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00:00:00Tonight, it's Game 2 from the world's most famous arena.
00:00:04Hawks. Knicks.
00:00:06Next, on NBC.
00:00:21This is the NBA on NBC.
00:00:25These are the 2026 NBA Playoffs.
00:00:31Tonight, it's Game 2 as the Atlanta Hawks visit the New York Knicks.
00:00:35Brought to you by Kia.
00:00:38And the energy is palpable from the world's most famous arena.
00:00:42It is Game 2 of the 3-6 matchup in the Eastern Conference.
00:00:46The New York Knicks with a 1-0 lead against the Atlanta Hawks.
00:00:51But this is a group that has a lot of confidence and believes that they can tie this series
00:00:55against a Knicks team that is trying to take it to the next level.
00:00:59Stars on the court, stars on the sidelines.
00:01:01Spike Lee, Timothee Chalamet, and so many more in the building.
00:01:05You can feel the buzz.
00:01:07CJ McCollum and the Hawks looking to get even.
00:01:10The Knicks looking to take a 2-0 lead.
00:01:12The NBA Playoffs are presented by Google.
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00:01:22For Game 2 action, the Atlanta Hawks trying to even the series at one apiece.
00:01:27And starting lineups brought to you by DoorDash.
00:01:30Here are the Hawks.
00:01:35C.J. McCollum, Lehigh University.
00:01:37McKeel Alexander-Walker, Virginia Tech.
00:01:41Garcin Daniels, Bendigo, Australia.
00:01:44Jaylen Johnson, Duke University.
00:01:46Onyeka Okonkwo, Compton Magic.
00:01:59Snyder.
00:02:04One, two, three, two.
00:02:10Let's go, let's go!
00:02:11One, two, three, two.
00:02:22One, two, three, two, three.
00:02:28Two, three, two, three.
00:02:31Down, one, two.
00:02:34Down, one, two.
00:02:34Down, one, two, three.
00:02:34Todd nails it.
00:02:35Up in here.
00:02:36Up in here.
00:02:36The Ocelot continues.
00:02:39Bridget puts up a three.
00:02:40Up in here.
00:02:41And-
00:02:43McKeel Bridget wins it in the center.
00:02:48Slam, Robertson.
00:03:16Продолжение следует...
00:03:19And now, please welcome the Chase Freedom's starting lineup for your New York Knicks!
00:03:30At center at 7 feet from Kentucky, number 32, Carl Anthony Towns!
00:03:39At forward at 6-7 from Indiana, number 8, O.G. Adenomy!
00:03:48At forward at 6-4 from Villanova, number 3, Josh Hart!
00:03:57At guard at 6-6 from Villanova, number 25, McHale Bridges!
00:04:08And at guard at 6-2 from Villanova, number 11, Jalen Branson!
00:04:21The head coach of your New York Knicks, Mike Brown!
00:04:27Let's play ball!
00:04:29Game 1, 113 to 102.
00:04:32Looking to take a commanding 2-0 lead as they head back to Atlanta.
00:04:36Game 2, tip off!
00:04:37And the entirety of this one, next.
00:04:42Player tracker, Jalen Johnson and Jalen Brunson.
00:04:45It's the Jalens.
00:04:46Who do you think is going to score more points?
00:04:48Brunson, a slightly higher average on the season.
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00:04:58So glad to have you with us.
00:04:59Welcome courtside here for Game 2.
00:05:01No Eagle, three-time six-man of the year, Jamal Crawford and Jordan Cornett.
00:05:04And the playoffs are all about adjustments.
00:05:06It's going to be fascinating to watch these two teams adjust.
00:05:08Just to watch Atlanta Hawks and knowing they have to move the ball a little bit more
00:05:11to make that Knicks defense move.
00:05:13And then for the Knicks, seeing Carl Anthony Towns be a hub on offense to create good-a-look.
00:05:19Towns really got involved late in Game 1.
00:05:22Took over in that fourth quarter, ended with 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists.
00:05:27It eventually was an 11-point New York victory.
00:05:30Zach Zorba, Carl Lane, and John Butler are three officials tonight.
00:05:35A whole lot of playoff experience.
00:05:37Zorba has officiated 174 playoff games.
00:05:40Carl Lane with 23.
00:05:43And for John Butler, this is his second.
00:05:45And what a place to do it.
00:05:46The Mecca, the world's most famous arena.
00:05:49Towns and Okong will jump it up.
00:05:51And we are underway from MSG.
00:05:54Atlanta will control it, looking to get even 1-1.
00:05:57And the Knicks have an excellent record, certainly in best-of-seven series when they have taken a 1-0
00:06:02lead.
00:06:02They are 36-8.
00:06:03The Hawks just 3-38 when trailing 1-0.
00:06:08Jalen Johnson.
00:06:09Going to have to be the facilitator, but what defense by Hart.
00:06:12It's the first, the early turnover.
00:06:13Josh Hart setting the tone early, wants to know Johnson, wants Johnson to know he's going to be here all
00:06:19night long.
00:06:19Still a new experience for a lot of these Atlanta Hawks.
00:06:22Getting their first real taste of playoffs, but they've got great veterans, including McCollum.
00:06:27As Brunson finds his spot into the paint, and the fader doesn't go.
00:06:31Towns crashes hard, knocked out of bounds, staying here.
00:06:34Atlanta head coach is Quinn Snyder, now in his fourth year with the Hawks.
00:06:38Taking them to the playoffs and hoping to advance them past the first round for the first time since 2021.
00:06:44He has been preaching moving the defense of New York here in game two.
00:06:47Well, he understands that sometimes the ball has to be the star.
00:06:50It has to move around as OG fires up a three.
00:06:54They also want to do this.
00:06:55They're going to want to push the pace, get out, and get past break opportunities.
00:06:59They want to use Dyson Daniels as a facilitator as well with some early offense.
00:07:03But the defense by Hart has been suffocating in the first two possessions.
00:07:07This one's going to stay here.
00:07:08And Josh Hart is so smart.
00:07:10He understands the more physical he is early, the more physical he can be later in the game as well.
00:07:15Setting the tone.
00:07:17This is going to be a physical series.
00:07:20Akeel, Alexander, Walker, Stritt.
00:07:24Brunson in transition.
00:07:26Good defense by Okongwu to adjust.
00:07:28Now Ananobi running start.
00:07:29Locked it on the way up.
00:07:30Out of bounds.
00:07:33You can just feel the intensity in this building.
00:07:36I know we're in the guard.
00:07:37I know we're in the mecca.
00:07:38But it's a different level when it's playoff basketball.
00:07:42Coming into the season for New York.
00:07:43So many expectations of what this team could do after getting to the conference finals last year.
00:07:48Towns on the attack.
00:07:49Towns hangs and hits.
00:07:55Mike Brown said getting him touches early was going to be critical.
00:07:59A little strong on the three from Johnson.
00:08:01Long rebound into the hands of Hardwick.
00:08:0214 boards in game one.
00:08:04Now it's Ananobi downhill.
00:08:06Had a strip on a foul on Alexander Walker.
00:08:12Watch Carl Anthony Towns with the up fake.
00:08:14One dribble gets all the way to the basket.
