The Celtics have elected to intentionally foul Mitchell Robinson in every game of the East semifinals thus far, leading to both teams needing to change up their tactics.

Robinson is an important piece for the Knicks, as he brings rim protection and defensive prowess to the team when healthy. He played stellar on-ball defense against Celtics wing Jayson Tatum in Game 2, forcing him baseline as he was chased off the top of the key, and eventually blocked by Mikal Bridges to seal a win.

The Knicks need Mitchell Robinson's size on the court. But his struggles in one key area are making it hard to keep him in the lineup.

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is feeling the heat from fans and critics on social media over his poor free throw shooting.

This time, the cheers at Madison Square Garden for Mitchell Robinson were not sarcastic. His fingerprints were all over the Knicks’ 121-113 Game 4 win over the Celtics on Monday night. The Celtics did not foul Robinson to send him to the line and take advantage of his poor free-throw shooting like they had in the first three games of the series.

To understand how important Mitchell Robinson has been to the New York Knicks’ success, look no further than this stat: The big man made 3 of 10 free throws in Monday’s Game 1 win over the Boston Celtics.

According to Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report, the Los Angeles Lakers are being linked to a potential trade that would send New York Knicks center Mitchell Robins

It can be considered a Knicks’ failure as much as an indictment of Robinson’s practice habits that at 27 years old, he still can’t hit a foul shot.

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.

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson has been so miserable from the free-throw line this postseason that opponents are resorting to the "Hack-a-Shaq" strategy to keep him out of action.