Knicks' Mike Brown on Hawks spurring offensive change: 'They helped us get better'
Knicks head coach Mike Brown explained after Thursday's win that the Hawks pushed the team to change after Game 3 and feature Karl-Anthony Towns more.
It's not uncommon for winning coaches and players to credit the team they just defeated in the playoffs, and that's what the Knicks did after their Game 6 rout of the Hawks. However, Knicks coach Mike Brown gave extra credit, if you will, to the Hawks and coach Quin Snyder on how they pushed New York in the series. "Recognize the Atlanta Hawks.
It was a good series," Brown said after the win. "Quin and his staff, I said this before. They helped us get better.
And I think they would say the same about us. Quin pushed a lot of right buttons, their team too. It made us have to keep figuring it out how to make our guys better.
Appreciate that. " While Brown's compliments may seem confusing after three consecutive double-digit victories over the Hawks -- including a historic win on Thursday -- it wasn't long ago that Atlanta held a 2-1 series lead over the Knicks and things were looking dire. The offense, in particular, looked stagnant as Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and the others simply could not execute possessions consistently.