Trae Young scored 45 points, and the Atlanta Hawks went on a 24-6 run in the fourth quarter to beat the New York Knicks 117-111.
The Knicks went on a 26-8 run to lead 99-89 with 8:48 left in the fourth quarter. Bogdan Bogdanović’s corner 3-pointer put the Hawks ahead for good with 2:11 left. He scored 11 points during the run, and they led 113-105 with 1:04 left.
During clutch time, the Hawks outscored the Knicks 15-6. Bogdanović scored 9 of the Hawks’ 15 on 3 for 4 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Bogdanović had 2 of his 3 steals in 27 seconds, 1 of them during an 11-0 Hawks run, and the Hawks scored 2 points off them.
Bogdanović had a season-high 32 points and 3 steals off the bench. The Hawks had 2 30-point scorers. Young and Bogdanović set each other up for 6 baskets and 15 points, 3 of them during the 24-6 run.
For the Knicks, RJ Barrett had 30 points (16 in the paint) and 13 rebounds but went 1 for 7 from 3, and Alec Burks added 21 points (11 in the first quarter) and 3 steals.
The Hawks went 22 for 27 at the line to the Knicks’ 14 for 26. The Hawks outscored the Knicks 35-21 in 10 minutes with Capela, Bogdanović, Huerter, Young and Hunter on the floor together.