Zach Lowe

Yeah on the Spurs and Robinson

I said this on my preview pod last night.

I think it's barely hyperbole and maybe not hyperbole at all to say his health could swing the entire NBA Finals.

I think he's that important specifically against this team because the more I've watched Wambanyama and the Spurs and the more I've talked to people who are trying to build their teams with him in mind, I think a player like Mitchell Robinson, as close as you can get, is like a must-have against Wambanyama.

You've got to at least make him think, if I go up to block this shot and I don't get it,

Is there someone behind me who can punish me?

And also, or catch lobs behind me.

You're not going to get all of that in one player all the time, but you get that.

Mitchell Robinson is the perfect kind of guy for that.

Yeah, I picked Knicks in seven.

Either way, obviously, I want a long series just from entertainment perspective.

It's a weird thing.

I do think the Knicks need to get one of the first two in San Antonio, even though you say, well, they have home court going back the other way.

It all evens out.

I just think it's so hard to win four out of five, even if you have home court after the first two games.

I think everyone's going to say they've got to get game one.

I don't care which it is, but I do think if they go down 2-0, it's going to be really tough for them.

Oh, it's going to be.

No, we did not.

Tim Legler, you're the best.