NBA Finals Game 3 Preview: Can Spurs Make This A Series? + EPIC MSG Atmosphere
6/8/202646 min
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to preview Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. The guys break down if the Spurs have any chance to make this a series, the outstanding play of Karl-Anthony Towns, some wild memories with legendary Knicks fans, expectations for the insane atmosphere at MSG and what we expect from this game.
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First 90 secondsBrian Windhorst· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Sunday afternoon here in New York City. Tim Bontemps. Now, what was I gonna say? First off, Dan McMahon.
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:15
Howdy, partners.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:16
You had this great connection with our location for the podcast in Oklahoma City at the Tipsea TV.
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:22
We, we have a great connection.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:24
Meh, don't ... I'll take all the credit.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:26
[snorts] But, you know, the Thunder didn't get it done.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:28
No.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:29
So now it's Bontemps.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:30
Blame Chet.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:31
Bontemps has the connections in New York City.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:34
Oh.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:34
And where, where are we being hosted in the finals here?
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:36
We're at, we're at American Whiskey down here, uh, on West 30th Street. Uh, our guys Kevin and Casey setting us up, owners of the shop. Uh- Just a few blocks from MSG ... couple blocks from MSG. It's an amazing spot. Come down here and, and bob some beverages and check out the game and- I, I think there may be a beverage or two sold here tomorrow night.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist0:55
[laughs] [laughs] They might do all right.
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:56
Just a, a couple, couple million beverages I think might get sold here tomorrow night.
Brian Windhorst· Host0:58
Yeah. All right.
Tim Bontemps· Panelist0:59
It's gonna be quite a, be quite a scene. Always is for Knicks games, and it certainly should be for these games this week.
Brian Windhorst· Host1:04
So we just came from the Garden where the Spurs and Knicks had their Sunday media availability here as we shift, everybody shifted to the East Coast. After Game 1, McMahon, um, the Spurs were very confident.
Tim MacMahon· Panelist1:17
Mm-hmm.
Brian Windhorst· Host1:18
Um, uh, you know, they weren't like beating their chest, but I think they were like, "Yeah, we're not worried. We're fine." Um, the mood today was of missed opportunity. They, they understand that they've, that it slipped through their fingers.