00:08:17That's what the Knicks love to see when he is attacking with that kind of force.
00:08:20It puts so much pressure on the Hawks defense.
00:08:23Ananobi's going to go to the free throw.
00:08:24Why is it important to get him those early touches?
00:08:26Get him involved in the way that they're hoping to do here in the first quarter?
00:08:29Because we know Brunson is the guy.
00:08:31But Cat has that 1A talent.
00:08:33He can take you places.
00:08:34He always is a matchup nightmare.
00:08:36He stretches the court.
00:08:37But an engaged Cat is a better Cat.
00:08:39Not just for him.
00:08:40But for the Knicks squad.
00:08:44You know that the crowd is certainly going to get involved tonight.
00:08:46They were loud.
00:08:48When C.J. McCollum came out for his intros.
00:08:50There was some chatter for McCollum.
00:08:52After the previous game, he was called for a technical on Jalen Brunson.
00:08:56After some contact below the belt.
00:08:59And he had some choice words about Brunson's acting skills after the fact.
00:09:04Now McCollum will get his first real touch offensively.
00:09:06Weaving his way through.
00:09:08For two.
00:09:08That's drills and skills.
00:09:09When you can just go through like that, he's just playing like he's drilling.
00:09:12The Knicks had him in the corner.
00:09:14He was just playing with a certain piece.
00:09:17He just looked at him like cones.
00:09:19They were cones.
00:09:20They were cones.
00:09:21Oh, the deflection out of bounds by Daniels.
00:09:24Who was second in the NBA in steals this year.
00:09:27When they say, C.J., you should have been bobbing and weaving.
00:09:29That's what they were talking about.
00:09:30He was just bobbing, going through the defense underneath the legs.
00:09:33Snakes dribbles.
00:09:35Patience.
00:09:35Stops on a dime.
00:09:36And knocks down the pull-up jumper.
00:09:38And Jamal, he said that he developed that skill set.
00:09:40That game from about 10 feet out with the floater, the short jumpers, and getting underneath defenders.
00:09:45Because when he was a freshman in high school, he was 5'2".
00:09:48We saw the picture.
00:09:49I thought it was AI for AI.
00:09:50He was so small.
00:09:51I just thought it was Jaleel White.
00:09:52I thought they were doing a Family Matters rerun.
00:09:55Oh, Josh Hart!
00:09:59Ain't no love in the heart of the city.
00:10:02And he delivers in the early going with a major slam.
00:10:07I see what you did there, Noah.
00:10:09You know your New York stuff right now.
00:10:11Daniels on the dive to the rim.
00:10:15Getting him involved offensively.
00:10:17Talked about him as a potential hub.
00:10:19And that's what Quinn Snyder is hoping to maybe make as a slight adjustment here in Game 2.
00:10:23Yes, he makes such sound decisions.
00:10:26It's usually the right decision.
00:10:28So the more he touches the ball, the better.
00:10:30Hart right back to work.
00:10:31Over the top of O'Connor.
00:10:33And he's feeling it.
00:10:35Hart's showing a lot of Hart.
00:10:36This is just, he's just saying, you know what, I'm going to play with force.
00:10:40I'm going to play with a physicality.
00:10:41He's playing with a certain toughness right now on the court.
00:10:43And his energy just always seems to permeate through the rest of his teammates.
00:10:47He's already done already defensively.
00:10:49Now he's aggressive offensively.
00:10:51Johnson looking to retort.
00:10:52Going right at Brunson with a size advantage.
00:10:55Over three defenders and Towns clear.
00:10:59Brunson at 19 first quarter points in Game 1.
00:11:02Set a Knicks franchise postseason record.
00:11:05Since play-by-play has been tracked.
00:11:08He can't hit on that three.
00:11:09He's got a rebound to Hart.
00:11:10Second chance for Towns on the pump.
00:11:12Tried.
00:11:13Oh, hooks it outside.
00:11:15Good ball moving for Bridget.
00:11:16And it's looking.
00:11:19That ball just had good energy.
00:11:21The way it moves from side to side.
00:11:23Cat could have shot one.
00:11:25In the past, a little bit better pass.
00:11:27Daniel's a try.
00:11:28Went into Towns and he couldn't bank it in.
00:11:30But he does draw the contact.
00:11:32And Towns will pick up his first.
00:11:34Josh Hart running the pick and roll.
00:11:37Attacking the basket with force.
00:11:39Hanging on the rim for emphasis.
00:11:41And then right there showing the up fake.
00:11:44Footwork.
00:11:45Fall away.
00:11:46When you get those easy baskets and use that energy on defense to start.
00:11:50It carries over to the offensive side of the ball.
00:11:53Dyson Daniels last year.
00:11:55The most improved player in the NBA.
00:11:57Heading to the free-throw line here.
00:11:59Quinn Snyder said if their finalist this year, Nakheel Alexander-Walker, were to win it.
00:12:03And they get back-to-back MIP winners on their team.
00:12:06He feels like it would just be such a great credit to his staff.
00:12:09And the job that they've done in development in Atlanta.
00:12:12And you love to hear that because Coach could make it about himself.
00:12:15But he knows the work the staff puts in day in, day out.
00:12:18And he knows the willingness to be coached by these players.
00:12:20They're taking a leap in their career.
00:12:22They've got an interesting mix on that Atlanta staff.
00:12:24That includes a former head coach, Igor Kokoskov.
00:12:27And a former player in F.A. Udo.
00:12:29This is just a drill on the other side.
00:12:32Josh Hart with his third bucket.
00:12:35Josh Hart's going to be playing like this, and that move's going to be as popular as Josh Hart's.
00:12:38Oh, Conroy finds the bottom.
00:12:43That's been the real elevation in his game this year.
00:12:46383 three-point attempts in the regular season.
00:12:49In his first five years in the NBA combined, he had just 233.
00:12:54Brunson on the fend-off.
00:12:55Kick out.
00:12:56Swing it.
00:12:57Hart.
00:12:58Extra.
00:12:58Bridges.
00:12:59Nearly lost it.
00:13:00Six to shoot.
00:13:01Hart's three for three to start.
00:13:02He's going to put it up.
00:13:05And it falls into the hands of O'Connor.
00:13:07And this is what the Hawks are going to do right here.
00:13:09Attack for the Knicks to set their defense.
00:13:12Daniel Shovel.
00:13:13O'Connor with the mismatch now against Brunson.
00:13:16He'll spin.
00:13:17He'll float.
00:13:18But he can't score.
00:13:21Hart lost it.
00:13:22And McCollum couldn't knock it away.
00:13:24It's kicked instead by Josh Hart.
00:13:27Well, Atlanta this season, fifth in the NBA in pace.
00:13:31Saw what they did in the regular season in terms of just overall points, but fast break.
00:13:34Third and fast break.
00:13:35Third and points off turnovers.
00:13:37Way down in game one from what they had grown accustomed to doing, especially in the second half of the
00:13:41season.
00:13:42And that's what Coach Snyder said.
00:13:43We know who we are.
00:13:44We just have to be that and a little bit better.
00:13:46Don't try to reinvent the wheel at this moment.
00:13:48Johnson had it deflected into the hands of heart and another turnover.
00:13:53Brunson set the feet.
