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My name is Andrew Claudio, and it is time to preview a Knicks matchup that technically doesn't count,

but it counts more than anything else. I'll tell you what that means in just the second.

The Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Cup final. The Knicks are 18 and 7.

The Spurs are 18 and 7. And at the end of this game, the Knicks will be 18 and 7. The Spurs will be 18 and 7. This game does not count against the standings. Shout out to Fred Katz of the Athletic. We made a great point. The Knicks have been so cautious about Mitchell Robinson not playing him back to back, only playing 20 minutes, not playing an extensive workload management.

It's one of those things where we're not going to push him more than he needs to.

How can they justify him playing in a game that doesn't technically count?

Which is going to be the funniest thing when he plays like 25 minutes against the Spurs on Tuesday.

And that point is brought up in the postgame presser.

Regardless, the Knicks have a chance to hang a banner at Madison Square Garden,

and the only thing standing in their way is something that's going to be standing

in a lot of people's ways, including people driving to the basket on Tuesday night,

and that's Victor Wenbanyama, after an upset victory against the Lakers

and an even more shocking upset victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder snapping at their 16-16 game winning streak on Saturday night.

The Knicks will play the Spurs.

A rematch of the 1999 NBA Finals.

Hopefully they can get some revenge that I'm sure everybody will look at it that way

if they actually get the W Tuesday.

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