{"id":616404,"date":"2026-05-01T01:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/616404\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:56:08","slug":"mitchell-robinson-and-dyson-daniels-ejected-as-knicks-break-record-for-largest-nba-playoff-halftime-lead-in-game-6-beatdown-of-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/616404\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell Robinson and Dyson Daniels ejected as Knicks break record for largest NBA playoff halftime lead in Game 6 beatdown of Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA \u2014 The Hawks finally showed some fight against the Knicks<\/a> in Game 6 of their opening-round playoff series. Unfortunately, Atlanta was down by 50 points at the time, and the fight ended in ejections.<\/p>\n

It was that kind of (probably season-ending) night for Atlanta, which ended up trailing by 47 points (83-36) at the half \u2014 the largest halftime deficit ever in an NBA playoff game. The previous record was 41 points, initially set when the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> led the Boston Celtics<\/a> 72\u201331 at halftime in Game 2 of the 2017 Eastern Conference finals then tied when the Indiana Pacers<\/a> led the Cavs 80-39 in Game 4 of their 2025 second-round series.<\/p>\n

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The Knicks spent the first quarter-plus of Thursday night\u2019s game kicking Atlanta up and down the court, riding a 40-15 first quarter and a combined 55-10 run to bury the Hawks long before halftime. With 4:39 remaining in the first half and New York\u2019s OG Annunoby at the line, Atlanta\u2019s Dyson Daniels<\/a> and New York\u2019s Mitchell Robinson<\/a> tangled up \u2026 and then all hell broke loose.<\/p>\n

The fight spilled over onto the front row of fans, seemingly involving most of the on-court members of both teams. After an initial review, referees ejected both Robinson and Daniels. Video reviews will surely determine whether further punishment will be necessary for any other players, (likely) next round for New York or next season for Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The Hawks\u2019 frustration was obvious, even though they had no one to blame but themselves for the mile-deep hole they were in at the time of the fight. The Knicks, meanwhile, rode the wave of the surprisingly large number of New York fans in Atlanta\u2019s State Farm Arena, keeping the throttle down even after the ejections.<\/p>\n

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In almost any other game, this would have been the ugliest moment. But in this one, the fight didn\u2019t come anywhere near the grotesque scoreboard. The game resumed after the ejections, a march to the inevitable for both teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA \u2014 The Hawks finally showed some fight against the Knicks in Game 6 of their opening-round playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5786,2242,8174,47173,3441,25169,25161,258526,99,47170],"class_list":["post-616404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-atlanta","tag-boston-celtics","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-dyson-daniels","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-knicks","tag-mitchell-robinson","tag-playoff-series","tag-sports","tag-the-hawks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}