Can the Knicks’ relentless defense and gritty stars silence the Hawks and shift the playoff tide?

Can the Knicks' relentless defense and gritty stars silence the Hawks and shift the playoff tide?

“Every team needs a guy like Josh and me,” Alvarado told Yahoo Sports. “Just do all the little things that don’t show up on the stat sheet. Sometimes we come up with the big plays that do show. Just guys that want to win, you know? We’re those types of guys. We got a whole full team of that.”

As this series heads back to New York in a best-of-three, however, a few housekeeping items still need to be sorted. Bridges, who played just 19 minutes (including four in the second half), is still not himself and seems to be less favored to McBride, whom Brown entrusted with 13 second-half minutes instead. Brunson’s efficiency — or lack thereof — could be an issue that snowballs as the Hawks become more desperate, finishing the evening with 19 points on 18 shots with an effective field goal percentage that continues to crater compared to his regular-season output. Towns, who recorded a triple-double, enjoyed a hybrid scorer/playmaker role but there’s still not a clear-cut outline of his role within the offense.

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