{"id":469,"date":"2026-05-26T07:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:08:15","slug":"charles-barkley-eviscerates-cavaliers-for-their-shameful-effort-against-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful ‘effort’ against Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Charles Barkley didn\u2019t even wait for the final buzzer to tear into the Cavaliers during their season-ending loss, which punched the Knicks\u2019 ticket to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Cruise buffet guests face surprise charges for taking food back to cabins<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cavaliers started off Monday\u2019s elimination game strong before the Knicks overpowered them for over three quarters in what turned into a 130-93 loss for Cleveland at Rocket Arena. <\/p>\n

The outcome seemed destined before halftime rolled around, and Barkley took the moment to rail on the Cleveland\u2019s lack of effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cKids at home, if you want to see what the word quit means: to give up. The verb of that: CA-VA-LI-ERS,\u201d he said on \u201cInside the NBA\u201d at the half. \u201cThis is what you see\u2026 They were down 29. This is just effort here. This is just effort.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Barkley then had the producers play clips to highlight his point about the lack of effort from the Cavs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you give up 23 fastbreak points in a half?\u201d Barkley asked. \u201cPlayers aren\u2019t going to say they quit, but you know what shows? Their actions.<\/p>\n

Read more Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s epic Knicks celebration includes includes Leon Rose embrace: \u2018Motherf\u2013king Finals\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLisa [Salters] and Malika [Andrews] were talking about [Cavs players] saying they believe. Well, I believed they were going to get their ass whooped and that\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cInside the NBA\u201d crew didn\u2019t stop there either.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the loss, Kenny Smith said that he believed the Cavaliers \u201ctook a step backwards because it showed what you\u2019re vulnerable to, to everyone else in the Eastern Conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

Smith added that the Cavaliers needed to change their offensive identity for Cleveland to take that step.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The comment was in response to comments from Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson, who has taken plenty of criticism this series for not using timeouts in Game 1 as the Knicks mounted a historic comeback, and comments about how the Cavaliers were winning games in an analytical sense.<\/p>\n

Read more San Francisco YMCA makes stunning move after fallout over naked trans person in female lockers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles Barkley didn\u2019t even wait for the final buzzer to tear into the Cavaliers during their season-ending loss, which punched the Knicks’ ticket to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\nCharles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful 'effort' against Knicks - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful 'effort' against Knicks - Metro Transit Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Charles Barkley didn\u2019t even wait for the final buzzer to tear into the Cavaliers during their season-ending loss, which punched the Knicks' ticket to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metro Transit Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-26T07:08:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14\"},\"headline\":\"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful ‘effort’ against Knicks\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-26T07:08:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469\"},\"wordCount\":371,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/865f0dbe553d8583f70e3cdc09c94c1d.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"NBA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469\",\"name\":\"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful 'effort' against Knicks - Metro Transit Review\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/865f0dbe553d8583f70e3cdc09c94c1d.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-26T07:08:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/865f0dbe553d8583f70e3cdc09c94c1d.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/865f0dbe553d8583f70e3cdc09c94c1d.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":799},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?p=469#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful ‘effort’ against Knicks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metro Transit Review\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metrotransitreview.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful 'effort' against Knicks - Metro Transit Review","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful 'effort' against Knicks - Metro Transit Review","og_description":"Charles Barkley didn\u2019t even wait for the final buzzer to tear into the Cavaliers during their season-ending loss, which punched the Knicks' ticket to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469","og_site_name":"Metro Transit Review","article_published_time":"2026-05-26T07:08:15+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14"},"headline":"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful ‘effort’ against Knicks","datePublished":"2026-05-26T07:08:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469"},"wordCount":371,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/865f0dbe553d8583f70e3cdc09c94c1d.webp","articleSection":["NBA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469","url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469","name":"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful 'effort' against Knicks - Metro Transit Review","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/865f0dbe553d8583f70e3cdc09c94c1d.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-26T07:08:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/865f0dbe553d8583f70e3cdc09c94c1d.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/865f0dbe553d8583f70e3cdc09c94c1d.webp","width":1200,"height":799},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=469#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Charles Barkley eviscerates Cavaliers for their shameful ‘effort’ against Knicks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/","name":"Metro Transit Review","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7cd7bd9683106710eed62ba5da559b14","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/metrotransitreview.com"],"url":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}