OG vs. Wemby

One of the key storylines to watch in the NBA Finals will be how the Knicks deploy OG Anunoby — a second-team NBA All-Defensive team selection — on Spurs superstar center Victor Wembanyama, who is listed on San Antonio's roster at 7-4 but might actually be even taller than that. Here's what Tim Legler and Richard Jefferson, who will call the Finals for ABC alongside veteran play-by-play announcer Mike Breen, had to say about the matchup:

TIM LEGLER

"f you could have a physical profile that you would go into a lab and create and say this is sort of the physical profile you need to have a chance against [Wembanyama], it probably would look a lot like OG Anunoby -- a guy with enough length, can't be in the 6-4, 6-5 length, got to be bigger than that, lateral mobility for a bigger guy, and then the physical strength to be able to get into Wemby and move him around the best that you can.

None of this stuff is easy and it's a very complicated thing, and it's a team thing, but for me OG Anunoby, and the way he's guarded him this year, to me that's the type of defender you have to have to have a chance because of his combination of just agility laterally, which you need, length to contest as much as you can from a guy that's 7-5 with a high release point, and then the physical strength and determination. Like you have to have a guy that is so committed to that end of the floor.

In this case, it's unique because this isn't a guy who's a sacrificial lamb defensively and you don't worry about his offense. They need his offense too, OG's, on the other end of the floor. It's a major task for him, and the minutes he's on the court, he'll be the primary guy on him. I think in this situation the Knicks are probably going to do what they can to keep him on him as much as they can.

Certainly, sometimes you have to switch or there's a crossmatch, but he is the guy they would want to have on him, and I think they've got about as good a defender as you can for this type of matchup responsibility."

RICHARD JEFFERSON

"I would agree. I think you look at — even [Isaiah] Hartenstein, while he is more of a traditional big, his mobility, his size, his strength — understand, there is no stopping players in the NBA. That's not a real thing. I told a story a little bit ago about Kobe Bryant said Tony Allen was the best player to ever guard him, and Kobe averaged 29 on Tony Allen.

While OG is a perfect player, in my opinion, to guard Wemby, the size, the consistency, the competitiveness in which he brings, he's still giving up a foot. It's one of those things that it's the physicality aspect, and can you maintain that consistently? What I love about OG, he felt he should have been on the first-team All-Defensive team. Well, you get to go out there and prove it on the biggest stage. I always love players with a little bit of an edge that want something to prove."