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Knicks Tip-Off

Two hours before tip-off: who plays, what decides it, where to watch. 5 minutes with The host and The analyst, on the nights the Knicks play and never in between.

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The voices
HThe host · runs the show
Opens with the one thing that decides tonight, keeps the pace, believes in the team until the numbers say otherwise.
AThe analyst · brings the numbers
Lineups, on/off, cap sheets. Every figure he says is in the brief on this site, or he doesn't say it.
Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.
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15minutes of Knicks talk
Oct 5on the air since

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Tue, Oct 20 · Knicks Tip-Off · 5:24

Hart Cleared, Report Empty: Opening Night Against a Short Philadelphia

Josh Hart came off the day-to-day list on October 19 and the Knicks hand in an empty injury report for opening night against the 76ers, who list Simons, Bona and Wade as day-to-day. Marcus puts the 118.7 offense against Philadelphia's 114.4 defense as the matchup that decides it, and holds Brunson's 37.7 streak against his 26.0 baseline.

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How the show works

Knicks Tip-Off is the pregame show, 5 minutes, and it exists only on the nights the Knicks play: the one thing that decides tonight, the opponent and the matchup that settles it, the injury report and who plays, the number of the day, the last game as the reason tonight looks the way it does, when it tips off and where to watch it, and one report from the insiders, always attributed. There is no show on the days without a game: nothing would have happened worth five minutes of your time.

Two voices carry it: the host runs the show, the analyst brings the numbers. They are roles of the Knicks Nightly desk, not people, and they never say a figure that is not on this site. Every episode has a full transcript with timestamps you can click to jump the audio, chapter markers, and the pages behind each number, so a claim in the show can always be checked on the page it comes from.

The episode is published two hours before tip-off, preseason included — after the league posts its official injury report, which is what makes the lineup talk worth anything. Subscribe with the RSS feed above in any podcast app; it is on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube too (the buttons at the top), and short vertical clips go out on the Knicks Nightly social accounts. The archive on this page keeps every episode of the season, newest first.

All episodes

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20OctTip-Off · 5:24Hart Cleared, Report Empty: Opening Night Against a Short PhiladelphiaJosh Hart came off the day-to-day list on October 19 and the Knicks hand in an empty injury report for opening night against the 76ers, who list Simons, Bona and Wade as day-to-day. Marcus puts the 118.7 offense against Philadelphia's 114.4 defense as the matchup that decides it, and holds Brunson's 37.7 streak against his 26.0 baseline.8OctTip-Off · 5:03Alvarado's Return and a Reality Check on Brunson's 37.7Jose Alvarado is set to return tonight after being day-to-day with a left knee injury, giving Mike Brown a settled backup guard spot against a Washington team already missing three rotation pieces. Marcus puts Jalen Brunson's 37.7-point stretch next to Monday's 12-point night at Philadelphia to separate the hot streak from the real baseline.5OctTip-Off · 4:37Eubanks Is Back, Philly Sits Everyone, Center Job Wide OpenDrew Eubanks returns tonight as the Knicks open preseason against a Philadelphia team resting its entire top six, turning the game into an early look at the center battle between Drummond, Wiseman and Bradley. Marcus breaks down Jalen Brunson's 37.7-point streak and a same-day report on Karl-Anthony Towns' extension frustration.