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Thank you. more ways to win with Fanatic Sportsbook. Winning, it's different here. Hello, everybody, and welcome to another edition of the next film school pregame show.

My name is Andrew Claudio, and it is time to preview another Knicks matchup for the first time in 2026.

Happy New Year, Knicks fans.

I know we're also looking our wounds from that New Year's Eve loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

It's very annoying that we're technically one-in-one

against the Spurs this year,

and only one of those games counts

because the NBA Cup, you get a trophy and a shirt and merch,

but you don't get an extra win added to your ledger.

You just get a loss to the Spurs two weeks later.

Regardless, time and this season moves on,

and we're here to talk about the Atlanta Hawks, a team that the Knicks just played.

And Knicks just beat a couple days ago in Atlanta.

And then some national headlines were made revolving the franchise.

So you know, I like to go through the resume of the team that the Knicks are about to play.

And I don't have anything about their net rating, their offensive rating, their

defensive rating.

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