Hawks at Knicks: preview

01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Hawks edges

No clear mismatch in Atlanta's favor.

Knicks edges

No clear mismatch in New York's favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26

ATL	Rank	Stat	Rank	NYK
117.1	14th	Offensive rating	3rd	120.7
114.7	9th	Defensive rating	5th	114.1
+2.4	12th	Net rating	5th	+6.6
100.7	7th	Pace	26th	96.1
55.4	10th	Effective FG %	9th	55.7
11.7	9th	Turnover %	7th	11.5
24.4	20th	Offensive rebound %	5th	29.3
18.1	26th	Free throw rate	25th	18.8
54.6	18th	Opponent eFG %	10th	54.1
13.2	6th	Forced turnover %	10th	12.7
74.5	9th	Defensive rebound %	2nd	76.7
20.6	15th	Opponent FT rate	15th	20.6

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03Form and season series

Hawks3-7 in the last 10

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W
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W
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Knicks9-1 in the last 10

W
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L
W
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W

2025-26 series: Sat, Dec 27 NYK 128, ATL 125 · Fri, Jan 2 ATL 111, NYK 99 · Mon, Apr 6 NYK 108, ATL 105 · Sat, Apr 18 ATL 102, NYK 113 · Mon, Apr 20 ATL 107, NYK 106 · Thu, Apr 23 NYK 108, ATL 109 · Sat, Apr 25 NYK 114, ATL 98 · Tue, Apr 28 ATL 97, NYK 126 · Thu, Apr 30 NYK 140, ATL 89

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers