Trae Young had his biggest career moment and it couldn’t have happened without a packed Madison Square Garden. It was great to have crowds back in arenas, and it was just as great to hear them silenced.
And now Knicks fans (who’ve been starving for the playoffs) have a villain to root against once again, which makes the series with the Hawks that much more fun. Young’s interaction with the crowd following his go-ahead floater to give Atlanta game one, showed how much that relationship has been missed, as fans back in the stands simply add a dynamic that was missing.