Mitchell Robinson had the best game of the still-young season with the Boston Celtics in their 117-97 road blowout of the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday (Nov. 8) evening. The former New York Knicks big man has had a slow start to his tenure with the Celtics, with poor conditioning and a new system with a steep learning curve putting the Western Kentucky alum behind the proverbial eight ball to start Boston's 2026-27 NBA regular season.

"I feel like it's getting better," said Robinson via CLNS Media after putting up 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, and a block in the win. The main change behind the breakout game for the new Celtics center?

"What's helping a lot is getting in shape," he explained. "I think that's a big part of it, and then also paying attention to detail ... the last three games have been the best I've had so far, so I'm just going to build off those."

"I don't really play too much 5-on-5 in the summertime, so we aren't playing ball. Kind of hard to just get back into playing shape," added Robinson, who has born the brunt of considerable criticism for playing his way into shape. But for the Western Kentucky alum, the focus will remain on his game and ability to play it at a high level, not his critics.

"I don't really be caring what people say," he said. "If it was easy, they would be doing this too. But at the end of the day, this is what I did. I'm just worried about myself."