00:13:55Three ball.
00:13:55Money!
00:14:05Atlanta wants time.
00:14:07New York has come out firing in this first quarter.
00:14:1055% from the floor.
00:14:12And now you get that heartbreak.
00:14:15Brunson finishing it off in style.
00:14:21Good start for New York.
00:14:2315-9 in the early going.
00:14:24Let's check in with a third member of our crew, Jordan Cornette.
00:14:27Yeah, no, Jalen Johnson in the midst of a career year, and yet he's not a household name.
00:14:32Key word yet.
00:14:33But if he continues to stack seasons like this one, it's just a matter of time for the 6-9
00:14:38matchup nightmare.
00:14:39I had a chance to talk to him.
00:14:40He said he understands the postseason is a different animal.
00:14:43He spoke candidly, saying he needs to be aggressive for all 48 minutes.
00:14:47No possessions off.
00:14:48Every game needs to be played as a game 7, guys.
00:14:52And look, for Jalen Johnson, this is only his 10th playoff game, so that experience still coming with each possession.
00:14:59Same for guys like Dyson Daniels.
00:15:01That's a four still from Johnson.
00:15:02He comes up short.
00:15:03Changes for Atlanta.
00:15:04Jonathan Kaminga, and Mo Gay off the bench.
00:15:08They like the length that Mo Gay provides.
00:15:11He certainly gives up some of that size in terms of weight on the inside against Towns.
00:15:18Going to go to Towns against Gay here.
00:15:206 to shoot.
00:15:21Let him cook.
00:15:22Towns on the back down.
00:15:23Bully ball for 2.
00:15:26Paul Anthony Towns is one of the rare guys who can play 90-style basketball or today's style.
00:15:32He can go to the post or hit the 3.
00:15:34That time made it happen inside.
00:15:36Knicks start at 0 for 3.
00:15:38They've made 7 of their last 9.
00:15:40Kaminga gets doubled.
00:15:41Bounce it outside Johnson.
00:15:42Just hasn't found a rhythm yet in this first quarter.
00:15:46Alexander Walker in Game 1 has 17 points.
00:15:493 of 8 from 3, but he loses it here.
00:15:52Brunson.
00:15:53Hesitation.
00:15:54Lost his footing.
00:15:55Got rid of it, and then taken away by Johnson.
00:15:58Daniels on the attack.
00:15:59Numbers the other way if he hurries.
00:16:00Bounce it for Gay.
00:16:01Attack in the rim.
00:16:02He couldn't slam it.
00:16:03Came up short.
00:16:07New York has numbers.
00:16:08Gay is still down on the other end.
00:16:10It's a 5-on-4.
00:16:11Open look.
00:16:12Doesn't go.
00:16:13Rebound Alexander Walker.
00:16:14Gay is underneath the basket.
00:16:16Sprawled out.
00:16:174-on-5.
00:16:18Atlanta either has to call a timeout.
00:16:20Finally, they do.
00:16:23So Gay, you saw, came up just a little bit short on that dunk attempt.
00:16:27Remember, this is an Atlanta team playing without Jock Landell,
00:16:30who's still out nursing an injury.
00:16:32Take another look here.
00:16:33Just landed a little awkwardly.
00:16:35Hit the stanchion and stayed down through the entire position.
00:16:39We'll check in on Gay when we come back with the Knicks still up by 8.
00:16:45Johnson and Jalen Brunson is who we're keeping our eyes on tonight.
00:16:49Who's going to score more points between the two of them?
00:16:51It's Brunson early on with 3 on that early offense triple.
00:16:56Johnson still scoreless.
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00:17:03So, Mo Gay did get up and walk back on his own power to the locker room.
00:17:07Okongu has to come back in.
00:17:08Again, one of the main issues for Atlanta, a lack of depth in the front court.
00:17:12And so now Mike Brown recognizes it and gets Mitchell Robinson and Townsend in the game together
00:17:17against Okongu, Jalen Johnson in the front court.
00:17:19Seven and shoot for Johnson.
00:17:21He gets something going right into the body of Robinson and he gets the foul call.
00:17:24And that was great for Johnson because he got the heart off of him.
00:17:28A little misdirection.
00:17:29They went side to side.
00:17:30He was able to play a closeout.
00:17:31Got the matchup with Robinson.
00:17:33Dances a little bit.
00:17:35Makes contact and gets an opportunity to get to the free throw line.
00:17:41Johnson first attempts at the line.
00:17:43He's 0 for 3 from the floor.
00:17:45Made one steal but no other stats of note.
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00:18:01Jamal, you played in a ton of playoff games over the course of your career.
00:18:04As you went from series to series over the course as your career developed, the comfort level,
00:18:10what did that feel like as you kind of got later into your veteran status in your career?
00:18:14Once you put in your mind that it was going to be a physical war and you opposed it that
00:18:17way,
00:18:18as Brunson gets fouled, you were able to make the adjustment.
00:18:21And that slowed the game down for you.
00:18:23I think Johnson is waiting to get a couple shots to go.
00:18:25But he has to know there's a certain level of physical intensity he's going to have to come with to
00:18:30match Josh Clark.
00:18:31And on top of that, this is the first year that he's really the top guy on the scouting report.
00:18:36After the trade that sent Trey Young to Washington, C.J. McCollum comes back.
00:18:40But really since the trade deadline, it has been undisputable that this guy,
00:18:44who is a first-time All-Star, is going to be number one,
00:18:47getting the top defender on the opposing team, getting all the attention,
00:18:50there's more responsibility that comes with that for your team as well.
00:18:52Absolutely. You go from evolution to being him.
00:18:56Leakout for Kaminga, and he finishes through the contact.
00:18:59A chance for three.
00:19:02Kaminga, this is who he is.
00:19:04This is who this Hawks team is.
00:19:06Attacking, getting in transition, getting stopped,
00:19:09playing with their defense.
00:19:10Good pass by Daniels.
00:19:12Kaminga is able to take the contact and get that and-one opportunity.
00:19:18Kaminga can be such an X-factor for this team, coming over from Golden State,
00:19:21won a title his rookie year there.
00:19:23So he's got the experience of going deep in the playoffs
00:19:26and eventually coming away with some hardware.
00:19:28And Quinn Snyder said that he played a few games after he got traded from Golden State,
00:19:32then he got his knee banged up a little bit.
00:19:35Physical presence defensively that is different than the rest of the guys on this team.
00:19:39This is where he can really help out, and this guy in the corners is lethal.
00:19:43Mikkel Bridges with a triple.
00:19:44And Jalen Brunson had three guys by half-court guarding him.
00:19:48Teammate was open. He found him.
00:19:50Kaminga back down.
00:19:52He went right through, and it's an offensive foul.
00:20:00Kaminga, three minutes, two personal fouls.
00:20:03Kaminga, overly aggressive, led with his elbows a little bit,
00:20:07and Jalen Brunson got up like, nah, I'm going to be here, no problem.
00:20:10I'll take the charge.
00:20:11We know he's willing to do that.
00:20:12He's always at the top of the NBA and charges drawn.
00:20:15Such a great team player for a guy that is the obvious number one option
00:20:20on a team that is expecting to compete for a championship.
