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Hawks rally for a 108-100 victory over the Knicks and a trip to the NBA Cup semifinals
NEW YORK (AP) Trae Young had 22 points and 11 assists, De'Andre Hunter and Jalen Johnson outplayed the Knicks frontcourt and the Atlanta Hawks took their surprising NBA Cup run all the way to the semifinals in Las Vegas, beating New York 108-100 on Wednesday night.
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.
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.
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.
Atlanta outscored New York 61-46 in the second half.
While the Hawks go to Las Vegas, the Knicks will go to Orlando for a game Sunday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Clint Capela vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Jalen Johnson gains possession) | ||
| 11:40 |  | Trae Young misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 11:38 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 11:34 | | +3 | Mikal Bridges makes three point running jump shot (Jalen Brunson assists) | 0-3 |
| 11:22 | | Trae Young misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 11:20 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 11:15 | | Jalen Johnson blocks OG Anunoby's three point running jump shot | ||
| 11:13 | | Mikal Bridges offensive rebound | ||
| 11:10 | | Mikal Bridges turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 11:06 | | Jalen Brunson blocks Dyson Daniels's two point driving layup | ||
| 11:04 | | Hawks offensive rebound | ||
| 11:02 | | Jalen Johnson misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:00 | | OG Anunoby defensive rebound | ||
| 10:48 | | Jalen Johnson blocks Karl-Anthony Towns's two point driving layup | ||
| 10:46 | | Jalen Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 10:42 | | Zaccharie Risacher misses three point running jump shot | ||
| 10:40 | | Jalen Johnson offensive rebound | ||
| 10:39 | | Jalen Johnson misses two point jump shot | ||
| 10:37 | | Mikal Bridges defensive rebound | ||
| 10:24 | | +3 | Jalen Brunson makes three point stepback jump shot | 0-6 |
| 10:04 | | Zaccharie Risacher misses two point floating jump shot | ||
| 10:02 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 9:53 | | Mikal Bridges misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 9:50 | | OG Anunoby offensive rebound | ||
| 9:48 | | Mikal Bridges misses two point jump shot | ||
| 9:46 | | Clint Capela defensive rebound | ||
| 9:41 | | Trae Young misses three point running pullup jump shot | ||
| 9:39 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 9:36 | | Jalen Johnson kicked ball violation | ||
| 9:23 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:21 | | Clint Capela defensive rebound | ||
| 9:12 | | +2 | Trae Young makes two point floating jump shot (Jalen Johnson assists) | 2-6 |
| 8:51 | | Clint Capela shooting foul (Karl-Anthony Towns draws the foul) | ||
| 8:51 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 8:51 | | Knicks offensive rebound | ||
| 8:51 | | +1 | Karl-Anthony Towns makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-7 |
| 8:40 | | Trae Young turnover (bad pass) (Karl-Anthony Towns steals) | ||
| 8:31 | | +2 | Mikal Bridges makes two point cutting layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists) | 2-9 |
| 8:30 | | Hawks 60 second timeout | ||
| 8:12 | | Zaccharie Risacher turnover (lost ball) (Karl-Anthony Towns steals) | ||
| 8:05 | | +2 | OG Anunoby makes two point alley-oop dunk (Josh Hart assists) | 2-11 |
| 7:53 | | +2 | Clint Capela makes two point cutting layup (Jalen Johnson assists) | 4-11 |
| 7:36 | | +2 | Jalen Brunson makes two point driving floating bank jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists) | 4-13 |
| 7:36 | | Dyson Daniels shooting foul (Jalen Brunson draws the foul) | ||
| 7:36 | | Jalen Brunson misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 7:34 | | Clint Capela defensive rebound | ||
| 7:17 | | +2 | Dyson Daniels makes two point floating jump shot (Jalen Johnson assists) | 6-13 |
| 7:01 | | OG Anunoby misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:59 | | Clint Capela defensive rebound | ||
| 6:46 | | +2 | Clint Capela makes two point cutting dunk (Dyson Daniels assists) | 8-13 |
| 6:19 | | Knicks turnover (shot clock violation) | ||
| 6:08 | | Jalen Johnson misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 6:06 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 5:59 | | Karl-Anthony Towns turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 5:49 | | +2 | Trae Young makes two point driving finger roll layup | 10-13 |
| 5:33 | | +3 | Josh Hart makes three point jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists) | 10-16 |
| 5:23 | | Josh Hart shooting foul (De'Andre Hunter draws the foul) | ||
| 5:23 | | +1 | De'Andre Hunter makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 11-16 |
| 5:23 | | +1 | De'Andre Hunter makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 12-16 |
| 5:13 | | +2 | Mikal Bridges makes two point driving reverse layup (Jalen Brunson assists) | 12-18 |
| 5:06 | | +2 | Trae Young makes two point driving finger roll layup | 14-18 |
| 4:52 | | Mikal Bridges misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:50 | | Dyson Daniels defensive rebound | ||
