The Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks will kick off their first-round series Sunday evening from Madison Square Garden. The matchup, which is between two teams with identical 41-31 regular season records, will be in a primetime slot on TNT.
The Knicks notoriously swept the Hawks this season, which is why they have the tiebreaker over Atlanta in the matchup between the Eastern Conference’s No. 4 and 5 seeds.
In the lone game Nate McMillan manned the helm for Atlanta vs. the Knicks this season, Trae Young got banged up in the second half and the Hawks lost in overtime.