Punchless Nets dominated by Hawks
Atkinson’s Former Team Outplays His New One from Start to Finish
This was hardly the unkindest cut of all in a series full of them for the league-worst Brooklyn Nets.
But it had to feel a bit more personal for first-year head coach Kenny Atkinson.
Going against the team he helped build into a steady Eastern Conference contender, Atkinson watched his new squad struggle from start to finish en route to a noncompetitive 117-97 loss to the red-hot Atlanta Hawks in front of 13.279 fans at Downtown’s Barclays Center.