“I cursed out one of our defensive [coaches] for …
At the end of Game 3, Hart was taken off McCollum and the Knicks were outlasted down the stretch. He wasn’t happy. “I cursed out one of our defensive [coaches] for taking me off him at the end of Game 3,” Hart said .
Concerned about a similar move in Game 4, Hart marched into the coaches room at halftime — with the Knicks up by 14 — and preemptively struck. “I said, ‘I’m on him. Don’t take me off him.
I’m guarding him,’ ” Hart said. “And that was the challenge I wanted. ” The coaching staff obliged.
And for the rest of the first-round series — which the Knicks clinched Thursday night in Atlanta — McCollum vanished under Hart’s physical presence. New York Post This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: “I cursed out one of our defensive [coaches] for …