Hawks raise alarm about ‘illegal’ screens from Knicks
NY Post
The Hawks already thought the NBA favored the big-market Knicks in the playoffs, and now they seem to be wondering if there’s visual proof.
One week after coach Nate McMillan was fined $25,000 by the league for “detrimental public comments asserting bias,” the Hawks are drawing attention to the physicality with which the Knicks are setting screens. “I thought they were setting some screens that need to be looked at,” McMillan said on the eve of Friday’s Game 3 in a tied series. “That’s a part of this game. Certainly in the playoffs you have to set screens with [defensive] pressure that teams and guards will be applying, and we have to do a better job of setting screens. But I thought [in Game 2] they set some screens that the league has to look at.”More Related News