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Celebrity row was a who's who for Game 2 of the Knicks’ first-round NBA playoff series with the Hawks at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.

The New York Knicks suffered a cruel loss to the Atlanta Hawks, 107-106, in Game 2 of their first-round series in the playoffs on Monday at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks held a 12-point lead entering the fourth quarter, but they allowed the Hawks to claw back and tie the best-of-seven matchup at 1-1. Jalen […] The post Knicks’ Jalen Brunson takes blame for ‘poor decision-making’ in Game 2 loss to Hawks appeared first on ClutchPoints.

CJ McCollum finished with 32 points and six assists in the Atlanta Hawks' 107-106 win over the New York Knicks in Game 2 to even the series. McCollum scored the go-ahead step-back jumper over OG Anunoby with 34 seconds left in the game to secure the win. "I'm no villain, I'm a nice guy with two kids and a wife," McCollum said. "I think it's admiration. Great, passionate fans in a hostile environment. It's fun, It's basketball, it's the playoffs. If anything, I think it's a sign of respect." M...

As the old North American sporting cliche goes, “a playoff series doesn’t start until the home team loses”. Well consider the first-round matchup between the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks officially started. On Monday night, the Hawks rallied from a 12-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter to steal Game 2 from right underneath […] The post CJ McCollum leads Hawks past Knicks for comeback Game 2 win appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Heroes and zeros from the Knicks' 107-106 Game 2 loss to the Hawks on Monday night.

The MSG faithful gave Hawks start CJ McCollum another warm welcome to MSG in Game 2, but in the end, he got the last laugh.

After stealing a win on the road in New York, CJ McCollum carries on the legacy of Hawks players haunting Knicks fans.

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The key elements from Atlanta's stunning Game 2 comeback victory.

Karl-Anthony Towns delivered his props to CJ McCollum following the latter’s explosive performance in the Atlanta Hawks’ upset win over the New York Knicks in Game 2 on Monday night. Going into the game, Atlanta trailed 1-0 in the first-round series after losing Game 1. They needed a win on the road to go back […] The post Karl-Anthony Towns gives props to Hawks’ CJ McCollum for taking down Knicks in Game 2 appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Knicks led by 12 points after three quarters. They still led by eight with 5 ½ minutes to go. The Garden was having a lot of fun with new villain CJ McCollum, and the Knicks were ready to go to Atlanta up 2-0. It actually felt like they might run the Hawks out of...

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Madison Square Garden has a way of turning stars into villains or legends, and on Monday night, CJ McCollum chose legend. The Atlanta Hawks veteran orchestrated a stunning fourth-quarter comeback to edge the New York Knicks 107-106, tying their Eastern Conference first-round series at 1-1 and silencing a rowdy New York crowd. McCollum dominated the […] The post Damian Lillard fires huge reaction to Hawk’s SG CJ McCollum’s wild MSG takeover appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The New York Knicks suffered a costly setback in Game 2 vs. the Atlanta Hawks, falling 107-106 after a late collapse that evened the series at 1-1 on Monday night. Karl-Anthony Towns’ quiet fourth quarter emerged as a defining storyline, raising questions about New York’s late-game execution. The loss stings given how firmly the Knicks […] The post Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns reveals why he went quiet in 4th quarter vs. Hawks appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The New York Knicks missed a golden opportunity to take a 2-0 series lead in their first-round matchup against the Atlanta Hawks, as they let a 12-point lead heading into the fourth quarter of Game 2 slip en route to a 107-106 defeat on Monday night. In the end, the Knicks still had an opportunity […] The post Mike Brown laments glaring Game 2 issue that doomed Knicks vs. Hawks appeared first on ClutchPoints.

What an effort!

While the loss in Game 2 against the Hawks could be attributed to several reasons, both Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns pointed to the Knicks' fourth-quarter collapse.

CJ McCollum was headed for an early summer until the Washington Wizards sent him to the Hawks in January in the trade for Trae Young. McCollum not only replaced Young in Atlanta, now he's replaced him in Madison Square Garden — as the villain who carried the Hawks past the New York Knicks in a playoff game.

There were no instances of hack-a-Robinson on Monday night. The Knicks center’s presence was felt without that ploy to get him out of the game in the 107-106 loss to the Hawks in Game 2. Mitchell Robinson was terrific at both ends of the floor, notching 13 points, seven rebounds, a steal and a block...