Will the Spurs even the series? Game 4 Preview
6/10/202629 min
Zena Keita is joined by Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni from MSG to discuss the NBA Finals. How did the Spurs win Game 3? What adjustments were made? How do the Knicks push this to a 3-1 lead and other predictions around Game 4 of the NBA Finals
Host: Zena Keita
With: Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
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First 90 secondsZena Keita· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the NBA Daily for June 10th, 2026. I'm Zena Cada, joined by S. Berhe and Dave DeFore. And my guys are in Madison Square Garden, where for the first time in 13 games, the Knicks woke up with a loss. We're gonna break that down in just a second. [upbeat music] Y'all, Dave, S, how's MSG?
Esfandiar Baraheni· Host0:27
Man, the vibes, uh, well, you know, maybe post-game vibes weren't the greatest- [laughs] Okay ... with, uh, the, the steel chairs happening outside of Madison Square Garden and everything.
Zena Keita· Host0:38
Mm-hmm.
Esfandiar Baraheni· Host0:38
But otherwise, uh, the vibes inside were, were pretty good. It was a loud arena.
Dave DuFour· Host0:42
Yeah.
Esfandiar Baraheni· Host0:42
It was- Yeah ... uh, I mean, look, it was, it was a raucous crowd. Like, it was very, very good.
Dave DuFour· Host0:47
Yeah, it was intense.
Esfandiar Baraheni· Host0:48
Yeah.
Dave DuFour· Host0:48
You know, I, again- The lines though ... coming on the heels... [laughs] Yeah, the lines were something. Uh, but coming on the heels- [laughs] ... of the Thunder-Spurs series- Mm-hmm ... which, you know, the, the Thunder... We were all in the Thunder arena last year for the finals, with how loud it is. MSG is a different kind of loud.
Esfandiar Baraheni· Host1:05
It is, yeah.
Dave DuFour· Host1:05
It's like, it's more of a- Hm ... baritone loud. Like, it, it really, like... I, and I, I have to credit it to the acoustics of the building.
Zena Keita· Host1:12
Okay.
Dave DuFour· Host1:13
There's a reason Billy Joel played 104 shows here, you know? It sounds really good in here.
Esfandiar Baraheni· Host1:18
I actually see- Look at the cultural history you're learning on NBA Daily.
Dave DuFour· Host1:21
Well, I just looked up at the banner.
Zena Keita· Host1:23
Oh, okay.
Dave DuFour· Host1:23
[laughs] But I don't know if there's a bad seat in the house. You know, we were sitting on the sky bridge, and as I'm going up I'm thinking to myself, "Oh