I used the same formation in my latest game as well to get a checkmate with two knights, a bishop and a rook in the middle of the board:
https://www.chess.com/live/game/2959982103
Bishop-Knight Smother Mate mid-game
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It's a mating pattern I've neither seen nor executed before (according to engine analysis, all of my mistakes/blunders in this game were simply moves that didn't win fast enough lol)