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Mike Breen, the MSG Knicks announcer and NBA play-by-play man for ABC and ESPN, including the upcoming NBA Finals, makes the call to do some championship Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.
Q: Why does New York love the Knicks so much?
A: It’s always been a basketball town. This is why I fell in love with basketball, and I’m certain a lot of Knick fans, too. There’s just something about the team aspect of the sport. Five players working together. The whole is better than the sum of its parts — I’ve always loved that phrase. And this Knick team is exactly that. And there’s just something special about that building, whether you’re there watching or you’re watching at home. There’s an electricity to that place that’s just truly amazing. … And I think this particular Knick team, because there were so many years of darkness, that to feel this way about a team, knowing that they have a legitimate shot of winning a championship, these fans have been just so hungry for so many years and stayed loyal despite that, they just feel like they’re being rewarded. The electricity in the city about them and the vibe in the city about ’em is crazy. It’s incredible the joy that the Knicks fans have. And the fact that all three games on the road that they clinched, in Atlanta, in Philadelphia, in Cleveland, the thousands of Knick fans at each of those games, shows you how much they care and how long they’ve waited for a team like this to root for.
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Q: What makes this team so likable?
A: How connected they are, and how well they play together, and how they’ve sacrificed, they’re unselfish. And the other thing, too, is you hear them all talk after the games, and they don’t like to talk about themselves, but ask ’em about a teammate and they’ll go on and on and on and on. They’re so happy for each other’s success.
Q: What is the essence of Jalen Brunson’s greatness?
A: He has an iron will. He’s not tall, he’s not fast, he’s not overly athletic. But he’s one of the mentally strongest players I’ve ever been around. They talk about Michael Jordan, they talk about…
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