{"id":204265,"date":"2026-04-21T03:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204265\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:15:10","slug":"knicks-collapse-in-stunning-game-2-loss-to-let-hawks-even-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204265\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks collapse in stunning Game 2 loss to let Hawks even series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CJ McCollum is in his villain era, and it helped stun the Madison Square Garden crowd in the Knicks\u2019 heartbreaking loss to the Hawks in Game 2.<\/p>\n<p>McCollum hit the go-ahead shot with 33.5 seconds left in the game to put the Hawks ahead by two in what would become an eventual 107-106 loss. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.43216783;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39147937\" width=\"845\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-york-knicks-vs-atlanta-126074354.jpg\" alt=\"New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson #11 drives to the basket between Atlanta Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye #18 and Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum #3.\" class=\"wp-image-39147937\"  \/>Knicks guard Jalen Brunson drives to the basket between Atlanta Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye and Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum (r.) during the third quarter.<br \/>Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Johnson\u2019s dunk put Atlanta up 107-103, but Jalen Brunson hit a 3-pointer with 8.5 left in the game to pull the Knicks within one.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks had let their lead slip away after being outscored 28-15 in the final quarter of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks and Hawks will now head to Atlanta for Game 3 on Thursday with the Hawks feeling revitalized after the win and the series even at 1-1<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.36170213;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39148040\" width=\"803\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-york-knicks-vs-atlanta-126074712.jpg\" alt=\"Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels attempting a shot while being defended by New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby and another Knicks player.\" class=\"wp-image-39148040\"  \/>Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels #5 goes up for a shot as New York Knicks forward Og Anunoby #8 jumps to defend during the third quarter.<br \/>\n Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CJ McCollum is in his villain era, and it helped stun the Madison Square Garden crowd in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1262,21,56784,80162,9,11,1104,10,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-204265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-atlanta-hawks","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-playoffs","11":"tag-nba-playoffs-2026","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-knicks","15":"tag-new-york-news","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}