{"podcast":{"title":"The Athletic NBA Daily","slug":"the-athletic-nba-daily-529354","podcast_index_feed_id":529354,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818c192eb737caf8cadd833","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818c192eb737caf8cadd833/1774730840738-f98f6396-6203-4925-97bf-d79a38383850.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":2215,"summary":"Start your day with The Athletic NBA Daily – a fast, entertaining recap of the most important games and stories from the world of professional basketball with new episodes dropping Monday through Friday. Hosted by Dave DuFour, Zena Keita, and Esfandiar Baraheni with regular appearances by The Athletic’s award-winning NBA reporters. Andrew Schlecht and Alex Spears cap the week with the full-length Saturday Slam n’ Jam episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T20:21:22.066005+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354"},"episode":{"title":"The Knicks are in the NBA Finals, How did they get there?","slug":"the-knicks-are-in-the-nba-finals-how-did-they-get-there","published_at":"2026-05-26T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/the-knicks-are-in-the-nba-finals-how-did-they-get-there","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-nba-daily/episodes/the-knicks-are-in-the-nba-finals-how-did-they-get-there","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818c192eb737caf8cadd833/e/6a1560c7d662cda7c2adcbe3/media.mp3","summary":"Jalen Brunson and the Knicks put the Cleveland Cavaliers away in four and head to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Fred Katz joins Dave DuFour and Zena Keita to discuss how the Knicks have dominated the Eastern Conference, the story on how they became a championship contender, and who the Knicks should want to play in the NBA Finals. They finish the show discussing what is going to happen to the Cavs this offseason and how they can change their roster moving forward. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/eme2tPcUM2 Host: Dave DuFour With: Zena Keita and Fred Katz Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht Audio/Video Producer: Lara Sinclair  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Jalen Brunson and the Knicks put the Cleveland Cavaliers away in four and head to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Fred Katz joins Dave DuFou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2675,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/episodes/the-knicks-are-in-the-nba-finals-how-did-they-get-there/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-nba-daily-529354/the-knicks-are-in-the-nba-finals-how-did-they-get-there.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}