Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau yells during the first half of an NBA game against the Hawks on Saturday in Atlanta. Credit: AP/Hakim Wright Sr.
The Knicks got a measure of revenge, even if a regular-season game in late November doesn’t pay back a one-sided playoff defeat. But they still went into State Farm Arena and broke the Atlanta Hawks' seven-game winning streak Saturday with a shorthanded but hard-working victory.
It provided a boost to the Knicks after the humbling loss to the red-hot Phoenix Suns a night earlier at Madison Square Garden, but they acknowledged that it means something just for a day with more tests to come — and a lot of questions to answer.