Zach Lowe

But the Brunson Robinson pick and roll also got Brunson with shooting all around.

It got Brunson going a little bit.

And so finally,

You know, we went into the series talking about, like, worst-case scenarios for the Knicks.

Cat foul trouble, Robinson injury.

Holy shit, does this become a Huck Porte so hand?

Are we stealing minutes with Ananobi at center?

All of that came to be.

It was a disaster, and then it stabilized.

And Robinson kind of played his way into the series a little bit.

And then McBride has not, but Jose Alvarado kind of became the Deuce McBride substitute.

And why I thought he was so good in this game was...

the Spurs are doing this funky zone with women Yama, where he's not really guarding anybody.

Sometimes he's guarding cat.

Sometimes he's guarding nobody.

Sometimes he's guarding an area and it's requiring the Knicks to sort of puzzle out.

How do we want to bring him into the action?

How do we want to attack him?

How do we want to move off the ball?

as we're doing that.