Knicks: everything we know so far

ATLANTA — The Hawks finally showed some fight against the Knicks in Game 6 of their opening-round playoff series Thursday night. Knicks has emerged this Friday as one of the stories drawing attention in Australia.

Key facts

• ATLANTA — The Hawks finally showed some fight against the Knicks in Game 6 of their opening-round playoff series Thursday night.
• Quin Snyder didn’t hold back after the Atlanta Hawks’ season came to a crashing end, suffering a 140–89 defeat to the New York Knicks that sealed a 4–2 series loss and a brutally early exit.
• After finishing third in the East and entering the series as favourites, the Knicks recovered from an early 2–1 deficit to storm into the semi-finals for a fourth straight season.
• Unfortunately, Atlanta was down by 50 points at the time, and the fight ended in ejections.
• The Knicks spent the first quarter-plus of Thursday night’s game kicking Atlanta up and down the court, riding a 40-15 first quarter and a combined 55-10 run to bury the Hawks long before halftime.

What we know

Going deeper, Quin Snyder didn’t hold back after the Atlanta Hawks’ season came to a crashing end, suffering a 140–89 defeat to the New York Knicks that sealed a 4–2 series loss and a brutally early exit.

On the substance, after finishing third in the East and entering the series as favourites, the Knicks recovered from an early 2–1 deficit to storm into the semi-finals for a fourth straight season.

Beyond the headlines, Unfortunately, Atlanta was down by 50 points at the time, and the fight ended in ejections.

More precisely, the Knicks spent the first quarter-plus of Thursday night’s game kicking Atlanta up and down the court, riding a 40-15 first quarter and a combined 55-10 run to bury the Hawks long before halftime.

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By the numbers

“We can’t just meet the moment, we’ve got to exceed it, and I thought we did a great job of doing that tonight,” said Karl-Anthony Towns, who posted a triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

On a related note, the third-seeded Denver Nuggets have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs after falling 4-2 to the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves, who sealed a 110-98 Game 6 win at Target Center despite being without Anthony Edwards, booking a Western Conference semi-final clash with the San Antonio Spurs.

Going deeper, Jaden McDaniels delivered the defining performance of the night, finishing with 32 points and 10 rebounds while playing a key two-way role as the Timberwolves stepped up in the absence of their usual backcourt firepower.

On the substance, it forced a complete reshuffle, with Terrance Shannon Jr. making his first career playoff start and logging 34 minutes in a breakout role, while Mike Conley Jr. played his heaviest minutes since March.

What they're saying

“To lose the way we did, given the enthusiasm and support that we had from the people in this building… disappointed on a lot of levels.”

“Their physicality… they made it hard for us… we didn’t get the results we wanted and even as the series progressed you could see what a really good team they are… why they are contender,” he said.

The wider context

On a related note, the Hawks briefly led early, but things quickly fell apart as the Knicks took full control.

Going deeper, it was the Knicks’ biggest playoff win on record, and their highest scoring output in a post-season game.

On the substance, Jokic ended up on 28 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, shooting 11-19 from the field in what will be an early off-season for the three-time MVP.

Beyond the headlines, For the Nuggets, this marks their second first-round exit in the past eight seasons, highlighting a sharp fall from their championship-winning 2022-23 campaign.

More precisely, New York piled on a record-breaking 83–36 lead at the break, the widest half-time margin in NBA playoff history, before stretching it even further on the way to a dominant win.

The bottom line

• After finishing third in the East and entering the series as favourites, the Knicks recovered from an early 2–1 deficit to storm into the semi-finals for a fourth straight season.
• The Knicks spent the first quarter-plus of Thursday night’s game kicking Atlanta up and down the court, riding a 40-15 first quarter and a combined 55-10 run to bury the Hawks long before halftime.
• The Hawks briefly led early, but things quickly fell apart as the Knicks took full control.
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