Benyam Kidane

When they're double-teaming Jalen Brunson and trying to get him out of the action, Landry Shammott's coming in hitting threes, Mikel Bridges, Ojean Inobi.

Anytime there's a problem the Spurs bring,

The Knicks just have another guy stepping up.

And I think, you know, when you are trying to win an NBA title, it's not just your top one or two guys.

You need, you know, four or five, pretty much, you know, six, seven guys on the bench to come in and make a difference.

And so far, the Knicks guys are doing that.

Yeah, look, it's a tough one because, you know, the guy's only 22 years old.

It's his first playoffs, let alone first NBA finals.

So, you know, the bright lights can kind of do that and

I think for him, he seems like he's got his head screwed on and has a pretty short memory.

Every time we've seen him have maybe a subpar performance in the postseason, that very next game, he bounces back and kind of writes the ship.

So I think for him, this is a learning experience.

I'm expecting him to come out and have a big Game 3, especially, as you said, after the way that Game 2 ended with not only the miss but the turnover and just a couple of small mistakes at this level.

That's what hurts you, and you have to execute, especially late in games.

He's been phenomenal for the Spurs.

He's the reason they're kind of in this position, but I think he'll be all right.

Yeah, there's a maturity with Wayne Benyama that you don't often see with guys who are only in their third season, leave alone in this position to potentially win an NBA title.

So I think for him, this has been a very impressive run.

Not saying that it's over, but he has a chance to do something special in Madison Square Garden.

I think the Spurs may take one of these games, but the mountain he's left to climb here is pretty tough.