Mobley came up big tonight by sticking to what he does best. That is, dunking and defending within the restricted zone. It worked. Evan is elite at defending near the restricted zone.
Out in the paint, against Banchero and Franz, especially in games 3 and 4, not so much. They both had him reacting a step slow, being wrong-footed, guessing wrong, leaving his feet or just staying flat-footed at the wrong times. Towards the end tonight it looked like he might have started to figure Paolo out a little... unless that was just Paolo being tired.
Evan is in my avatar and I love the idea of what he could become. IF he ever gets there. For now it's probably best for him to stay in his lane and try to excel at his strength, which is from the restricted zone in, and maybe passing out of the pivot.