New York lead the Eastern Conference First Round 3-2. They finally put an end to questions with a 108-92 win over Atlanta today. The team has had its ups and downs recently, with some off-the-field incidents involving key players ruining the team's focus. Speight was at the center of the controversy, after being arrested for weapon violations just three days ago. His legal problems were sorted out quickly, but the attention drawn to the incident received more news than today's game against Atlanta. Speight let his play do the talking today, helping his team put the unfortunate incident behind him with a solid game. "Definitely nice to be asked about a game MVP performance than about an arrest," he said later on.

New York was led by Speight (26 points), Crawford (10 points, 14 boards, 4 assists, a steal, a block), Fuller (12 points, 6 boards, 1 assists, 2 steals, a block). Atlanta was led by Jackson (14 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, a steal, a block), Simon (16 points, 2 assists, a block), Worrel (10 points, 7 boards, 1 assists).

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