Game ID: 22400171
New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 26 39 24 32 121NYK 22 39 28 27 116
ATL vs NYK ScoutingATL vs NYK Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
ATL availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Hunter missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 23 min since (120% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 3 min since (16% of 16)
BACK Gueye back 10/27 after 2, 3 min since (19% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 20 min since (152% of 13)
ATL availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Hunter missed 3 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 4 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 2 since 10/28, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 15 min since (78% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 7 min since (41% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 24 min since (184% of 13)
ATL availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restOUT Daniels missed 2 since 10/30, returns tonight: 25 min (73% of 34)
OUT Hunter missed 4 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 5 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 3 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 13 min since (65% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 12 min since (76% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 25 min since (192% of 13)
NEW Mathews 18 to 23 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/04 · back-to-backOUT Hunter missed 5 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 6 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 3 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 4 since 10/28, returns tonight: 8 min (52% of 16)
OUT Bufkin missed 3 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 25 min since (73% of 34)
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 16 min since (81% of 19)
BACK Wallace back 10/27 after 2, 14 min since (88% of 16)
BACK Roddy back 10/27 after 2, 25 min since (194% of 13)
NEW Mathews 18 to 24 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Hunter missed 6 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 7 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 4 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 4 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 24 min since (72% of 34)
BACK Nance Jr. back 10/28 after 3, 16 min since (81% of 19)
BACK Gueye back 11/04 after 4, 8 min since (52% of 16)
NEW Mathews 18 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Roddy 13 to 27 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Hunter missed 7 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 8 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 5 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Nance Jr. missed 2 since 11/04, returns tonight: 12 min (65% of 19)
OUT Bufkin missed 5 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 28 min since (84% of 34)
BACK Gueye back 11/04 after 4, 8 min since (52% of 16)
NEW Risacher 25 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Mathews 18 to 24 min over the last 5
NEW Roddy 13 to 25 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/09 · back-to-backOUT Hunter missed 8 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 9 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 6 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 2 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 6 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Barlow missed 2 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 31 min since (92% of 34)
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/08 after 2, 12 min since (65% of 19)
NEW Mathews 18 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Roddy 13 to 22 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/12 · 2 days' restOUT Hunter missed 9 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Bogdanović missed 10 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 7 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 3 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 7 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Barlow missed 3 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Daniels back 11/03 after 2, 32 min since (95% of 34)
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/08 after 2, 13 min since (68% of 19)
NEW Risacher 25 to 30 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 11/15 · 2 days' restOUT Hunter missed 10 since 10/27, returns tonight: 21 min (73% of 29)
OUT Bogdanović missed 11 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Krejčí missed 8 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 4 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Bufkin missed 8 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Barlow missed 4 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/08 after 2, 18 min since (93% of 19)
NEW Mathews 18 to 23 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 10/28 · 2 days' rest
full strength
NYK availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's rest
full strength
NYK availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's rest
full strength
NYK availability going into 11/04 · 2 days' rest
full strength
NYK availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's rest
full strength
NYK availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Payne missed 2 since 11/04, out tonight
NYK availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restOUT Payne missed 3 since 11/04, out tonight
NYK availability going into 11/12 · 1 day's restOUT Payne missed 4 since 11/04, returns tonight: 9 min (65% of 14)
NYK availability going into 11/13 · back-to-backBACK Payne back 11/12 after 4, 9 min since (65% of 14)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 122, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 23 and Young at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Hunter (6 straight), Bogdanović (7 straight), Krejčí (4 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 104, shooting 47 percent and 42 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Towns at 23 a game. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, New York allowing 104 a night to Atlanta's 122 and the arc, New York at 42 percent from three to Atlanta's 34. Call it New York 116, Atlanta 112, Atlanta keeping it close.
10/30 @ WAS 120-133 — ATL notes
ATL lost 120-133. ATL shot 47% (45 of 95) to WAS's 53%, 12 of 39 from three. Young led with 35 (12 of 28, 4 of 13 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Johnson added 21, Risacher 17. Q2 was theirs, 31-24, but the other 3 periods went 109-89 against them. They led by as many as 11. Young's -16 in 40 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 vs SAC 115-123 — ATL notes
ATL lost 115-123. ATL shot 45% (41 of 92) to SAC's 48%, 19 of 50 from three, and got to the line 18 times to SAC's 30. The glass went 40-51 against them. Young led with 25 (8 of 21, 3 of 9 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Mathews added 23, Capela 15. Q4 was theirs, 25-21, the deficit cut from 12 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 102-90 against them. Risacher's -25 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/03 @ NOP 126-111 — ATL notes
ATL won 126-111. ATL shot 57% (50 of 88) to NOP's 43%, 15 of 36 from three, and got to the line 12 times to NOP's 20. Johnson led with 29 (12 of 20, 0 of 4 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Young added 23, Daniels 16. The hinge was Q3, 35-26: ATL came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 8, and the lead reached 25. ATL trailed 58-59 at the half and won the second half 68-52. Johnson was the night's best plus/minus at +32.