00:20:24But a winner at every level, high school, two championships in college,
00:20:28trying to add another one now in the NBA.
00:20:30Open look.
00:20:31Towns can't hit.
00:20:32And the rebound knocked out of bounds, staying here.
00:20:35And that's what Mitchell Robinson brings to the table,
00:20:37the way he attacks the offensive rebounds.
00:20:40Keeps extra possessions going for the New York Knicks.
00:20:44Robinson, the all-time leader in Knicks franchise history,
00:20:47at least 20 games played in offensive rebounds per game.
00:20:50He averages four in his playoff career.
00:20:52That's incredible.
00:20:52That is incredible.
00:20:54And he's played in a number of playoff games.
00:20:57It's not like this is just the first couple options here,
00:21:00as Brunson took major contact there.
00:21:02Daniels is going to be called for it.
00:21:04Brunson looks like he might have got poked in the eye.
00:21:07And as he's slow to get up,
00:21:09Daniels is saying he was pushed into Brunson.
00:21:14I just saw it at MSG.
00:21:18Daniels got pushed and then tripped inadvertently by Robinson.
00:21:22And they're going to send both of the teams back to their respective benches
00:21:25and look like they'll go back to the monitor.
00:21:32Any time you get that contact high up,
00:21:35that is where the officials tend to at least go and take another look to see if this should be
00:21:41upgraded.
00:21:42Remember, there was that technical foul against McCollum.
00:21:45We had the contact to Brunson in game one.
00:21:48So already some chipping is going back to that.
00:21:51And Jose Alvarado is certainly making his voice heard.
00:21:55After the whistle.
00:21:56The floor is a defensive foul on Daniels.
00:21:58The play is under review.
00:22:02Take another look at it.
00:22:04Battling hand fighting off the ball.
00:22:10I mean, that is contact high, but it's certainly inadvertent.
00:22:14It was inadvertent.
00:22:15And Daniels is saying he was pushed by Brunson into the screen,
00:22:19and that's why he lost his balance.
00:22:24But Brunson definitely got hit.
00:22:26And I thought I saw Rick over there turn to dad mode.
00:22:29Rick went to the refs like, hold on, that's my son.
00:22:31Well, that's your teammate.
00:22:33You've got three former teammates in this game,
00:22:35but Rick Brunson was one,
00:22:36and you said that you knew Jalen, what, seven years old?
00:22:39Seven years old.
00:22:39We were shooting in the Birdo Center
00:22:41when Rick had his curly top walking around like he was the man.
00:22:45You should let Rick know.
00:22:46I still appreciate your hair back in the day.
00:22:48Yeah, I did.
00:22:49I always let him know.
00:22:49He can't get it back, so, you know,
00:22:51everything else is working for him.
00:22:52After a view, there is no wind-up or follow-through
00:22:54by Daniels on this play,
00:22:55and the contact does not rise to the level of the flagrant foul.
00:22:58Common foul stands.
00:23:00It felt like the correct decision,
00:23:02but Rick Brunson, again,
00:23:04protective father
00:23:06trying to plead his case.
00:23:10So Daniels will keep the personal,
00:23:13and Brunson will
00:23:16get his bearings together.
00:23:17Mike Brown brought in this year.
00:23:20You think about all the success
00:23:21that the Knicks had under Tom Thibodeau
00:23:22over the last couple of seasons,
00:23:24including getting to the conference finals last year.
00:23:26A lot of teams would say,
00:23:27we're going to run this back.
00:23:28We're going to keep building
00:23:29on what we've continued to build
00:23:30the last couple of years.
00:23:31Instead, they said,
00:23:33let's get a fresh voice in here.
00:23:34This was the guy they believed
00:23:35could take them to that next level,
00:23:37and you brought it up to him.
00:23:38There's almost an interesting blank canvas
00:23:40that comes with that,
00:23:41and he said some of the changes
00:23:43they made mid-season
00:23:43for a lot of teams would be challenging,
00:23:45but for a group that was as connected as this one,
00:23:47it really could pay dividends in the playoffs.
00:23:49It definitely helps.
00:23:50This group has been together
00:23:51and played more minutes
00:23:52in the last couple of seasons
00:23:53with that starting five,
00:23:55so that gives you a certain level of comfort,
00:23:56and then he changed a little bit
00:23:58to fit this group,
00:23:59so it's been a good marriage.
00:24:02He said in particular
00:24:03it was the change
00:24:04as there's a kick on Daniels,
00:24:05the change to understand his players,
00:24:08namely Carl Anthony Towns,
00:24:10and a mutual understanding
00:24:11from the two of them.
00:24:12Towns said that he had to adjust to Mike Brown.
00:24:13Mike Brown had to adjust to Towns,
00:24:15and you really saw some of that confidence rebuild
00:24:17over the last 15, 20 games of the regular season.
00:24:23Brunson with 10 to shoot.
00:24:24Quiet first quarter
00:24:25after he had 19 in the first in game one.
00:24:27Looking to go to work on Johnson.
00:24:30Series of moves.
00:24:31Brunson couldn't find any space.
00:24:33Perfect defense,
00:24:34and they forced the miss.
00:24:35It's tipped in.
00:24:36There's your offensive rebounding king,
00:24:39Mitchell Robinson.
00:24:40If Brunson had made that shot tomorrow,
00:24:42I was going to try that at the Rutgers,
00:24:43because he did such footwork dancing,
00:24:45got the space he needed.
00:24:47Of course,
00:24:47Miss Robinson got the tip.
00:24:49I'm not sure which rims are more forgiving,
00:24:52MSG or Rucker.
00:24:52Oh, we know.
00:24:54Open look goes down,
00:24:55and Okongo continues to shoot with confidence.
00:24:58And as Okongo knocks down those shots,
00:25:00that's going to give Jalen Johnson
00:25:01the space he's going to need
00:25:03to get in the rhythm.
00:25:06Series of screens for Brunson.
00:25:08Trying to free him up.
00:25:09Contested three.
00:25:10In and out for Bridges.
00:25:12Offensive board for Robinson,
00:25:13and it's Bridges cutting through,
00:25:15but he couldn't finish.
00:25:19No early offense.
00:25:21The Knicks get back defensively.
00:25:22They have held this team
00:25:23out of their fast break
00:25:24for the first five quarters of this series.
00:25:27Daniels driving kick.
00:25:29Johnson being guarded by Hart.
00:25:31Eight to shoot.
00:25:32Daniels will let it fly.
00:25:34Did not shoot it well
00:25:36from three in the regular season.
00:25:3718.8%
00:25:39from the outside.
00:25:41Hart Arden with five rebounds,
00:25:42and Bridges with the aggressive nature
00:25:43will draw the first foul
00:25:45on Onyeko Okongo.
00:25:49Watch Mitchell Robinson
00:25:51off the Jalen Brunson miss.
00:25:53Just all heart.
00:25:55Athleticism.
00:25:56Timing.
00:25:59And this shot didn't go down.
00:26:01Watch the hustle
00:26:02by Mitchell Robinson.
00:26:04He just brings so much to the table.
00:26:06When you're an all-time leader
00:26:07in any stat,
00:26:08especially in Knicks history,
00:26:10you've done some special things.
