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Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks

· NBA Cup - Quarterfinals
14-12, 7-6 Away
Final
108 - 100

15-10, 8-4 Home

Hawks rally for a 108-100 victory over the Knicks and a trip to the NBA Cup semifinals

Karl-Anthony Towns gets up for the beautiful dunk

Hunter scored 24 points and Johnson had 21 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists for the Hawks, who were perhaps the surprise team of the tournament after knocking off the defending champion Celtics in Boston and NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers in group play to reach the knockout stage as the No. 3 seed in the East.

Now they will face another East power, the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks, on Saturday in a semifinal matchup.

Josh Hart scored 21 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points and 19 rebounds for the Knicks, who went 4-0 in group play and shot out to a 12-point lead Wednesday. But as in the 2021 playoffs, it was Young who was celebrating on the floor of Madison Square Garden after eliminating the Knicks.

Takeaway Hawks: Just advancing out of a tough pool group would have been a great experience for some young Hawks players. Now they can go and win the whole thing with two victories in Las Vegas.

Knicks: One of the favorites to win the tournament had a shockingly poor second half and fell to 0-2 against Atlanta this season.

Key moment The Knicks led 66-62 before Young scored eight straight points, pointing to the floor after a 31-footer for his second consecutive 3-pointer. Hunter then hit a 3 to cap an 11-0 surge during which Atlanta took its first lead of the game and went ahead 73-66.

Key stat Atlanta outscored New York 61-46 in the second half.

Up next While the Hawks go to Las Vegas, the Knicks will go to Orlando for a game Sunday.

Regular Season Series

ATL leads series 2-0

Matchup Prediction

Knicks: 59.8%
Hawks: 40.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 108 - 100
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 108 - 100
4th 21.1 Jalen Brunson bad pass (Trae Young steals) 108 - 100
4th 23.1 Knicks Full timeout 108 - 100
4th 23.1 Clint Capela makes free throw 2 of 2 108 - 100

Statistics

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43-104 FG 40-93
41.3 Field Goal % 43.0
9-31 3PT 11-42
29.0 Three Point % 26.2
13-20 FT 9-15
65.0 Free Throw % 60.0
58 Rebounds 49
22 Offensive Rebounds 12
36 Defensive Rebounds 37
27 Assists 27
5 Steals 8
7 Blocks 11
10 Turnovers 12
1 Team Turnovers 3
11 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
20 Fast Break Points 10
66 Points in Paint 54
13 Fouls 14
14 Largest Lead 12

Game Information

Madison Square Garden

Location: New York, NY
Attendance: 19,812 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 23 19 .548 - L1
Atlanta 21 19 .525 1 W2
Miami 20 19 .513 1.5 L2
Charlotte 9 28 .243 11.5 W1
Washington 6 33 .154 15.5 L8

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston - 12 L1 0.7 28
New York 2 15 W1 0.64285713 27
Philadelphia 12.5 24 L4 0.3846154 15
Brooklyn 14.5 27 L1 0.34146342 14
Toronto 18.5 31 W2 0.24390244 10
Full Standings

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