One quarter of pure domination was all New York needed to finish the Hawks on the road at State Farm Arena on Wednesday.
The Knicks (33-27) conquered Atlanta by beating their professional basketball team 122-101. The game was so skewed toward New York early that even if your Knickerbockers had scored just 10 points in the final stanza they would have still forced OT.
New York dumped 37 points through the first 12 minutes, never scored fewer than 25 in any period, and cooked themselves a commanding 24-point lead through the first half.
One of the two teams competing on Wednesday will surely welcome the All-Star break, and it doesn’t happen to play hoops in NYC.