00:26:12He also is the all-time leader
00:26:13in playoff field goal percentage
00:26:15in Knicks history as well.
00:26:17Meanwhile,
00:26:18we talked about the lack of depth
00:26:19at the center position
00:26:20for Atlanta.
00:26:21No Jock Landau,
00:26:22who's out until at least game six
00:26:24of this series.
00:26:25So,
00:26:25Tony Bradley,
00:26:26who played just three regular season games
00:26:28with Atlanta this year
00:26:29in his eighth season
00:26:30out of North Carolina,
00:26:31was the 28th overall pick
00:26:32back in 2017.
00:26:34He actually was selected by Utah
00:26:35and played for Quinn Snyder
00:26:36for three seasons there
00:26:38to start his career.
00:26:39Amazing.
00:26:39Relationships,
00:26:40work,
00:26:41not burning bridges
00:26:42and continuing to get better.
00:26:44He was an elite recruit
00:26:45out of high school
00:26:46and one season
00:26:47at North Carolina
00:26:48and hoping he can be a pop
00:26:50for this team
00:26:50in the postseason.
00:26:51Spray it out.
00:26:53It's been a quiet start
00:26:54for Alexander Walker again.
00:26:55Nine to shoot.
00:26:56He'll spin on Bridges.
00:26:57Long stride.
00:26:58Wild attempt.
00:26:59Doesn't go.
00:27:00And Robinson rips it down.
00:27:02Deuce McBride on the floor
00:27:04with Brunson Bridges
00:27:05and Anobi and Robinson.
00:27:07Extra.
00:27:07And Anobi love.
00:27:08Robinson slam.
00:27:20And he's fouled.
00:27:22He has been fielding himself
00:27:24once he gets downhill.
00:27:28He's been fielding himself
00:27:29like Mack Dre.
00:27:29But if you watch the Knicks
00:27:33side to side.
00:27:34Mitchell Robinson started that play
00:27:35and he finished it.
00:27:37Nice pass by OG.
00:27:39And right now the Knicks
00:27:41are playing a simple game.
00:27:42They're connected on defense.
00:27:43They're sharing the ball in office.
00:27:45They're not doing anything special.
00:27:46They're just connected
00:27:47and playing as a true team
00:27:48and finding success.
00:27:50Meanwhile, Atlanta was so keen
00:27:52on ball movement
00:27:54equaling body movement
00:27:56against the defense
00:27:57like the Knicks
00:27:57as Landry Shamit
00:27:58will check in for New York.
00:28:00McCollum back on the floor
00:28:01now for Atlanta.
00:28:04Why haven't they
00:28:05executed at that level yet?
00:28:07What's New York doing defensively
00:28:08that's really restricting it?
00:28:09They're in your face
00:28:10and they're playing
00:28:11possession basketball
00:28:12even defensively.
00:28:13They're not trying to give up
00:28:14an inch or any kind of room
00:28:16for the Hawks to get comfortable.
00:28:18And you can see right now
00:28:19especially with Jalen Johnson
00:28:20not being in any rhythm.
00:28:22Meanwhile, bad news for Atlanta.
00:28:24Nakheel Alexander-Walker
00:28:25just walked back to the locker room.
00:28:27So they already lost Mo Gay
00:28:29earlier in this first quarter.
00:28:30Now, the potential most improved
00:28:31player in the NBA.
00:28:33Lost for the time being.
00:28:34And a no-bee!
00:28:38OG, Ken Skye!
00:28:43McCollum, the silencer!
00:28:46And he just runs back so cool
00:28:48like this is what I do.
00:28:50But OG, he was on G.
00:28:53Oh, the way he got up.
00:28:55Had that jetpack on that champ.
00:28:59Eight-point ball game.
00:29:01Another lob.
00:29:01And another slam!
00:29:03It's Robinson time in New York.
00:29:05They're playing Planet Rock
00:29:07and got the Garden Rockin' right now.
00:29:09They are rockin' and rollin'
00:29:11to Nick.
00:29:14Nine assists already for New York
00:29:16in this first quarter
00:29:17and a foul's gonna be called.
00:29:18Shamit trying to fight over
00:29:20for the screen of McCollum.
00:29:28Watch Jalen Brunson
00:29:30get down here and throw it up.
00:29:33Robinson
00:29:35finishing that
00:29:36with no problems.
00:29:38And now good news.
00:29:40Nikhil Alexander-Walker
00:29:41checking back into the game.
00:29:42So, quick break to the back.
00:29:44And get back out there.
00:29:46He'll replace Gabe Vincent
00:29:47who has been a really steady vet
00:29:49for this team.
00:29:49A guy who's played in the finals,
00:29:50played well in the NBA Finals.
00:29:52That included 23 points
00:29:54in Game 2.
00:29:54The lone win in 2023
00:29:56for Miami
00:29:57against the Nuggets.
00:29:59But this is where
00:30:00having a C.J. McCollum
00:30:01and a Kamingo
00:30:03who's a fearless scorer.
00:30:04That's gonna be an offensive foul
00:30:05on Mitchell Robinson.
00:30:07And look out.
00:30:08Dyson Daniels
00:30:09didn't like the fact
00:30:09that he walked over the top of him.
00:30:11And now they could get into it.
00:30:12Robinson has been known
00:30:13to certainly be willing.
00:30:15Kamingo has been waiting
00:30:16for an opportunity here.
00:30:18And Enobi gets in the middle
00:30:19and they separate everybody quickly.
00:30:22And who's the first coach
00:30:23for the Knicks off the bench, Jamal?
00:30:25You know who it is.
00:30:26That'd be Rick Brunson.
00:30:27Yes, it is.
00:30:29But you know what?
00:30:29He got his guys over there with him.
00:30:31I see Sprewell,
00:30:32can be Larry Johnson,
00:30:33Starks, Pat Ewing.
00:30:34He got some backup as well.
00:30:37Take a look.
00:30:37This is the issue
00:30:38that Daniels had
00:30:39walk over the top
00:30:40like he was
00:30:42Scottie Pippen
00:30:43after a slam.
00:30:44You know that.
00:30:46Dyson did not like it.
00:30:48Moving on the floor
00:30:48is an offensive foul on Robinson
00:30:50and then the altercation
00:30:51will be reviewed.
00:30:52It's the second foul
00:30:53on Mitchell Robinson
00:30:55which Mike Brown
00:30:57went to that double
00:30:57big lineup after
00:30:58the issue with
00:31:00Mo Gay going
00:31:01to the locker room.
00:31:02Now Tony Bradley
00:31:03getting the early minutes
00:31:04for Atlanta as a result.
00:31:06We'll see what they
00:31:07eventually come to here.
00:31:08It was Daniels
00:31:09who got up
00:31:09and took exception
00:31:10that Robinson
00:31:11certainly didn't like
00:31:12the fact that he
00:31:13started chirping back.
00:31:14Take another look
00:31:14at the entire sequence.
00:31:16Push.
00:31:17Offensive foul called.
00:31:18Robinson says
00:31:19I'll just
00:31:20make my way over the top.
00:31:22Daniels says
00:31:23don't do that.
00:31:24Robinson says
00:31:25I don't care.
