198. 🏀 Nostalgia Test Mini: Reaction to The Knicks’ 29-Point Playoff Comeback

On this Nostalgia Test Mini episode, Dan, Manny, & Billy react to & celebrate The NY Knicks’ historic NBA Finals game 4 comeback and put their sports memories to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

 

“Biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.”
-Billy D’Elia

 

On June 10^th, 2026, while Dan, Manny, & Billy were recording the Major League & Mall Memories episodes, The New York Knicks were mounting the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history. This episode is an immediate reaction to that win. The guys talk about their conflicting emotions and relationship to The Knicks since they were kids, how Dan hasn’t watched a Knick game since the dreaded Patrick Ewing finger roll debacle, what it’s like suffering as a fan, and Billy unearths a crazy Mineola-New York Knicks connection.

And the episode then goes off the Nostalgia Test Podcast rails (per usual) and the guys talk about diner fights, The World Cup, celebrity fans, The new Meet the Parents, sports fandom and front runners and all the nepo team owners. Dan, Manny, and Billy cover a ton of stuff in under 30 minutes and blurt out all forms of the word f***so many times that they should get an award.

So, put on your favorite NBA jersey, turn up those NY accents, and shout the word f*** at the top of your lungs, because this is a NY celebration.

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Approximate Rundown

00:00 Knicks Shock Comeback

00:22 Breaking Down the Final Play

00:57 Why This Team Hooks Fans

01:45 San Antonio Collapse Fallout

02:09 Knicks Trauma & History

04:10 Brunson Heart & Doubters

05:56 Cautious Optimism & Choking Fears

06:46 Fans Loyalty & Frontrunners

08:17 Suffering Makes Winning Sweet

09:57 Celebrities Courtside Debate

11:13 Real Fans Versus Bandwagons

12:01 Celebrity Courtside Talk

12:20 Meet the Fockers Sequel

13:00 Why the Original Worked

13:25 Recording & Episode Plans

15:14 Knicks Nostalgia & Curses

16:02 Dolan Drama & Nepo Owners

19:04 World Cup & US Soccer

20:14 LeBron vs Jordan Rant

20:59 Beer League Podcast Idea

21:49 Friend Group Stories Wrap

 

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The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic.