Newsday · Nov 28, 2021
Knicks shift focus to showdown with Nets after big win in Atlanta
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.
