Frank Isola

It's Jalen Brunson against my guy, Steph Castle.

Colin, I have been prattling on about Castle all season.

Incredible defender.

I think he's already on the short list of one of the best two-way players in the league.

We saw him totally lock up SGA in that last round.

I mean, just SGA had an awful series.

Maybe his worst since he became a star.

And Jalen Brunson talked about just how good Castle is defensively.

I mean, Brunson is going to get his.

The question is how hard.

You know, listen, they're going to put some defensive pressure on him, too.

They're going to attack Jalen Brunson.

The way to beat the Knicks, I mean, at least nobody in the East can do it, but the way to go after him is to force Brunson to play defense, force him to play on both ends, wear him out over the course of a series.

That's always been kind of the remedy to beat, like, James Harden, great offensive guards.

Make it Luka.

Make them play defense.

And as the series goes on and on and on, you wear them out in games five, game six, game seven.

Brunson's going to get his points early in the series.

Can you make him really work hard on the defensive end as well and make him really work for his points?

And I think that's what San Antonio will do.