00:31:26I'll continue.
00:31:27I think that's exactly
00:31:28what he just said.
00:31:29And he said
00:31:29I will you know what.
00:31:31Yes.
00:31:31Yes.
00:31:32I wasn't going to go there
00:31:33but I'm glad you did.
00:31:34We got to go there.
00:31:34We got to.
00:31:35We're in the garden.
00:31:37Robinson could have
00:31:38went a couple
00:31:39different ways.
00:31:40He said I'm going
00:31:41to go this route.
00:31:42Daniels took a step to it.
00:31:43The issue here is that
00:31:44Daniels did make contact
00:31:46with an official
00:31:47as the altercation
00:31:48was going on.
00:31:49If you go further
00:31:50into the altercation
00:31:51it looked like Daniels
00:31:52had made a little bit
00:31:53of contact.
00:31:53Just that initial scuffle
00:31:54it's playoff basketball.
00:31:56You feel like tempers
00:31:57are flying high
00:31:57and emotions
00:31:58certainly running wild.
00:32:00And Robinson also
00:32:02made contact
00:32:02with an official
00:32:03so we'll see
00:32:04if either of those guys
00:32:05maybe they give them
00:32:06a double technical
00:32:07as a result.
00:32:09But this is what
00:32:09you want to see.
00:32:10Certainly if you're Atlanta
00:32:11they felt like they got
00:32:12punched in the mouth
00:32:12in the second half
00:32:13of game one
00:32:14and Quinn Snyder
00:32:15was intrigued to see
00:32:16how his youthful
00:32:17in terms of playoff
00:32:18experience team
00:32:19would respond here
00:32:20in game two.
00:32:20Well as a young team
00:32:21you have to fight.
00:32:22You have to fight
00:32:22for everything
00:32:23every single time
00:32:24down the court.
00:32:25Good.
00:32:26After review
00:32:27the act of Robinson
00:32:28walking over his opponent
00:32:30is unsportsmanlike
00:32:31and it is a single
00:32:32technical foul on Mitchell
00:32:33Robinson.
00:32:33One shot for Atlanta.
00:32:37So Robinson's going to be
00:32:38called for the tee
00:32:39just for the walkover
00:32:40over the top of Dyson
00:32:41Daniels.
00:32:45So two personal fouls
00:32:47now a tee on Mitch
00:32:49and they're making sure
00:32:50that he's all square
00:32:52on the Knicks bench.
00:32:56He's in the mode right now.
00:32:58He has the beard going.
00:32:59He has the fresh out the
00:33:03look going.
00:33:06He's ready.
00:33:07He is.
00:33:07He's in playoff mode.
00:33:08Yes he is.
00:33:09We've seen him in playoff
00:33:10mode.
00:33:11He is a beast on the boards.
00:33:13Already has caught a couple
00:33:14of lobs.
00:33:15Alexander Walker does
00:33:16convert on the tee.
00:33:18And already some physicality
00:33:20between these two teams.
00:33:21playoff basketball.
00:33:22You talked about it.
00:33:23Just understanding that
00:33:25you know it's going to be
00:33:25a physical battle every
00:33:27single position out there.
00:33:28The officials are going to
00:33:29let you play just a little
00:33:30bit more still within reason.
00:33:32But these two teams
00:33:33feeling it early here in
00:33:34game two.
00:33:34And this has to be the
00:33:35mental adjustment you make.
00:33:36You have to come in on
00:33:38this energy.
00:33:39When they say keep that
00:33:40same energy this is what
00:33:41they're talking about.
00:33:42The Hawks and Knicks are
00:33:44establishing that tonight
00:33:45in this first quarter.
00:33:46Johnson, Alexander Walker,
00:33:48McCollum, Daniels, and
00:33:49Kaminga are the five on the
00:33:50ball with Robinson now on the
00:33:51bench.
00:33:52No town.
00:33:53So small ball on the other
00:33:54side for New York as well.
00:33:55Schammett, McBride, Brunson,
00:33:56Hart, and Annanoby.
00:33:58McCollum wants to go to work
00:33:59on McBride.
00:34:00An excellent on-ball defender.
00:34:01Got screened away.
00:34:03Over the top.
00:34:03Comes up short.
00:34:04And Hart has another rebound.
00:34:06That's his sixth board in this
00:34:07first quarter.
00:34:09At six foot four.
00:34:11Yes.
00:34:11At 14 in game one.
00:34:15Brunson drives.
00:34:17Brunson finishes.
00:34:19Good finish right there by
00:34:20Dylan Brunson.
00:34:23Took that two for one as well
00:34:24with a ten second difference
00:34:25shot clock and game clock.
00:34:27Bouncing on the back door.
00:34:28Alexander Walker extra.
00:34:29It's Kaminga.
00:34:30But he can't hit the three.
00:34:32And Annanoby has it.
00:34:34Knicks will hold for one here.
00:34:37Oh, nearly ripped by Daniels.
00:34:3914 seconds remaining in this
00:34:40first quarter.
00:34:42Knicks led by as many as 11.
00:34:44Looking to push that even
00:34:46further potentially here.
00:34:48Brunson with five in this
00:34:49first quarter.
00:34:50Three seconds left.
00:34:51Brunson going to work.
00:34:52Two seconds left.
00:34:53He'll put it up.
00:34:54And he comes up short.
00:34:55The Knicks led by as many as
00:34:5711.
00:34:57They're up by nine as we head
00:34:59to the second.
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00:35:06Harbury shades on and ready to
00:35:08go here at MSG as we check in
00:35:09with Jordan.
00:35:10Yeah, Nick's smiling.
00:35:11Very different vibe, though,
00:35:12in the Hawks huddle.
00:35:13It was really fascinating
00:35:14stuff coming from Nikhil
00:35:15Alexander Walker, who's back
00:35:17in the game, was a little
00:35:18banged up, but he was
00:35:18pleading passionately to his
00:35:20guys saying, we've got to
00:35:22be, we almost had one there,
00:35:23we've got to be tougher.
00:35:24We can't be this type of
00:35:26physical.
00:35:27It will not get it done for us.
00:35:29We've got to be smart, but
00:35:30guys, we've got to fight.
00:35:32You know, Jamal, it's really
00:35:32interesting to me in the
00:35:33regular season, I had these
00:35:35two teams.
00:35:35This is wildly different in
00:35:37terms of the physicality from
00:35:39what we saw at the end of the
00:35:40regular season.
00:35:40And that was an adjustment for
00:35:41me when I first went to the
00:35:42playoffs.
00:35:43I really struggled until my
00:35:44friend said, Maul, you've got
00:35:45to think about it like this.
00:35:46We're playing the 15 in the
00:35:48summer.
00:35:49It's 14-14, how that last
00:35:51possession is.
00:35:52That's every single possession
00:35:53of the playoffs.
00:35:54You have to bring a different
00:35:55fight.
00:35:56You have to be willing to fight
00:35:57in a good way for your team.
00:35:59Every single possession.
00:36:00Whoever does that the
00:36:01longest usually is the winner.
00:36:03Friendships end on game
00:36:04point.
00:36:04Literally.
00:36:06No more talking, it's over
00:36:07with.
