JD

Outside of that great second quarter where they were obviously humming, game three, the Knicks offense did feel a lot more like the offense we saw from the Knicks in games two and three versus the Hawks way back then.

in the first round of the series where it was way more predictable, over-dribbling Brunson possessions, and until they unlocked Cat in that series and everything started clicking, that's what it was similar to.

Now, yeah, huge credit, of course, to the Spurs defense.

That switch up of Castle playing Cat a lot more, obviously Kelton Johnson coming in and bodying him up,

Yeah, it seemed to take Cat out of this game a little bit and to almost spear the Knicks into the direction of, like, Captain Clutch, just go nuts, man.

You take us home.

But that's not when the Knicks are at their best.

So, yeah, that's a huge takeaway from Game 3, and we'll see if the Knicks can get out of that funk in Game 4 or if the Spurs keep them there and keep them like they did against the Thunder and SGA.

You brought this up, TK, of, like...

We're just taking away everybody else.

We don't believe Shea can do it by himself, especially when they were short a couple guys and creators.

We're trying to do that with the Knicks too.

See if Jalen Brunson can beat it by himself.

Take away everybody else.

For sure.

Any other takeaways from Game 3?

I think the Knicks defense just looks so much more different because they were so worried about Wemby.

And it wasn't even so much when Wemby was at the rim, but when he was involved in picks or just up there, up top, they had two bodies go to him right off the top in the first quarter.

And they allowed...

Open three-point shots.