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The Atlanta Hawks would have dreamed up of a better end to the 2025-26 season, but what matters at the end of the day is that they qualified for the playoffs after much uncertainty towards the middle of the regular season. There was a changing of the guard that commenced for the Hawks, and even […] The post Hawks’ X-factor that will spark upset of Knicks in 2026 NBA Playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Jared Dubin and Mo Dakhil discuss the spectacular Hornets-Heat and Blazers-Suns Play-In games, run through the rest of their end-of-season awards picks, and talk about the major questions that will define each playoff series. Timestamps (00:00) Intro (01:15) Hornets-Heat (14:54) Blazers-Suns (22:25) End-of-season awards (41:03) Knicks-Hawks (47:37) Cavaliers-Raptors (52:59) Spurs-Blazers (58:59) Nuggets-Timberwolves (1:03:42) Lakers-Rockets Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify...
Here’s five key factors to watch for the Knicks opening round matchup against the Atlanta Hawks.
Just what kind of challenge do the Knicks have on their hands?
The NBA playoff picture is set following a chaotic final day of the regular season. It looked like the New York Knicks would be heading north of the border to b
Here's how USA TODAY predicts the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft will play out for the Miami Heat.
If you go looking through the Knicks’ biggest playoff rivals, the Hawks aren’t the first matchup that comes to mind. They’re not Miami, they’re not Indiana, and they haven’t been a consistent playoff opponent at all. In fact, it’s a pretty rare matchup. But when these two teams do meet in the postseason, it usually […]
Jason Logan makes his upset predictions for the 2026 NBA Playoffs, identifying which underdogs you should back, including the Atlanta Hawks.
Knicks fans will be missing Mike Breen and Clyde Frazier in their opening-round playoff series against the Hawks.
A weird Sunday sets the playoff matchups. We try to break down exactly what the Nuggets, Spurs, Magic, and Hawks were thinking with their rest strategies as they went into these matchups. We go through the lottery odds which are now set, discuss an underrated factor in the miserable tank off, and react to the news that Doug Christie will be retained as Kings coach. Then, we complete our awards ballots including Kon vs Flagg for ROY, Castle's runaway for Sophomore of the Year, a crowded 6th Ma...
Jalen Brunson and co. won two of three against Atlanta in the regular season.
As the regular season concludes and the New York Knicks look ahead to their playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, superfan Ben Stiller has faith in his team. Days before the Knicks-Hawks series commences, Stiller agreed with Shaun Possible’s take, who believes New York will win the series in five games. While Stiller didn’t anything […] The post Knicks superfan Ben Stiller drops bold playoff prediction for Hawks series appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The Knicks’ opponent for the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs is officially set.
This would all be a lot more interesting if the Hawks hadn’t rid themselves of Trae Young back at the trade deadline, of course, if they hadn’t exiled him to Washington, D.C., which has been pro basketball purgatory, seemingly, since Calvin Coolidge sat courtside.
Big results on both ends.
The Raptors have clinched a playoff spot in the East after beating the Nets 136-101. This will be Toronto’s first playoff appearance in four years. Scottie Barnes closed out his season with an 18-point triple-double, while RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram contributed 26 and 25 points, respectively. “It’s a big relief,” Barnes said about reaching […]
With Game 82 in the books, here's a look at the Eastern Conference playoff seedings ahead of the play-in tournament.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. capped his sixth-man award candidacy by scoring 26 points off the bench, Bam Adebayo and Norman Powell each scored 25 and the Miami Heat tuned up for the play-in tournament by beating the Atlanta Hawks 143-117 on Sunday night. Kel’el Ware scored 16 points for Miami, which will need to win two road play-in games to make the playoffs. Buddy Hield scored a game-high 31 points in just 21 minutes off the bench for Atlanta, which had a playoff spot locked up going into the game.
Game 82 is in the books.
MIAMI – With the Miami Heat facing the Atlanta Hawks in the final game of the 2025-26 regular season, the team is also preparing for its fourth straight play-in tournament. As the Heat look to enter the play-in tournament with momentum, head coach Erik Spoelstra has one final message for the team before the regular-season […] The post Erik Spoelstra’s message to Heat ahead of 4th straight play-in appearance appeared first on ClutchPoints.
