Despite a good touch around the basket (70% from the field), the 7-footer is a career 52% shooter from the charity stripe.

Mitch," the strategy to put an opposing, poor free-throw shooting center at the foul line to regain possession. The New York Knicks have been on the wrong side of the strategy over the NBA playoffs, with the Detroit Pistons intentionally fouling Knicks center Mitchell Robinson in the first round and the Boston Celtics doing the same in the second round.

But Robinson still can’t hit free throws. And the longer the Knicks stay in the playoffs, the greater the chances it will cost them a game.

The second round has started out with a series of upsets on the road, showing things are even at the top of the NBA.

The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks have renewed their rivalry in the second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs, and the series is off to a wild start. The Knicks are up 2-0, winning two games in Boston in eerily similar fashion to begin the series.

The Boston Celtics visit the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their best-of-7, Eastern Conference semifinal series Saturday.