The Knicks' dominant win over the Hawks in Game 4 saw the first instance of garbage time in this tightly contested series. Though Mike Brown still leaned on his top guys to close things out on Saturday , he was able to hand the baton off to his deeper reserves with a few minutes remaining.

This allowed rookie Mohamed Diawara to make his playoff debut after being glued to the bench, and he stood out amongst the bench players -- but for the wrong reasons. The promising youngster who had a rotation role in his first year seemed unready for the postseason lights as he struggled offensively in this brief glimpse.

Considering how low Diawara's chances were already to see meaningful time in the playoffs, this showing just reaffirmed New York's treatment of him as an emergency-only option.

Mohamed Diawara wasted chance to make good first playoff impression on Knicks' coaches

Now, It's understandable that Diawara wasn't firing on all cylinders in Game 4.…