Dyson Daniels<\/a>\u2019 2025-26 season ended acrimoniously for both him and the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs on Friday, May 1, 2026 (AEDT).<\/p>\nDaniels, 22, was ejected for getting into it with New York Knicks centre Mitchell Robinson with 4:39 left in the second quarter, with the road team up 72-22 (not a typo).<\/p>\n
The Knicks won the series 4-2 on the 140-89 blowout.<\/p>\n
Daniels and Robinson were boxing each other out when Robinson raised his elbow head-high on Dyson, and they got tangled up for the second time in the series.<\/p>\n
But this time, it escalated, with both players going chest-to-chest as both teams tried to separate them.<\/p>\n
The melee rolled into the front row as Daniels and Robinson tried to get to each other. It calmed for a brief moment, but Daniels went back again as they jawed at each other.<\/p>\n
Jalen Brunson\u2019s father, Rick, who played in the NBL in the mid-90s, ushered Robinson away after falling on the floor in the scuffle.<\/p>\n
Daniels\u2019 teammate, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, played peacemaker after being awarded the 2025-26 Most Improved Player before tip-off. It was the award Daniels won last year.<\/p>\n
Game 6: New York Knicks 140 def. Atlanta Hawks 89 (Final)<\/p>\n
State Farm Arena \u2013 Atlanta, GA
Halftime: New York 83\u201336<\/p>\n
Game Snapshot<\/p>\n
Quarter Scores: 40\u201315, 43\u201321, 34\u201328, 23\u201325
Largest Lead: New York by 54
Game Flow: Total control from opening tip; series sealed by halftime
Series Result: 2026 NBA Eastern Conference First Round \u2013 Knicks win 4\u20132<\/p>\n
Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges combined to break Game 6 open early as the New York Knicks overwhelmed the Atlanta Hawks 140\u201389 to close the series 4\u20132.<\/p>\n
New York dropped 83 first-half points and shot 59% from the field, turning the elimination game into a one-sided finish before halftime.<\/p>\n
Bridges delivered one of the most efficient playoff performances of the round:<\/p>\n
24 points on 10-from-12 shooting+40 plus-minus in just 27 minutes<\/p>\n
Brunson added control and tempo:<\/p>\n
17 points, 8 assists, 0 turnovers<\/p>\n
OG Anunoby was equally dominant in limited minutes:<\/p>\n
29 points on 11-from-14 shooting4-from-6 from three+42Daniels ejected as tensions boil over<\/p>\n
Atlanta guard Dyson Daniels played just 15 minutes before being ejected in the first half following an on-court altercation with Mitchell Robinson.<\/p>\n
Daniels finished:<\/p>\n
3 points \u2502 1-from-4 FG \u2502 1-from-3 3PT \u2502 2 turnovers \u2502 1 steal \u2502 -36<\/p>\n
The incident came with the game already out of reach, reflecting the frustration of a Hawks group that never found rhythm offensively.<\/p>\n
Atlanta shot just 38% from the field and 26% from three, unable to generate consistent half-court offence or transition opportunities.<\/p>\n
Jalen Johnson was the lone bright spot:<\/p>\n
21 points \u2502 8 rebounds \u2502 6 assists<\/p>\n
But the Hawks were outmatched in every key category:<\/p>\n
Field Goals: 50\u201331Assists: 33\u201322Turnovers: Hawks 19Plus-minus: All starters -24 or worse<\/p>\n
New York\u2019s system overwhelmed Atlanta:<\/p>\n
33 assists on 50 field goalsNine players scoredBench combined for 44 points<\/p>\n
Karl-Anthony Towns added a near triple-double:<\/p>\n
12 points \u2502 11 rebounds \u2502 10 assistsBy the Numbers<\/p>\n
New York Knicks<\/p>\n
FG: 50\u201385 (59%) \u2502 3PT: 13\u201336 (36%) \u2502 FT: 27\u201334 (79%)Rebounds: 46 \u2502 Assists: 33 \u2502 Turnovers: 9<\/p>\n
Atlanta Hawks<\/p>\n
FG: 31\u201382 (38%) \u2502 3PT: 9\u201335 (26%) \u2502 FT: 18\u201323 (78%)Rebounds: 35 \u2502 Assists: 22 \u2502 Turnovers: 19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian Dyson Daniels ejected as Knicks crush Hawks in Game 6 to seal 4\u20132 series win Australian Dyson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-641824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641824","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=641824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}