NEW YORK, NY—After wins over the Atlanta Hawks and the Golden State Warriors, it’s safe to say the New York Knicks are not the worst team in the NBA. Both the Knicks and Hawks came into the game with the same record, but it looked like a varsity team playing against the JV squad on Tuesday.
Despite their mirror records, the scuffling Hawks present a near-perfect matchup for the resurgent Knickerbockers. On one hand, the Hawks couldn’t exploit the Knicks’ biggest weakness and on the other, New York’s greatest strength preys upon a major weakness of Atlanta.