2026 NBA Finals Showdown: Can the Unstoppable Knicks Dethrone the Fearless Spurs?
Still, Stephon Castle is coming off a series where he held the back-to-back MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to 45.5% shooting from the floor in the possessions he defended him (per NBA.com), which is 9.8% worse than his regular-season average. In the two games we have tracking data for, Castle held Jalen Brunson to 0-for-4 shooting from the floor in 29.1 partial possessions defending him. Castle will likely spend a majority of his minutes shadowing Brunson in this series, and if he can slow him down without the Spurs having to allocate additional bodies at the Southpaw, it could disrupt the Knicks’ entire rhythm.



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