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The New York Knicks have a secret weapon on their side\u2026 country music.<\/p>\n
The Knickerbockers currently hold a 2-0 series lead over the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, and part of that is thanks to\u00a0Mitchell Robinson. If you don\u2019t know the name, he has been busy holding down the center position for the Knicks since he was drafted by New York in 2018. He\u2019s actually the longest tenured player on the Knicks team, which is now two games away from winning the NBA Finals for the first time since 1973.<\/p>\n
Pretty crazy it\u2019s been that long for the NBA franchise in the Big Apple, eh? They stole the first two games in San Antonio, and could now close out the Finals and hoist the Larry O\u2019Brien trophy with back-to-back home game victories at Madison Square Garden. Needless to say, there\u2019s a lot of buzz in NYC right now.<\/p>\n
Robinson has been playing through a finger injury in the finals, and though that\u2019s restricted his minutes a bit, he\u2019s still been able to come through in huge moments. He only played two minutes in the fourth quarter of Game 2, but in those two minutes, he shut down Spurs star (and freak athlete) Victor Wembanyama. When Robinson was guarding him in the last minute of the game, the Spurs phenom missed two crucial shots.<\/p>\n
Knicks head coach Mike Brown was asked why he thinks Robinson is able to stay so level headed out on the court, and his response gave all the credit to the type of music that the New York center likes to indulge in:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of country music. So, I think when he listens to country music, he gets the chill vibes, because I know I do. I\u2019m sure that\u2019s where he got it from. I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s just how he\u2019s built man\u2026 he just went and did his job, but that country music probably has something to do with it.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Mitchell Robinson didn\u2019t shy away from that being the truth.<\/p>\n A reporter followed up with the Knicks center after his head coach said country music gives Robinson his calm demeanor, and he agreed\u2026 and once again wished that his teammates would get on board with the genre:<\/p>\n \u201cI love my country music. That\u2019s all I listen to. Dealing with these guys, they don\u2019t listen to it. So that\u2019s why, you know, I got it my headphones now. Maybe if they listened to it, they\u2019ll understand, but they\u2019re silly.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n