CJ McCollum scored 23 points and sank the game-winning basket with 12.7 seconds left, lifting Atlanta to a 109-108 win over the visiting New York Knicks on Thursday and giving the Hawks a 2-1 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
CJ McCollum scored 23 points and sank the game-winning basket with 12.7 seconds left, lifting Atlanta to a 109-108 win over the visiting New York Knicks on Thursday and giving the Hawks a 2-1 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
Tonight, the Atlanta Hawks came into this game looking like a much more focused and determined team, which played a role in how they came out to start.
Who is ready for a massive game three in the NBA Playoffs? The Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks will battle it out tonight for the series lead and the Hawks are coming off a dramatic game two comeback victory on Monday night.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
The Atlanta Hawks are at home on Thursday night as they host the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Atlanta enters Thursday’s game tied with the Knicks at 1-1 in the series after defeating New York on the road in Game 2 on Monday night.
The Atlanta Hawks are back home as they look to take a series lead against the New York Knicks in Game 3. Things can always get hectic around this time for players, especially during media availability when there are more people than usual trying to ask a question.
After one of the biggest wins of the Quin Snyder era of Hawks basketball, the Atlanta Hawks are in a tied series with one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference and a chance to take the series lead against a raucous home crowd.
Game three of the Hawks series against the New York Knicks is set for tomorrow night and it represents a huge opportunity for Atlanta. The Hawks came into this series as the underdog, but they got what they wanted out of the first two games, splitting them with the Knicks on the road and earning homecourt advantage.
Keshon Gilbert, a guard on a two-way deal with the Hawks, underwent surgery on a core muscle yesterday, Lauren L. Williams of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes (via Twitter).
The New York Knicks lost to the Atlanta Hawks in Game 2 of their first-round NBA playoff series on Monday, 107-106. The win allowed the Hawks to tie the series at 1-1 before heading back to Atlanta.
The Atlanta Hawks needed a miracle on Monday — and they got one, ripping a win away from the Knicks in Madison Square Garden behind CJ McCollum, who’s quickly becoming the latest villain in New York.
Monday night will go down as an all-time classic for Atlanta Hawks fans — and one New York Knicks fans would gladly erase, especially if this series starts to slip away.
The NBA officially finalized lottery positioning after today’s tiebreakers, and the Atlanta Hawks are walking away in a very strong spot thanks to last year’s draft-night deal with the New Orleans Pelicans.