![]() C Mitchell Robinson limped off the floor to get treatment on the bench midway through the third. Rose and Walker are the team’s fourth- and fifth-leading scorers. Knicks: Walker (knee), Rose (ankle) F Taj Gibson (groin) and C Nerlens Noel (knee) were ruled out before the game. The Hawks, who began the game ranked second in 3-point percentage at 37.6, missed 13 treys in the first half and finished at 24.3%. Burks’ pull-up jumper made it a double-digit lead.īut Young got hot again with two long 3s and a runner to close the gap to 51-50 at intermission. Young, who had nine points and two assists in his first eight minutes, went quiet in the second quarter as the Knicks took a 43-34 lead on Obi Toppin’s one-handed dunk from Grimes’ alley-oop pass. Sims’ putback jam gave New York its first lead at 21-19, but Cam Reddish answered with a 3 before Quentin Grimes hit a corner 3 and Sims added a pair of free throws that put the Knicks up 28-25 late in the first. The Knicks, who reached the playoffs last spring for the first time since 2013, began this season 5-1 and are 6-8 since. It seemed like we were running in mud most of the night." Defensively we never really established ourselves being able to guard their pick and roll. ![]() Last night those shots were falling for us. ![]() I thought we had some open looks we didn't knock down. “It seemed like we had heavy legs throughout the night," Atlanta coach Nate McMillan said. The Hawks’ last six wins had all come by at least 10 points with Young averaging 27.7 points during that span. The Knicks were up by 11 entering the fourth. Julius Randle ended a 0 for 7 start from the field to score his first basket at the 8-minute mark, trimming the lead to 61-60.īarrett’s runner put the Knicks up 62-61, and New York led 69-62 on Jericho Sims’ dunk. Fournier answered with five quick points before Capela’s jam made it 61-56. The Hawks scored the first seven points of the third to take a 57-51 lead and cause the Knicks to call timeout. It requires everyone working together and when everybody works together, we’re pretty good." And to win on the road against a team like this you have to play hard on every possession. They missed some shots that they would normally make, but I thought we were flying around pretty good. “That was the first thing we wanted to get established, and they’re a terrific team. “We played hard," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. An alley-oop pass from Young to Capela for a dunk trimmed the lead to 95-86 with 5:08 remaining, but the Hawks struggled to get any closer. New York, improved to 11-9 after losing three of four, led 88-76 with 10:30 remaining on Immanuel Quickley’s 3 from the right corner. “Especially after last night, to be able to come in and bounce back today, that was really important for us." “It was a great win honestly no matter who it was against," forward R.J. They met for the first time since Atlanta beat New York in five games last spring in the playoffs. Clint Capela had 16 points and 21 rebounds.īoth teams were playing the second game of a back-to-back, with the Hawks winning the night before at Memphis and the Knicks losing at home to Phoenix. Trae Young finished with 33 points, scoring 30 for the fourth straight game, but it wasn’t enough as Atlanta dropped to 8-2 at home and 11-10 overall. We’re happy to compete.Alec Burks, Evan Fournier spark Knicks past Hawks, 99-90ĪTLANTA - Alec Burks scored 23 points, Evan Fournier added 20 and the New York Knicks beat the Hawks 99-90 on Saturday night, snapping Atlanta’s seven-game winning streak.īurks, starting with Kemba Walker and Derrick Rose nursing injuries, hit three of his four 3s and scored 15 points in the third quarter. Teams trying to get into playoff position are desperate and it makes it more fun when the level gets raised. “Honestly I feel like we haven’t played a game this year that wasn’t meaningful,” he said. I just tried to slow him down,” said Banchero, who is trying to boost the Magic’s slim playoff hopes with only eight games left in his rookie season. “He just had 57 points a few games ago, which is ridiculous. ![]() That helped us a lot, but we exerted so much energy trying to fight out of that hole that we fell short in the end.”īanchero finished with six rebounds, four assists and two steals and spent much of the game guarding Randle, who shot 7 for 20. “That third quarter our defense got us into the open floor. “In the third quarter we got out of the hole, and then at the start of the fourth quarter we played poorly,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeaux said. “We gave up 36 points in the fourth quarter tonight.
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