Chris Mannix

And you got to be hunting that matchup.

with Jalen Brunson.

Every chance you get due to the Knicks, what they've been doing to you throughout the course of the series.

We haven't seen enough of that, and that's been pretty notable to me.

He's supposed to be the most reliable perimeter player they have.

And he hasn't been outside of a few games in these playoffs.

Now, I can buy the argument that's been made that, hey, they're not in the finals without De'Aaron Fox.

He was really good in Game 7.

He helped them beat Oklahoma City.

But look at the number of games he's played where he's shot sub-40%.

It's a bunch of them in the playoffs.

And a lot of these shots are the point-blank shots I'm talking about.

They had that point-blank one in game one, like 9-10 footer, missed it.

That might have changed the game.

Nix went the other way, got a bucket.

Like, he's supposed to be... I mean, he's the all-star.

He's the former clutch player of the year.

Like you said, he's the guy that's supposed to settle them down in the perimeter and get a shot when he's supposed to.

Now, maybe some of that is...

The ankle injury, it's obviously been bothering him a lot.