Every NBA team enjoys a few cakewalks during the season. Rarely are they as enjoyable as they are on opening night. Rarely is any opening night as cake a walk as tonight’s 126-107 Knick victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
This one was decided in the second-quarter, when the Knicks scored 49 points, the second most in a quarter in the 72-year history of the franchise. That didn’t look likely early on. The Hawks got out to a 10-2 lead as New York missed its first nine shots. Kent Bazemore blocked a Tim Hardaway Jr. drive and ended up riding his neck for a hot sec.