It’s time for the New York Knicks to step on the Cleveland Cavaliers' neck. The Knicks made me look good with my single-digit Game 1 win prediction. The Knicks look to be too much for the Cavs. As I mentioned in almost every article I’ve written on the series, the Knicks beat the Cavs in every matchup, point guard, small forward, power forward, center, bench, and head coach, except for shooting guard.
Speaking of which, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau let Donovan Mitchell cook while putting the clamps on everyone else. Thibodeau employed a different scheme than Knicks fans are used to seeing, a blitz defense that collapsed on Mitchell and Darius Garland on drives, forcing them to dump it off to Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley in short rolls, where neither have the handles or post moves to thrive.