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One possession, one quarter, one half, one game at a time since 1989

[THE GARDEN IS ROCKING @MSG_Rocking]

It’s been hanging there the whole time.

There are no guarantees. It ain’t over till its over. But June 13th feels like destiny.

[Kazeem Famuyide 🇳🇬 🍎 @Kazeem]

Jalen Brunson has the opportunity to do the funniest thing tonight

[221_b_baker @ClimbingHier]

@LOKHOOPS if the Knicks win what do you look forward to more: the title or spinning the block the next day?

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@jalenbrunson1 @joshhart @MBridgesjr25 @23savage____ @deucemcb11 @KarlTowns

No. Mercy.

We love you.

#alwaysknicks

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@LOKHOOPS @KnickFilmSkool @xavierjdesigns @AndrewJClaudio_

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[THE GARDEN IS ROCKING @MSG_Rocking]

Take a moment to watch this prophetic exchange between Shaq and KAT from last February.

This was brutally honest advice from an NBA legend.

We are now watching it manifest into being, with the Knicks en route to a championship and KAT as MVP. And doing it against the freak of nature that is Victor Wembanyama.

Shaq: “At the beginning of the game, I said you were playing soft because I’ve seen you at times when you play great. And what you must understand in New York is that you need to be great for your guys to win a championship. If you guys win a championship, of course they’re gonna talk about Brunson, but it’s you and your play; you have to be dominant. You responded very, very well; you played very well. You played in the paint. That’s how you should play. You should always play.”

KAT: “For sure, but what you said too is, if we win a championship, they can talk about anybody as long as we get a ring, that’s the most important thing, I don’t care. I don’t care about any of that.”

Shaq: “No, but you’ve got to play great. One-two punch, and you’re part of that one-two punch.”

KAT: “Hell yeah, but I wanna make sure that we all understand that the main goal here is to win. It don’t matter who gets the credit or whatever.”

Shaq: “It’s not about credit. Nope, you got to play great.”

KAT: “Sure, I hear you. Legend, I agree with you.”

In other words, Shaq challenges KAT to toughen up and find his eye of the tiger. To drive the ball into the paint more, to stop whining about fouls and no calls and get back on defense. If he wants to win a championship, the Knicks need him to be aggressive both physically and mentally, it can’t just be Jalen Brunson.

KAT pushes back. Says it doesn’t matter who gets the credit, Brunson can have all the credit.

But Shaq doesn’t accept that answer. Because he knows what kind of greatness it takes to win a championship. And eventually KAT realizes he’s right.

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

job’s not done. 0-0 mentality.

[Ian Begley @IanBegley]

MSG Sports statement on Game 5 tickets says MSG has confirmed with Spurs ownership that Spurs will not be revoking any Knicks fans’ tickets for tonight. Full statement:

[Alex B. @KnicksCentral]

Today may be the day we have waited a lifetime for…

Knicks can really clinch a championship today for the first time in most of our lives

It is not a dream, it is reality

Lock in

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@LOKHOOPS @UnderdogNBA I’d rather him that Brothers!

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@LOKHOOPS @NBA__Courtside Proudly dumb? Dumbly proud?

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@nyknicks @KnickFilmSkool @JeffJSays @DJAceNBA @TheCohencidence @BenRitholtzNBA @shawnwithaW_ @xavierjdesigns @HotHandTheory @LOKHOOPS @AndrewJClaudio_ @JCMacriNBA

[Alex @ajak1033]

The Spurs know how to TAKE the lead, they just don't know how to HOLD the lead. And that's really the most important part of the lead: the holding

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@ajak1033

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@lefty23__ @KNlCKER Could you imagine??

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@KNlCKER @actionjack69 Nah they’d call it on Brunson for running in to his arm

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@LOKHOOPS As a black man whose been to one of those, I can relate lol. Victor has no idea what he’s talking about.

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@LOKHOOPS

[Knicks Memes @KnicksMemes]

What Wemby saw when he was "in Mitch's head"

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@morelikemensa

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@ChiefIke @EvDoWork