Karl Anthony-Towns gets Knicks back in series vs. Hawks

After losing a pair of tough one-point games to put themselves in a 2-1 series deficit, the New York Knicks got back to their game on Saturday night in a thoroughly convincing 114-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks. That win evens the series at two games apiece, setting the stage for a pivotal Game 5 at Madison Square Garden in New York on Tuesday night.

It is not hard to spot the biggest star in the Knicks' win on Saturday to get them back in the series.

Karl Anthony-Towns has monster game in Knicks Game 4 win

While OG Anunoby and Jalen Brunson had strong games for the Knicks, the most impactful player was Karl Anthony-Towns as he logged his first career playoff triple-double, while also becoming just the fourth Knicks player to ever record a postseason triple-double. 

He finished the game with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and did all of it in just 29 minutes on the floor. 

This performance comes just one game after he had 21 points and 17 rebounds in the Knicks tough Game 3 loss. 

When he is going like that, it makes the Knicks an incredibly difficult team to deal with. 

Even though they entered Saturday's game down in the series, there shouldn't have been much panic in their locker room. Both losses were incredibly close one-point games that could have easily gone either way. The Hawks had basically given them their best punches and barely scratched out wins by the literal thinnest of margins. The Knicks are still the better, deeper team and played like it on Saturday.

Now they have what is basically a best-of-three series with home-court advantage. They have no excuse not to pull this off.