Hart understands the series is far from over.
The New York Knicks did not just win Game 4 against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night.
They made a statement, rolling to a 114-98 blowout in Atlanta to even their first-round playoff series at two games apiece, and Josh Hart did not hold back when talking about why.
"There was a sense of urgency there down 2-1," Hart said after the game. "Giving away two games that we should've won. We had that sense of urgency from the jump and now we have to be ready to have that sense of urgency from the jump in Game 5."
It was a blunt and honest answer, and for a Knicks team that watched two winnable games slip away in brutal fashion, Saturday's response felt like it had been building for days.
New York led from start to finish, held the Hawks to 41 percent shooting and 24 percent from three, and never let the game feel like it was slipping away.
The Knicks looked like a completely different team than the one that let CJ McCollum beat them on a late jumper just two nights earlier.
Hart's Impact Goes Beyond the Box Score
Hart finished with 10 points and nine rebounds in Game 4, falling one board short of another double-double.
The numbers were solid but not flashy, and that is exactly the point with Hart because his value lives in areas that do not always show up on the stat sheet.
He set the tone in Game 1 with 14 rebounds and has carried that presence throughout.
Hawks coach Quin Snyder noted Hart was "out there guarding everybody" on Saturday, and Mike Brown called his ball pressure one of the biggest reasons the defense looked so different from the two previous losses.
Hart also played a key role in slowing down McCollum, who had been giving the Knicks fits all series but was held scoreless from beyond the arc in Game 4 and finished with just 17 points.
The Series Heads Back to the Garden
Karl-Anthony Towns was the headliner on Saturday, recording his first career playoff triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, while OG Anunoby added 22 points and 10 boards of his own.
But it was the overall defensive intensity, sparked by Hart's relentless energy on the perimeter, that truly changed the feel of this series against the 46-36 Hawks.
Now the action shifts back to Madison Square Garden for Game 5 on Tuesday night, and Hart already knows what the Garden crowd will bring.
The Knicks just have to match that energy from the opening tip, because if Saturday proved anything, it is that this team can be dominant when it plays with urgency from the very start.