11/04 vs BOS 93-123 — ATL notes
ATL lost 93-123. ATL shot 42% (37 of 89) to BOS's 48%, 6 of 31 from three. ATL turned it over 19 times to BOS's 12, and BOS turned those into 15 steals. Johnson led with 20 (7 of 20, 2 of 7 from three); Okongwu added 18, Risacher 15. Q4 was theirs, 18-20, but the other 3 periods went 103-75 against them. Johnson's -34 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/06 vs NYK 121-116 — ATL notes
ATL won 121-116. ATL shot 45% (45 of 100) to NYK's 49%, 15 of 38 from three, and went to the line 22 times to NYK's 15 — 16 points from the stripe to their 12. ATL turned it over 8 times to NYK's 15. Risacher led with 33 (11 of 18, 6 of 10 from three, 5 of 9 at the line); Johnson added 23, Young 23. The hinge was Q4, 32-27: from level to 5 ahead. Johnson was the night's best plus/minus at +26.
11/08 @ DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 105, shooting 48 percent and 32 from three, 17 free throws a game; Cunningham at 20 and Ivey at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 121, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 18 free throws a game; Young at 22 and Johnson at 21 a game. Without Hunter (7 straight), Bogdanović (8 straight), Krejčí (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Detroit wins, and the game turns on the defense, Detroit allowing 105 a night to Atlanta's 121 and the glass, where Detroit has been plus-8 a night and Atlanta minus-2. Call it Detroit 115, Atlanta 110.
11/09 vs CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 18 free throws a game; Young at 22 and Johnson at 21 a game. Without Hunter (8 straight), Bogdanović (9 straight), Krejčí (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 122, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 22 free throws a game; Vučević at 22 and White at 20 a game. That is 4 straight losses. Without LaVine (3 straight), Ball (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Atlanta wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Atlanta 119, Chicago 116, Chicago keeping it close.
11/12 @ BOS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 22 free throws a game; Tatum at 31 and Pritchard at 19 a game. One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 22 and Young at 19 a game. Without Hunter (9 straight), Bogdanović (10 straight), Krejčí (7 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 105 a night to Atlanta's 119. Call it Boston 120, Atlanta 110, Boston by 10.
11/15 vs WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 120, shooting 46 percent and 33 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 20 and Young at 18 a game. Without Hunter (10 straight), Bogdanović (11 straight), Krejčí (8 straight). 2 days' rest. Washington comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 124, shooting 45 percent and 31 from three, 20 free throws a game; Poole at 22 and George at 14 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Holmes (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Atlanta wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Atlanta has been plus-0 a night and Washington minus-9. Call it Atlanta 120, Washington 114.
10/28 vs CLE 104-110 — NYK notes
NYK lost 104-110. NYK took 8 more shots (90 to 82), fed by 13 offensive rebounds, but shot 44% to CLE's 48%, 9 of 28 from three, and got to the line 18 times to CLE's 24. Brunson led with 21 (8 of 24, 0 of 4 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Bridges added 19, Hart 16. Q2 was theirs, 34-23, turning a 4-point deficit into a 7-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 87-70 against them. They led by as many as 13.
10/30 @ MIA 116-107 — NYK notes
NYK won 116-107. NYK shot 49% (40 of 82) to MIA's 46%, 18 of 40 from three. Towns led with 44 (17 of 25, 4 of 5 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Brunson added 22, Bridges 17. The hinge was Q3, 35-22: NYK came in trailing by 6 and left it ahead by 7. NYK trailed 52-58 at the half and won the second half 64-49. Towns was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
11/01 @ DET 128-98 — NYK notes
NYK won 128-98. NYK shot 51% (52 of 101) to DET's 51%, 18 of 38 from three. NYK turned it over 9 times to DET's 22. Brunson led with 36 (14 of 22, 6 of 8 from three); Anunoby added 21, Towns 21. The hinge was Q1, 39-13: from level to 26 ahead, and the lead reached 38. Bridges was the night's best plus/minus at +31.
