Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: New York 41-31, Atlanta 41-31
Game 1 on Sunday, 23 May: Atlanta wins at New York, 107-pts-105
Game 2 on Wednesday, 26 May: Atlanta loses at New York, 101-pts-92
Game 3 on Friday, 28 May: New York loses at Atlanta, 105-pts-94
Game 4 on Sunday, 30 May: New York loses at Atlanta, 113-pts-96
Game 5 on Wednesday, 2 June: Atlanta wins at New York, 103-pts-89

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Atlanta Hawks visited and bested the New York Knickerbockers 103-pts-89 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1470 victory. With the series 1470 win, the Atlanta Hawks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 9-24 overall and 6-5 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1470 loss, the New York Knickerbockers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 18-27 overall and 1-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Atlanta Hawks in series 1470 was WLWWW: Series 1470 thus becomes the fifth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 29th NBA series (all rounds), and the 86th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1470 becomes the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series victory for the Atlanta Hawks since the 2016 NBA Preliminary round; the New York Knickerbockers remain winless series-wise since the 2013 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 4: The Atlanta Hawks hosted and bested the New York Knickerbockers 113-pts-96 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1470 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 5 record of 1-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the New York Knickerbockers have a series record of 0-13 and a Game 5 record of 5-8.

After Game 3: The Atlanta Hawks hosted and defeated the New York Knickerbockers 105-pts-94 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1470 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 5-1 and a Game 4 record of 1-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New York Knickerbockers have a series record of 3-17 and a Game 4 record of 9-11.

After Game 2: The New York Knickerbockers hosted and defeated the Atlanta Hawks 101-pts-92 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1470 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the New York Knickerbockers have a series record of 8-10 and a Game 3 record of 6-12, while the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 3-9 and a Game 3 record of 2-10. The New York Knickerbockers trailed the visiting Atlanta Hawks by 13 points as late as after two quarters of series 1470 Game 2, but emerged victorious: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down 13 points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 3-31 (.088) - the New York Knickerbockers thus achieve a grade-A in-game comeback. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games, the previous home team to trail by 13 points at halftime but rally for the win was also the New York Knickerbockers (in series 230, in Game 5 of the 1970 NBA Finals over the Los Angeles Lakers).

After Game 1: The Atlanta Hawks visited and bested the New York Knickerbockers 107-pts-105 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1470 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Atlanta Hawks have a series record of 7-3 and a Game 2 record of 5-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Knickerbockers have a series record of 4-20 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 10-14.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the New York Knickerbockers finished zero games ahead of the Atlanta Hawks. From 1947 through the 2020 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by zero regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 13-11 (.542, for the team playing Game 1 at home) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1470 is the 45th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the New York Knickerbockers, and the 33rd for the Atlanta Hawks. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the New York Knickerbockers have an all-rounds series record of 18-26, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-3 (with the sole victory occurring in their last such series, in the 2013 NBA Preliminary round - the last best-of-7 NBA playoff series win in any round by the Knickerbockers entering series 1471), and a Game 1 record of 20-24, while the Atlanta Hawks have an all-rounds series record of 8-24, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-5, and a Game 1 record of 10-22. Series 1470 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the New York Knickerbockers and the Atlanta Hawks. The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Atlanta Hawks in their two previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series, in the 1971 NBA Quarterfinals and the 1999 NBA Quarterfinals.