Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela just went HAM on the New York Knicks ... calling out the players for trying to "play tough" and guaranteeing to boot them from the playoffs!!!
The Knicks vs. Hawks series has been chippy and rough through 4 games to say the least ... and when the 27-year-old baller was asked about the Knicks playing physical, Capela unloaded.
"They try to play tough, push our guys around and talk s***, but we can do that, too," he told reporters on Tuesday.
"We show them as soon as they came back here.