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‘First Take’ Had So Much Fun Roasting Stephen A. Smith Over the Knicks Being Eliminated from NBA Playoffs

This was some fun TV.

Andy Nesbitt

‘First Take’ Had So Much Fun Roasting Stephen A. Smith Over the Knicks Being Eliminated from NBA Playoffs
‘First Take’ Had So Much Fun Roasting Stephen A. Smith Over the Knicks Being Eliminated from NBA Playoffs /
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The New York Knicks had their season come to an end Friday night with a Game 6 loss to the Heat in Miami.

Jalen Brunson and Co. looked so good in their first-round win over the Cavaliers but seemed out of sorts in too many games against Miami. Now they’re off on vacation while the Heat are off to face the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals. 

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is a big Knicks fan, and recently, he spent many days on “First Take” yelling about how good they have been playing and how they were going to go to the NBA Finals.

Did Smith’s morning show have fun rubbing in the loss? Yes, yes it did. 

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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