Hawks tie up playoff series with nail-biting 1 point win over Knicks
The Hawks are coming back in Atlanta for the next game in the series on Thursday.
The Atlanta Hawks are now 1-1 in their playoff series with the New York Knicks after pulling out a win on Monday night. The Hawks were trailing the Knicks, but with seconds left on the clock pulled it to a one-point lead. They held onto it and pulled out a 107-106 win.
[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] CJ McCollum led a late surge, scoring 32 points, that was almost for naught when he missed two free throws with 5. 6 seconds remaining. The Knicks rushed the ball up the court without any timeouts left, but Mikal Bridges missed a jumper as time expired.
The Hawks had trailed the whole second half and were down 12 after three quarters. Atlanta chipped away and a basket by McCollum gave the Hawks a 101-100 lead — their first of the series in the second half — with 2:09 to play. He made another for a three-point lead, and after Jalen Brunson tied it with a 3-pointer, McCollum answered with another jumper to make it 105-103 with 33 seconds to play.
Jonathan Kuminga added 19 points off the bench and Jalen Johnson scored 17, including a basket with 10 seconds left for a four-point lead for the No. 6 seeds, who host Game 3 on Thursday. Brunson had 29 points for the Knicks and Karl-Anthony Towns added 18.