| 4:46 | | Dyson Daniels turnover (out of bounds lost ball) | ||
| 4:32 | | Jalen Brunson misses two point stepback jump shot | ||
| 4:30 | | Onyeka Okongwu defensive rebound | ||
| 4:15 | | De'Andre Hunter misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 4:13 | | Precious Achiuwa defensive rebound | ||
| 3:56 | | Onyeka Okongwu shooting foul (OG Anunoby draws the foul) | ||
| 3:56 | | +1 | OG Anunoby makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 14-19 |
| 3:56 | | OG Anunoby misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 3:54 | | Onyeka Okongwu defensive rebound | ||
| 3:45 | | Trae Young turnover (traveling) | ||
| 3:33 | | +2 | Precious Achiuwa makes two point driving layup (Miles McBride assists) | 14-21 |
| 3:14 | | Bogdan Bogdanovic misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 3:12 | | Onyeka Okongwu offensive rebound | ||
| 3:08 | | Dyson Daniels misses two point floating jump shot | ||
| 3:07 | | Miles McBride defensive rebound | ||
| 2:59 | | Jalen Brunson misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 2:57 | | Mikal Bridges offensive rebound | ||
| 2:57 | | +2 | Mikal Bridges makes two point tip layup | 14-23 |
| 2:57 | | Hawks 60 second timeout | ||
| 2:43 | | Onyeka Okongwu misses two point driving layup | ||
| 2:42 | | Jalen Johnson offensive rebound | ||
| 2:42 | | Jalen Johnson misses two point tip layup | ||
| 2:41 | | Jalen Johnson offensive rebound | ||
| 2:41 | | OG Anunoby blocks Jalen Johnson's two point tip layup | ||
| 2:38 | | Dyson Daniels offensive rebound | ||
| 2:30 | | De'Andre Hunter misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 2:28 | | Precious Achiuwa defensive rebound | ||
| 2:08 | | +3 | Miles McBride makes three point jump shot (Precious Achiuwa assists) | 14-26 |
| 1:49 | | +2 | Jalen Johnson makes two point driving layup | 16-26 |
| 1:49 | | OG Anunoby shooting foul (Jalen Johnson draws the foul) | ||
| 1:49 | | +1 | Jalen Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 17-26 |
| 1:34 | | Onyeka Okongwu personal foul (Karl-Anthony Towns draws the foul) | ||
| 1:27 | | Karl-Anthony Towns turnover (bad pass) (Jalen Johnson steals) | ||
| 1:19 | | +3 | De'Andre Hunter makes three point running jump shot (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists) | 20-26 |
| 1:10 | | +2 | Cameron Payne makes two point driving finger roll layup | 20-28 |
| 0:52 | | De'Andre Hunter misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 0:49 | | Vit Krejci offensive rebound | ||
| 0:47 | | Jalen Johnson misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:45 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 0:36 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:34 | | Jalen Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 0:14 | | +2 | Jalen Johnson makes two point driving floating bank jump shot | 22-28 |
| 0:04 | | Cameron Payne misses two point driving hook shot | ||
| 0:02 | | Jalen Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | Jalen Johnson misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 0:00 | | Hawks offensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:47 | | Karl-Anthony Towns turnover (traveling) | ||
| 11:31 | | Zaccharie Risacher misses three point jump shot | ||
| 11:29 | | Onyeka Okongwu offensive rebound | ||
| 11:26 | | Bogdan Bogdanovic misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 11:24 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 11:05 | | Mikal Bridges turnover (bad pass) (Jalen Johnson steals) | ||
| 11:03 | | Miles McBride shooting foul (Jalen Johnson draws the foul) | ||
| 11:03 | | +1 | Jalen Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 23-28 |
| 11:03 | | Jalen Johnson misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 11:01 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 10:51 | | +3 | Karl-Anthony Towns makes three point jump shot (Miles McBride assists) | 23-31 |
| 10:40 | | Jalen Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Karl-Anthony Towns steals) | ||
| 10:36 | | Miles McBride turnover (lost ball) (Onyeka Okongwu steals) | ||
| 10:25 | | Jalen Johnson misses two point turnaround jump shot | ||
| 10:23 | | Cameron Payne defensive rebound | ||
| 10:16 | | Cameron Payne misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:14 | | Vit Krejci defensive rebound | ||
| 10:09 | | Bogdan Bogdanovic misses three point running jump shot | ||
| 10:07 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | ||
| 9:56 | | Josh Hart misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 9:54 | | Onyeka Okongwu defensive rebound | ||
| 9:46 | | +3 | Bogdan Bogdanovic makes three point running jump shot (Zaccharie Risacher assists) | 26-31 |
| 9:37 | | Josh Hart turnover (traveling) | ||
| 9:16 | | +2 | Zaccharie Risacher makes two point driving dunk | 28-31 |
| 9:05 | | Vit Krejci personal foul (Cameron Payne draws the foul) | ||
| 8:55 | | +2 | OG Anunoby makes two point dunk (Josh Hart assists) | 28-33 |
| 8:40 | | Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Onyeka Okongwu's two point driving layup | ||
| 8:38 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 8:34 | | Miles McBride misses three point running jump shot | ||
| 8:32 | | Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound | ||
| 8:29 | | +2 | Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point putback layup |