{"id":620511,"date":"2026-04-21T03:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620511\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:10:10","slug":"dysons-hawks-snatch-game-2-in-knick-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620511\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyson’s Hawks snatch Game 2 in ‘Knick’ of time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dyson Daniels helps Hawks rally late to steal Game 2, level series 1\u20131 in New York<\/p>\n

Atlanta Hawks 107 def. New York Knicks 106 (Final)\u200d<\/p>\n

East First Round \u2013 Game 2
Series tied 1\u20131<\/p>\n

Game Snapshot<\/p>\n

Quarter Scores: ATL 23\u201331\u201325\u201328 (107) \u2502 NY 32\u201329\u201330\u201315 (106)Largest Lead: Knicks +12 \u2502 Hawks +1Game Flow: New York controlled three quarters before Atlanta flipped the game with a 28\u201315 fourth.<\/p>\n

Dyson Daniels and the Atlanta Hawks rode a fourth-quarter surge to edge the New York Knicks 107\u2013106, stealing Game 2 on the road to level the series.<\/p>\n

Atlanta trailed by seven entering the fourth and by double digits earlier in the second half, but a 28\u201315 final term turned the game. The Hawks shot 49% from the field and generated enough late stops to survive a Knicks offence that had been in control for three quarters.<\/p>\n

CJ McCollum led the comeback with 32 points on 12-from-22 shooting, while Jonathan Kuminga added 19 points off the bench in a high-impact two-way stretch (+10).<\/p>\n

Dyson Daniels: Defensive impact, low-usage role<\/p>\n

Daniels <\/a>played a controlled, defensively focused role across 26 minutes.<\/p>\n

Dyson Daniels (Atlanta Hawks)<\/p>\n

6 points \u2502 2-from-5 FG \u2502 0-from-1 3PT \u2502 2-from-2 FT4 rebounds \u2502 2 assists \u2502 2 steals \u2502 1 block \u2502 0 turnovers \u2502 26 minutes<\/p>\n

His defensive presence showed up late, with two steals and a block helping Atlanta disrupt New York\u2019s rhythm in the fourth. \u00a0Daniels did not commit a turnover, maintaining possession discipline in a one-point game.<\/p>\n

\"\"Australian Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels drives on New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first round at Madison Square Garden. Photo: Al Bello\/Getty ImagesKnicks fade after three quarters of control<\/p>\n

New York built its advantage behind Jalen Brunson (29 points, 7 assists) and Karl-Anthony Towns (18 points, 8 rebounds), while Josh Hart added 15 points and 13 boards.<\/p>\n

The Knicks scored just 15 points in the fourth quarter, going cold as Atlanta increased defensive pressure and forced tougher half-court possessions.<\/p>\n

Despite winning the rebound battle (47\u201336) and shooting efficiently inside, New York\u2019s late-game execution faltered.<\/p>\n

By the NumbersFG%: ATL 49% \u2502 NY 45%3PT: ATL 9-from-30 (30%) \u2502 NY 11-from-34 (32%)FT: ATL 18-from-23 (78%) \u2502 NY 17-from-27 (63%)Rebounds: NY 47 \u2502 ATL 36Turnovers: ATL 11 \u2502 NY 14<\/p>\n

Atlanta flips home-court advantage with the road win and regains momentum heading into Game 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dyson Daniels helps Hawks rally late to steal Game 2, level series 1\u20131 in New York Atlanta Hawks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-620511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}