Jason Timp

Like every year they just ran out of gas.

Like Brunson would just get tired from playing Brunson ball and

And they and he would get fatigued.

And this year's team is just attacking so much smarter.

All their minutes are way down like OG and nobody's leading the team in minutes at like 35 minutes per game.

Compare that to last year under Thibodeau where they were just working them all to the ground every single night.

So like this is just a much smarter, much more sophisticated Knicks team that's attacking in a way with way more variety.

And Donovan Mitchell is very much like that game seven was the outlier.

He has been very much classic tunnel vision, Donovan Mitchell, forcing the issue, taking bad shots.

And he hasn't looked as explosive in terms of his ability to get dribble penetration as he has in previous years.

Like, I just think Brunson's clearly better and better.

The Knicks will have some issues.

The Cavs have layered rim protection, which is very different than what they faced in the previous rounds.

Like Jalen Johnson and Yaka Kongwu.

Sorry, Simon, but Joel Embiid was kind of ass in these conference semis.

So like there's a certain amount of like there's a there's a layered rim protection with Evan Mobley and Jared Allen, which is very different for this team to deal with.

And

I certainly think that the Cavs have a chance to win, but sometimes it's just as simple to me as I think the Knicks are a better basketball team led by a better player with home court advantage, and let's not overthink this.

I just think the Knicks are going to win.

really quickly to piggyback with on what simon said like donovan did just have his best game of the postseason and he's generally been a little bit hot and cold and his pull-up three-point shot in particular has been the thing that's kind of left him and has caused him to not be as consistent as he typically is and he had a couple in game seven including a big one in the in the fourth quarter that was kind of like an ice or a a crowd silencer and i think like