Zach Lowe

Everyone's curious.

And this Knicks team...

has just obliterated the playoffs and found Nirvana.

And it's real, it's spectacular, it's sustainable, and I just can't wait to see what happens.

Where should we even start, Mo?

Well, let's just start there then with Victor Wemenyama, who is the nexus of the series on both ends of the floor, because conventional stuff either doesn't work or is just a non-starter for both teams on both ends of the floor.

If you want to start Spurs offense, fine.

Project number one is we've got to keep him away from the rim.

Good luck.

His wingspan is like a thousand feet and the Spurs have gotten better and better just throwing the ball into the vicinity at the rim.

Um,

I would expect Cat to start the series guarding Wemenyama, but as many people have noted, Ananobi has been one of the best Victor Wemenyama defenders in the league and has guarded him a lot in three regular season matchups.

The Knicks fared well in those matchups, two and one.

They won the cup.

Poulin, Weedeater, Kia, Sprite, Taco Bell, Emirates Cup.

And they beat them in March in MSG in what was one of their best performances.

I mean, before whatever's happening now happened of the season.

And Ananobi was able to guard Wemenyama in a lot of those matchups because the Knicks had a pretty safe hiding place for Carl Anthony Towns.

Like, if the big is not going to guard the big, he's got to guard somebody.

In a lot of those games, in most of those three games, it was Harrison Barnes.