00:36:09And you're lucky they took the
00:36:10camera off.
00:36:10I was going to ask you who was
00:36:11the best player over there,
00:36:12just straight talent, when they
00:36:13showed that next.
00:36:13See that now, I don't even have
00:36:14to answer.
00:36:15See, I know.
00:36:15This is great.
00:36:15We'll get back to it.
00:36:16Jordan mentioned the
00:36:17physicality for Atlanta,
00:36:18something that Quinn Snyder was
00:36:20looking for.
00:36:20He gets Corey Kisberg in the
00:36:22game to start this second
00:36:23quarter and felt like just
00:36:25thought a little bit more of
00:36:26a mature physicality, age-wise,
00:36:28experience-wise, obviously can
00:36:29shoot it from three, than what
00:36:31Zachary Reza Shea does in a
00:36:32playoff setting as a young
00:36:33player, believes he's going to
00:36:35be a really good NBA player,
00:36:36just isn't quite ready for the
00:36:38road environment yet here.
00:36:40Oh, what a shot at the end of
00:36:41the clock for Kaminga.
00:36:43We know he won't have any
00:36:44problem getting up shots.
00:36:46If they make, miss, or
00:36:48indifferent, he has a certain
00:36:49confidence to him.
00:36:50They're going to need it
00:36:50tonight, especially with
00:36:51Johnson, a little out of
00:36:52rhythm.
00:36:53Jordan Clarkson on the floor
00:36:54for the first time for New
00:36:55York, along with Andanobi,
00:36:56Shamit, McBride, and
00:36:58Robinson.
00:36:59Here is McBride, the cross on
00:37:01McCollum, outside for Shamit.
00:37:03Six to shoot.
00:37:03Oh, he lost his foot and he
00:37:04gets down hard.
00:37:06Hit the back of his head and
00:37:07he is down.
00:37:08It's a five on four.
00:37:08That's a long ball and it
00:37:09goes down for Alexander
00:37:11Walker.
00:37:12Shamit luckily is on his feet
00:37:14and boy, that did not look
00:37:15good for a guy who dealt with
00:37:17shoulder issues most of last
00:37:19season and part of this season.
00:37:21Watch the way his feet just
00:37:23gave out and, yeah, he hits his
00:37:24back directly on the court.
00:37:26Yeah, that did not look good
00:37:28whatsoever.
00:37:29Wadded these up because it
00:37:31could have been much worse
00:37:31with those shoes.
00:37:36Looked like, fortunately, his
00:37:38head actually did not get the
00:37:40majority of that blow.
00:37:42Didn't make the direct contact
00:37:43with the court.
00:37:45And Mike Brown just had so many
00:37:47great things to say about
00:37:48Landry Shamit through this
00:37:49season, about the
00:37:50professionalism and his IQ as a
00:37:52basketball player.
00:37:53He's been in the playoffs with a
00:37:55number of teams as Kaminga jumped
00:37:56the passing lane and knocks it
00:37:58out of bounds.
00:37:58He thought that it was last
00:37:59touched by Ananobi.
00:38:00Quinn Snyder is looking back
00:38:02potentially at his bench to see
00:38:03if he's correct.
00:38:05And he is not.
00:38:07Just keep playing.
00:38:09But Kaminga is bringing a
00:38:10certain level of physicality.
00:38:11He's matching the physicality
00:38:13that the Knicks are providing.
00:38:15And that's why he's getting more
00:38:16successful.
00:38:16Oh, a strip by McCullough.
00:38:18Three on one the other way.
00:38:19Alexander Walker to Kispert for
00:38:21the deuce.
00:38:22That's who the Hawks are.
00:38:23They get stopped.
00:38:24They go on a run.
00:38:277-0 run to be exact.
00:38:29To get it to within three.
00:38:31Now their defense is picked up.
00:38:34Good ball movement ends with Ananobi.
00:38:37McBride with 10 to shoot.
00:38:39Shamit goes to set the screen.
00:38:43Shamit's going to have to work on
00:38:44Kispert.
00:38:44Shooter on shooter.
00:38:46In and out.
00:38:47Long rebound.
00:38:48Ricochets into the backcourt.
00:38:50And McBride does corral it just in
00:38:53time before it would be a backcourt
00:38:55violation.
00:38:57McBride in and out.
00:38:59McCullough on the run.
00:39:01Atlanta has not led so far in this
00:39:03game.
00:39:04Battling back in the early second here
00:39:06with Brunson and Towns on the bench.
00:39:09Kaminga hands it off.
00:39:11McCullough on Clarkson.
00:39:12Oh, Kaminga was open momentarily.
00:39:14That's way downtown.
00:39:15Too strong from Kispert.
00:39:16Offensive board.
00:39:19Alexander Walker a quiet first
00:39:20quarter.
00:39:21Same with Jalen Johnson who's on
00:39:22the bench.
00:39:22Alexander Walker lost it.
00:39:24Poked around to the hands of
00:39:25Kispert.
00:39:25Five on four.
00:39:27Who's the open man?
00:39:28Deep shot.
00:39:29McCullough is short.
00:39:30Long rebound out of bounds.
00:39:31When you're watching the Knicks
00:39:33defense, it is so hard right now
00:39:34for the Hawks to get any breathing
00:39:36room.
00:39:37Everything's under duress and
00:39:38that's why for them getting in
00:39:39transition, getting those easy
00:39:40baskets, it's going to keep them
00:39:42close and give them a shot.
00:39:44At winning this game, they have to
00:39:46do it on the defensive end.
00:39:47Their defensive runs are almost
00:39:49like creating another star
00:39:50player.
00:39:52It's been their calling card over
00:39:53the last couple of years,
00:39:54certainly under Tom Thibodeau,
00:39:55but their defensive rating this
00:39:57year is still top ten in the NBA.
00:39:59Seventh in the league in
00:40:00defensive rating.
00:40:01Fifth in points allowed per game.
00:40:02Fifth in field goal percentage
00:40:04allowed per game.
00:40:07second in steals allowed as Robinson
00:40:10cleans up his own mess.
00:40:14Robinson put a little jelly on
00:40:15that one.
00:40:17The spin finish.
00:40:18I thought he was only jammed.
00:40:20This guy just goes right to the
00:40:22rack.
00:40:22Tony Bradley with the easy finish.
00:40:25Right now, the Hawks are finding
00:40:27the side pick and roll after they
00:40:28go side to side with movement.
00:40:30It's making the Knicks defense move
00:40:31a little bit and giving them some
00:40:32room.
00:40:33Oh, the lazy pass.
00:40:34McCollum is all alone.
00:40:36And he'll rise up with a slam.
00:40:39CJ can still get up.
00:40:41And the Hawks are within one.
00:40:43Timeout New York.
00:40:47The defense by the Hawks
00:40:50allows CJ to get up.
00:40:52The Hawks are back in this thing.
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00:41:06Well, Atlanta has brought this back
00:41:07on an 11-2 run.
00:41:09Feels like the vibes have improved.
00:41:11What do you say, Jordan Cornett?
00:41:13Very insightful, CJ McCollum
00:41:15talking about diving into his
00:41:17playoff experience.
00:41:18This is a guy with a load of a
00:41:2013-year NBA career.
