks. You can go ahead and take off about your Knicks. Jalen Brunson played 41 minutes, 41 of the 48 minutes, 45 points on 14 of 27 shooting, four or seven from the three, three or 13 of 15 from the free throw line, and he was a plus 10, but he had an unbelievable, he picked the night to have his best game of this postseason, and they went it thanks to the big night that he had, because he outscored all the starters. As a matter of fact, he damn near outscored the entire team by himself. They had 94, he scored 45 Ocho, what did you like about what you saw from the Knicks, and again, how they overcame a double digit deficit and got to get this win?