New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) walks off the courtroom after an NBA basketball recreation towards the Atlanta Hawks, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photograph/Brynn Anderson)
ATLANTA — Jalen Brunson scored 24 factors, together with a pull-up jumper from the highest of the lane with 18.8 seconds remaining, and the New York Knicks held on for a 116-114 victory over the Atlanta Hawks within the NBA on Wednesday night time.
Julius Randle led the Knicks with 29 factors, whereas the Hawks didn’t get a lot out of their guard duo of Trae Younger and Dejounte Murray. Younger had 15 factors and Murray was held to 13.
“We confirmed plenty of toughness — extra psychological than bodily — and located a strategy to win,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau mentioned.
Younger had an opportunity to tie it for the Hawks, however he missed the second of two free throws to go away the Knicks with a 112-111 lead in a fourth quarter than went backwards and forwards.
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Brunson got here the opposite method and calmly knocked down the shot that gave New York some respiration room.
“He couldn’t discover his rhythm early,” Thibodeau mentioned. “However he simply stored working the sport, working the sport, working the sport.”
Murray scored on a drive to once more make it a one-point recreation, solely to have Immanuel Quickley sink a pair of free throws with 8.9 seconds remaining.
Bogdan Bogdanovic, who led the Hawks with 28 factors, missed badly on a rushed 3-pointer off the inbounds go. However Atlanta received yet one more probability when New York was referred to as for a five-second violation making an attempt to inbound the ball.
Murray raced down seeking to get off a shot past the arc, however Brunson managed to foul him earlier than he went up. Murray made the primary throw and deliberately missed the second, however Atlanta’s Onyeka Okongwu was referred to as for a lane violation when he stepped over the road too quickly.
New York Knicks ahead Julius Randle (30) shoots and scores towards Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic (13) and Atlanta Hawks ahead Onyeka Okongwu (17) within the second half of an NBA basketball recreation, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photograph/Brynn Anderson)
“We’re nonetheless figuring it out,” mentioned Atlanta’s Jalen Johnson, who had 18 factors. “I’m hoping it occurs prior to later.”
Atlanta appeared to have the higher hand when Saddiq Bey slammed one residence off a missed 3-pointer by Bogdanovic, pushing the Hawks to a 101-94 lead.
After a timeout, New York bounced again with eight straight factors as Immanuel Quickley and Brunson each knocked down 3s. Quickley completed with 20 factors.
The Knicks led by as many as 13 within the first half. Randle led the best way, filling the void with RJ Barrett lacking his second straight recreation affected by a migraine.
Randle additionally had 10 rebounds and eight assists, whereas Mitchell Robinson grabbed 15 rebounds and created all types of havoc for the Knicks within the lane.
With Atlanta getting little out of its beginning guards, Bogdanovic and Bey got here off the bench to steer the Hawks again.
Bogdanovic knocked down a few 3-pointers as a part of a 10-point quarter, whereas Bey chipped in with 9 factors. Johnson added eight, closing the deficit to 57-56 at halftime.
With Barrett already sidelined, the Knicks misplaced one other participant when Quentin Grimes headed to locker room early within the fourth quarter with an obvious wrist left damage. Thibodeau referred to as it a bruise and doesn’t assume it’s a severe difficulty.
Grimes was harm whereas defending a drive to the basket by Bogdanovic.
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