"Cavs and Knicks set the tone for physical playoffs, Lakers and Suns up next"

Cleveland Cavaliers' Isaac Okoro believes the team needs to do a better job dealing with Jalen Brunson's "antics" in their playoff series against the New York Knicks. Okoro suggested that Brunson embellishes contact and the Cavaliers have to be ready for that. The team has struggled to defend Brunson in their past few meetings, but they are trying different strategies, including throwing double teams at him and using bigger defenders. Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff acknowledged that Brunson is too smart to defend him one way and that a certain mix of things needs to be done to stop him.