11/04 @ HOU 97-109 — NYK notes
NYK lost 97-109. NYK shot 39% (34 of 88) to HOU's 49%, 11 of 28 from three. The glass went 39-50 against them. Brunson led with 29 (9 of 24, 2 of 4 from three, 9 of 9 at the line); Anunoby added 21, Towns 17. Q2 was theirs, 30-30, but the other 3 periods went 79-67 against them. Towns's -26 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/06 @ ATL 116-121 — NYK notes
NYK lost 116-121. NYK shot 49% (41 of 84) to ATL's 45%, 22 of 47 from three, and got to the line 15 times to ATL's 22. NYK turned it over 15 times to ATL's 8, and ATL turned those into 12 steals. Towns led with 34 (11 of 23, 5 of 9 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Brunson added 21, McBride 16. Q3 was theirs, 28-24, the deficit cut from 4 to 0, but the other 3 periods went 97-88 against them.
11/08 vs MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 109, shooting 47 percent and 43 from three, 17 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Towns at 26 a game. One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 114, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 22 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 33 and Lillard at 30 a game. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the arc, New York at 43 percent from three to Milwaukee's 37 and the line, where Milwaukee takes 22 free throws a game to New York's 17. Call it New York 116, Milwaukee 109.
11/10 @ IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 120, shooting 50 percent and 40 from three, 19 free throws a game; Siakam at 22 and Mathurin at 21 a game. Without Nesmith (3 straight), Isa. Jackson (3 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 106, shooting 47 percent and 42 from three, 17 free throws a game; Towns at 30 and Brunson at 25 a game. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, New York allowing 106 a night to Indiana's 120. Call it New York 115, Indiana 113, Indiana keeping it close.
11/12 @ PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 115, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Maxey at 22 and McCain at 14 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Maxey (2 straight), Embiid (3 straight), Edwards (9 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 111, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 18 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Towns at 27 a game. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-1 a night and Philadelphia minus-6 and the turnovers, Philadelphia giving it away 14 times a game to New York's 11. Call it New York 114, Philadelphia 110, Philadelphia keeping it close.
11/13 vs CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 111, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 19 free throws a game; Towns at 27 and Brunson at 23 a game. Second night of a back-to-back. Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 124, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 20 free throws a game; Vučević at 20 and White at 20 a game. Without Ball (7 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the defense, New York allowing 111 a night to Chicago's 124 and the turnovers, Chicago giving it away 16 times a game to New York's 12. Call it New York 118, Chicago 113.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLCC C. Capela
DD D. Daniels
DR D. Roddy
GM G. Mathews
JJ J. Johnson
KW K. Wallace
OO O. Okongwu
TY T. Young
ZR Z. Risacher
NYKJB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JS J. Sims
KT K. Towns
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
OA O. Anunoby
TK T. Kolek
ATL/NYK the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher scores 33 as Hawks rally late to down Knicks 121-116
ATLANTA -- — No. 1 overall pick Zaccharie Risacher scored 33 points and had seven rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks rallied late to beat the New York Knicks 121-116 on Wednesday night.
Risacher's 33 points were the most by a rookie this season. He also had three assists, three steals and two blocked shots.
The Hawks trailed 110-105 with 2:57 to play, but went on a 13-1 run to put the game away.
Jalen Johnson had 23 points and 15 rebounds. Trae Young had 23 points, 10 assists and six rebounds one game after scoring just two points on 1-for-10 shooting against Boston.
Karl-Anthony Towns led the Knicks with 34 points and 16 rebounds. Jalen Brunson scored 21 points.
Takeaways Knicks: The Knicks shook off a sluggish start and played well in the final three quarters in front of a healthy contingent of Knicks fans in Atlanta but ultimately finished their road trip 2-2.
Hawks: The Hawks bounced back from a poor showing in a 30-point loss to the Celtics with one of their best efforts of the season. Risacher played by far his best game of the season.
Key moment Clint Capela capped a 9-1 run with a fast break dunk with 46.9 seconds remaining to give the Hawks a 114-111 lead. Young started a fast-break off a 3-point miss from Towns and dished it to a sprinting Capela for the dunk.
Key stat The Knicks entered the game as the league's best 3-point shooting team at 41.4%, and the Hawks were surrendering a league-worst 39.8% from deep. The Knicks ended up connecting on 46.8% on Wednesday, hitting 22 of 47.
Up next The Knicks return home to face the struggling Bucks on Friday. The Hawks will be at Detroit on Friday for the first game of their third back-to-back situation of the young season.