Atlanta Hawks @ New York Knicks
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | Game ID: 22400773
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final
NYK 38 30 36 33 12 149ATL 29 31 41 36 11 148
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Brunson hits go-ahead jumper, Towns scores 44 points in Knicks' 149-148 OT win over Hawks
NEW YORK -- — Jalen Brunson made the go-ahead jumper with 11.1 seconds left in overtime, Karl-Anthony Towns scored 44 points and the New York Knicks outlasted the Atlanta Hawks 149-148 on Wednesday night in a thrilling final game before the All-Star break for both teams.
Towns reached 40 points in consecutive games for the first time in his career and became the fifth Knicks player to do so. Brunson — who was the last Knicks player to do it — added 36 points and eight assists.
Trae Young had 38 points and 19 assists for the Hawks. They had a three-game winning streak snapped, but not until erasing a six-point deficit in the final 10 seconds of regulation.
They had a chance to win it after Brunson's jumper, but Young missed a jumper and Georges Niang a 3-pointer.
Takeaways Hawks: After playing an NBA-high 31 road games before the break, the Hawks play 10 of their first 12 afterward at home. But they will be without a couple more players after announcing Wednesday that Larry Nance Jr . has a right knee fracture and will miss at least six weeks, and Vit Krejci will be out at least a month with a lower back fracture.
Knicks: A ninth win in 11 games sends New York into the break third in the Eastern Conference at 36-18.
Key moment The Knicks led by six with 10 seconds remaining in regulation. After Niang's 3-pointer, Towns' inbounds pass was stolen by Dyson Daniels , who was fouled and made the first free throw to cut it to 137-135. He missed the second but the Knicks failed to get the rebound and the Hawks got the ball to Young, who was fouled and made both to tie with 2.9 seconds to go.
Key stat Every Knicks starter played at least 42 minutes. Towns led the way at just over 47.
Up next The Knicks host Chicago on Feb. 20 in their first game after the break. The Hawks host Orlando that night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKAH A. Hukporti
CP C. Payne
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
PA P. Achiuwa
ATLCL C. LeVert
DB D. Barlow
DD D. Daniels
GN G. Niang
MG M. Gueye
OO O. Okongwu
TM T. Mann
TY T. Young
ZR Z. Risacher
NYK/ATL 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
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