Tim Legler

This was Atlanta and the Knicks.

It was a 3-2 series with a team at home to try to force a game 7 and they were down by 61 points in the third quarter.

Well, they're playing at that level.

Now, throughout the year, I saw peaks and valleys where you kind of go, teams that are ready to win it.

They don't have those kind of peaks and valleys.

And so I saw that from them throughout the year.

And I will say this, they made some adjustments to what they run during the season that helped them.

They made adjustments again in the middle of the Atlanta series when they were down 2-1 that turned that series around to a great degree.

And they hit their stride in that series to such an extent.

when that's the best, without question, that their offense had played since that group came together and that starting lineup came together.

So I got to the point you say, yeah, this has now turned into a buzzsaw offensively because you've got to deal with Brunson, who's great, and then he's even better in the postseason.

Towns?

was playing better and actually more appreciated, even though his numbers came down as a scorer, his inclusion in the offense.

It's like he seemed like he was proud of the fact that they were utilizing his passing skills more.

So he was bought in more.

Then you had Ananobi and Bridges, like, hitting their stride at exactly the same time.

And then their bench was playing great.

So, yes, they hit a point where you go, wow, this team is actually at their absolute peak.

Peak level.

Very few teams can find it.