Knicks Face Uncertainty as Josh Hart’s Mysterious Back Injury Threatens Game 6 Showdown with Hawks
If Hart is limited or unavailable for Game 6, Brown could elevate McBride — a better perimeter shooter, but a smaller point-of-attack defender whom McCollum can shoot over — into the first five. He could tap Shamet, a veteran two-way guard who played well throughout the regular season, but who has fallen out of Brown’s rotation after a rocky final month and rough first two games against Atlanta. He’s been reluctant to lean too hard on double-big looks, with Robinson flanking Towns, for fear of creating quickness disadvantages against the smaller, faster Hawks; if keeping the Hawks off the glass remains a top priority, though, Brown could opt to super-size off the jump in hopes of continuing to dictate the terms of engagement through physicality.



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