The Atlanta Hawks welcomed the Knicks on Wednesday, beat them 121-116 as New York couldn’t buy a bucket to save its collective life late in the game, and dropped the Manhattanites to a 3-4 losing record before they return home.
On Friday, New York will host the awful Bucks (1-6), and they better get their game together as this whole “growing pains” thing is starting to get old and stale.
Here’s what Coach Thibs, a few Knicks, and some Hawks said before and after Wednesday’s debacle.
"We have to close better.