
Hawks’ Nate McMillan using NBA ‘needing’ Knicks as playoff rallying cry
NY Post
The first-round playoff series between the Knicks and the Hawks officially has its first rallying cry.
Atlanta coach Nate McMillan sounded the bell that his team must “play through” the notion that the NBA “needs and wants” the fourth-seeded Knicks and the New York market featured in the postseason after missing out the previous seven years since last qualifying in 2013. “Absolutely, I’ve talked about that to the team a lot. Basically, I’ve gone as far as saying the league wants this,” McMillan said Wednesday on a Zoom call. “They need this, New York, this is a big market for the league and New York has been out of the playoffs for a number of years.More Related News

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