Game 5 mastered against the breathless Knicks, 4-1, it was Trae and flawless

Madison Square Garden was obviously adorned in blue and orange. Game 5 of the first round but atmosphere of Game 7 of the Finals, you amaze me after all these months spent locked up, you amaze me after all these years of weaning in the spring. Unfortunately for New York fans, the Knicks will have fallen in this series on a team in full possession of its means and sure of its strength, when the squad of Tom Thibodeau was simply on the knees after an incredible but incredible season … weary. The Hawks go halfway, the Knicks go on vacation, but everyone will get their applauses.

The stats of the killing of the Knicks and the flight of the pioupious is right here

The march was too high for the Knicks, especially against an Atlanta team so in place that the outcome of this series is unchallenged. On this Game 5 at home? New York will at least have had the merit of fighting, of reacting after two psychological slaps, but in the end the best team wins epicetou. A start to the match where each basket is a miracle and is welcomed by Madison as a Game 7 game winner. The Knicks harvest up close, the Hawks harvest from afar, but Reggie Bullock finds the target, and Julius Randle’s slaughter balances his chronic awkwardness.. The contacts are tough even if they have nothing to do with a Batavian striker from the 2000s, nor with a tennis player in Roland for that matter, each fault turns into a mini-scuffle, and after a quarter-time on the 21st everywhere has already left traces of scratches of all kinds. We then feel the Knicks, already, on the tightrope, with a five-point lead for Atlanta at the break which does not bode well when we know that the pioupious then shoot with a blindfold.

We then look forward to the second half, because Nerlens Noel, Solomon Hill and a few soldiers still struggled back to the locker room, but above all because the Hawks proved during this series that the third quarters were very often the time chosen to beat up the opponent and put his head permanently under the mud. Result of the races? Atlanta does not necessarily put more shots, those that count in any case, but Atlanta especially increases the pace in defense, De’Andre Hunter and Clint Capela including imposing an incredible fight and… impossible to win for the Knicks too exhausted. The Swiss pivot has spoken and he has assumed, the sophomore winger continues to prove that he is a real leader, and in front it cracks physically, under the eyes of a Madison who continues to scream Trae Young su * ks but without really knowing why. A Trae Young who will punctuate his immense series by finishing the injured beast in the last quarter, with 36 points, 9 assists and an air conditioning that the Madison will remember for a long time. The image of this match, of this series? A room that rises two minutes from the end, when the gap was already final, a room that rises to cheer its funny heroes and Trae Young … who crashes ten meters. Zero respect, but ultimately… isn’t that how we best respect the Mecca of basketball.

103-89 in the end and a series mastered from start to finish by the Hawks, in a confrontation with the very good taste of Playoffs made in the East Coast. We applaud the Knicks for this madness of the season, but we applaud even louder this little genius of Trae Young, and we applaud even louder these Hawks who will have finally respected the plan to the letter, against a team which we will have very quickly seen the limits. It was a real show anyway, so thanks for everything gentlemen, thanks everyone, really.

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