{"id":373180,"date":"2021-11-27T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T10:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/knicks-face-tough-test-vs-red-hot-rival-hawks\/"},"modified":"2021-11-27T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T10:28:10","slug":"knicks-face-tough-test-vs-red-hot-rival-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knicks-face-tough-test-vs-red-hot-rival-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Knicks face tough test vs. red-hot rival Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Knicks face tough test vs. red-hot rival Hawks<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Hawks are starting to play like the club that routed the Knicks in five <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s in the first round of last spring\u2019s NBA playoffs and advanced all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n<p>They brought all their players back for a rerun but got off to a slow start. Now the Hawks (10-9) are humming along just in time for Saturday\u2019s showdown with the Knicks \u2014 the teams\u2019 first meeting since June 2, when the Hawks ended the Knicks\u2019 season in a Game 5 victory at the Garden.<\/p>\n<p>Adding insult to injury was Atlanta center Clint Capela saying before Game 5 that he couldn\u2019t wait to end the Knicks\u2019 season while mocking their physical play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we\u2019re coming to your home to win this game again and send you on vacation,\u201d Capela said.<\/p>\n<p>Capela never had to face Knicks starting center Mitchell Robinson, who was out with a broken foot, in last year\u2019s playoffs, Robinson now is back, having returned from concussion protocol Friday against the Suns.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Randle.Young_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Julius Randle and Trae Young\" class=\"wp-image-20285827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Randle.Young_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Randle.Young_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Randle.Young_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Randle.Young_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Julius Randle and Trae Young<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images (2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So the Hawks will get a different look Saturday in Atlanta as center Nerlens Noel proved to be overmatched against Atlanta and Capela last postseason.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Atlanta is on a seven-game winning streak \u2014 buoyed by a 5-0 homestand. The Hawks beat Memphis on Friday before coming home to get the Knicks, their new rivals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a good team,\u2019\u2019 Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said before the Knicks\u2019 118-97 loss to the Suns on Friday night at the Garden. \u201cYou look at what they did last year and the players they have. We\u2019re going to have to be ready.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The NBA recognized the bad blood. Though it went just five games in the Hawks\u2019 favor, the first-round <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> was must-watch television last spring when Trae Young &amp; Co. ousted the slightly favored Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>It became the Hawks\u2019 coming-out party as they danced all the way to the conference finals and were tied at 2-2 with the eventual-champion Bucks \u2014 two wins from The Finals \u2014 before Milwaukee won the series in six.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA schedule-makers put the Hawks in the Garden for Christmas Day, figuring the profane Young chants will make for good holiday cheer.<\/p>\n<p>First, the teams battle Saturday. It\u2019s unfortunate timing for the Knicks, who have a back-to-back with two clubs who had a combined 20-game winning streak entering Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it\u2019s never a certainty how a team will react to a Thanksgiving off at home, feasting on turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the league,\u2019\u2019 Thibodeau said. \u201cEvery night you can find something. That\u2019s what you can\u2019t do. You have to be locked into each and every game every day and not get lost anywhere and focus on what\u2019s in front of you.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks struggled early, finding their rotation and burdened with a five-game West Coast <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> in seven days. All is fine now with their core \u2014 Young, Danilo Gallinari, Bogdan Bogdanovic, John Collins, Capela and Kevin Huerter, the Albany area product who killed the Knicks in the playoffs and is shooting 48 percent from 3-point range in his past 10 games.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Young can make the claim as the No. 1 point guard in the East. The new foul rules have affected him as he\u2019s getting to the free-throw line less frequently.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA is not rewarding offensive players with a foul off a non-contact move, though many of Young\u2019s fouls come when he stops short and gets run into. That still is a violation. Young entered Friday averaging 25.3 points and 9.2 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks had beaten the Hawks all three times in the regular season before their humbling dose of peach pie in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta was never fully healthy for their regular-season tussles but was for the playoffs. Specifically, De\u2019Andre Hunter got healthy for the first-round meeting and became a defensive bug against Julius Randle, who suffered through a anemic series after his All-Star campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Randle, who said Friday there\u2019s no extra significance to playing the Hawks on Saturday, hasn\u2019t fully recovered from that series. The Knicks (10-9) but haven\u2019t been in sync since a 5-1 start.<\/p>\n<p>It seems as Evan Fournier goes, so go the Knicks, who have struggled getting their starting five acclimated with each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve stayed encouraged,\u2019\u2019 Randle said. \u201cWe\u2019ve stayed positive. We have had highs. We\u2019ve had lows. But once it starts clicking, we\u2019re going to be a really, really good team. And we\u2019re starting to take a step in the right direction.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Both the Knicks and Hawks will be on the back end of a back-to-back set. 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