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Knicks Notes: Towns, Anunoby, Shamet, Robinson, Dolan
The Knicks‘ usage of Karl-Anthony Towns as a point center in the seven games leading up to Tuesday’s game vs. Cleveland resulted in a 130.5 offensive rating, but the plan hit a snag in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, writes Zach Braziller of The New York Post. The Cavaliers‘ talented frontcourt duo of Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen did a better job of neutralizing Towns, who scored just 13 points on 14 shots and had five assists, his lowest single-game total since head coach Mike Brown tweaked the Knicks’ offensive game plan.
“We do feel like we have the personnel to bother him. We’ve got multiple guys who can put pressure on him,” Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson said. “We’ve gotta be really good with our off-ball defense. They’ve definitely shifted schematically like everybody knows. It’s been … it’s high level so it’s going to be a big part of the series.”
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Knicks made a Donovan Mitchell adjustment the Cavaliers have no answer for
Of the many adjustments the New York Knicks made in Game 1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the decision to have Landry Shamet guard Donovan Mitchell isn’t receiving enough attention. While a surface-level tweak upon first consideration, it’s actually a wrinkle with downstream ramifications for which Cleveland has no answer.
Shamet ended up spending more time opposite Mitchell than anyone else on the Knicks. On those occasions, the Cavs offense as a whole averaged just 0.81 points per possession. That alone validates the proof of concept.
Except, this isn’t just about Shamet hanging with Mitchell. (He did.) It’s about what it does for the rest of the Knicks defense, and how difficult it is for Cleveland to counter.
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