Monday was a light day on the regional sports calendar, with just one tracked team in action — and it was a New York team on the wrong end of a tough one.
The Atlanta Hawks pulled off a 107-106 win over the New York Knicks to even their first-round NBA playoff series at 1-1. CJ McCollum was the catalyst, leading a late rally that gave Atlanta just enough to escape Madison Square Garden with the victory. The Knicks, who entered as the higher seed at 53-29, couldn’t hold on down the stretch. For New York fans in the Finger Lakes region, it’s a reminder that a 2-0 series lead is the only comfortable cushion in the playoffs — and the Knicks don’t have it.
The rest of the region’s tracked teams were idle Monday. The Bills, Sabres, Rangers, Giants, Yankees, Red Wings, Knighthawks, Cornell, Hobart, and Syracuse all had the day off. With spring sports in full swing and the NBA playoffs deepening, the schedule figures to get busier soon.