00:41:21And he said, look, the Garden,
00:41:22it's going to provide a challenge,
00:41:23but it's whatever you make of it.
00:41:25Obviously, it has history.
00:41:26It's a Garden.
00:41:26It's the celebrities.
00:41:27It's all those things.
00:41:29It's still basketball.
00:41:30We have a game plan.
00:41:31We've been playing at a high level.
00:41:33It's going to change from
00:41:34quarter to quarter.
00:41:34Got to be steady with our
00:41:35counters and just go out there
00:41:37and play our games.
00:41:38Right now, the Hawks seem to be
00:41:40doing exactly that.
00:41:41Yeah, they're 5-of-8 in this
00:41:43second quarter.
00:41:43The Knicks just 1-for-4
00:41:45and a chance for their first lead
00:41:46in style.
00:41:48Comigo with a swipe and slam.
00:41:52That's the Hawks' best offense.
00:41:54They can get those steals
00:41:55and be aggressive.
00:41:56They get uncontested baskets.
00:41:5913-2 run.
00:42:01Clarkson on the fend-off on Vincent.
00:42:03And he'll go to the free-throw line.
00:42:08We talked about Kaminga earlier
00:42:09and how aggressive he is
00:42:10on both ends of the court.
00:42:12Playing the passing lanes.
00:42:14Clear for takeoff.
00:42:17He just got up.
00:42:20So easy for him.
00:42:21Yeah, it was effortless.
00:42:22Looked like a jet taking off, right?
00:42:23And his balance is ridiculous.
00:42:25Quinn Snyder certainly liking
00:42:27what he sees.
00:42:28And now Mike Brown,
00:42:29for the first time in the series,
00:42:29is going to get Jose Alvarado
00:42:31onto the floor.
00:42:33Let's take a look at the upcoming
00:42:33playoff schedule tomorrow
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00:42:37First round.
00:42:38Philly at Boston.
00:42:39Game 2 at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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00:42:42It is Portland and San Antonio
00:42:44at 8 Eastern.
00:42:45Houston and the Lakers at 10.30.
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00:42:51And I love what Mike Brown
00:42:52had to say about Jose Alvarado
00:42:53who makes an immediate impact
00:42:55with a foul on the floor
00:42:57as he tried to poke that ball
00:42:58away initially.
00:43:00And it's going to be Vincent
00:43:00picking up another one.
00:43:02But we asked him,
00:43:03he didn't play in game one.
00:43:04These are the hustle plays
00:43:05that you expect from
00:43:06Grand Theft Alvarado.
00:43:08He didn't play in game one.
00:43:09He was out of the rotation
00:43:10for that win, 113-102.
00:43:13But he was so active on the bench
00:43:15and Mike Brown said,
00:43:15because he's so locked into the game,
00:43:17I know if I call his number,
00:43:18he's going to be ready.
00:43:19He's going to provide something
00:43:20right off the rim.
00:43:21Right on cue.
00:43:22He gets to it.
00:43:23He is the people's champ.
00:43:25Good pass to Josh Hart in the corner.
00:43:27Doesn't hit on the three.
00:43:30Jose plays like everybody would
00:43:32if they got the opportunity
00:43:33to play in the NBA.
00:43:34Like, I dream about playing out there.
00:43:35He plays with that kind of focus.
00:43:37He says it all the time.
00:43:37He is so blessed to have
00:43:39this opportunity.
00:43:39He just wants to make the most of it
00:43:41as Alexander Walker's off the mark.
00:43:42And Hart collects his seventh rebound
00:43:44of this first half.
00:43:46He'll attack on Kispert.
00:43:47Fendon, no.
00:43:48Rebound on Robinson.
00:43:53Doing what he does best.
00:43:54Look at the Hawks
00:43:54trying to strike fast.
00:43:56And it's Alexander Walker
00:43:58circling his way into the paint.
00:43:59And he kicked it out.
00:44:00What a lie.
00:44:01Out of bounds.
00:44:04But I like what he was thinking.
00:44:06He was thinking the Knicks
00:44:07have been so good defensively
00:44:08we have to try to score
00:44:10before they set up.
00:44:12But Josh Hart,
00:44:14even with him missing
00:44:15that last basket
00:44:16allowed Mitchell Robinson
00:44:17to get great positioning
00:44:18to get the offensive rebound.
00:44:20Jalen Johnson's back on the floor.
00:44:21He and Nikhil Alexander Walker
00:44:23in the regular season
00:44:24combined to average
00:44:2843 points per game.
00:44:29So far in this game
00:44:30they've got a combined five.
00:44:33Five minutes gone here
00:44:34in the second.
00:44:35It's McBride.
00:44:37Long rebound
00:44:38and it's Trekk
00:44:38down by Clarkson.
00:44:40Into the paint.
00:44:41Clarkson bakes it home.
00:44:43Way to play off
00:44:44two feet right there
00:44:45by Jordan Clarkson.
00:44:46And to your point,
00:44:47Noah, I'm sure
00:44:48if the Hawks said
00:44:49he's got to have five points
00:44:50but we'll be down four
00:44:51in the second quarter
00:44:52on the road.
00:44:52We'll take it.
00:44:54But another deflection
00:44:55by Robinson.
00:44:56And it's scooped up
00:44:57by McBride.
00:44:58It's an eighth turnover
00:44:59for Atlanta.
00:45:00On the fast break.
00:45:01Hart.
00:45:02Back.
00:45:03Robinson couldn't finish
00:45:04but a foul.
00:45:08And you can see
00:45:09Jose Alvarado
00:45:10just hyping his teammates up
00:45:12with all the little
00:45:13hustle plays.
00:45:14Watch the hustle
00:45:15right here
00:45:16by Clarkson.
00:45:17And he knows
00:45:18how to get a bucket.
00:45:19Plays off of two feet.
00:45:20Gets inside.
00:45:21Goes off the window.
00:45:24Look at this guy.
00:45:25Energizer bunny.
00:45:27Didn't play in game one.
00:45:28Didn't sulk.
00:45:29Didn't put his head down.
00:45:31Just said
00:45:32when my opportunity comes
00:45:33I'll be ready.
00:45:34He didn't play a lot.
00:45:35Just about two minutes.
00:45:36Just not even two minutes.
00:45:38He's going to go back
00:45:39to the bench
00:45:40and again
00:45:41a hero
00:45:41in his home city.
00:45:42And he got Fat Joe
00:45:43off his feet.
00:45:44I saw those diamonds
00:45:45and that bling come out.
00:45:46You're saying he went
00:45:47all the way up?
00:45:49Remix.
00:45:52Don't miss your chance
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00:46:03Well you heard the response
00:46:04for the made free throw.
00:46:06Mitchell Robinson
00:46:06shot it at 40.8%
00:46:08in the regular season.
00:46:10And he brings
00:46:11so much to the table.
00:46:13Every free throw
00:46:13he makes is a plus, right?
00:46:14He just, he does
00:46:15some of everything.
00:46:17The Knicks already
00:46:18in the bonus
00:46:18the rest of the way.
00:46:19They take one out of two
00:46:21but it's out of bounds
00:46:22off Kaminga.
00:46:23Look, he even misses
00:46:23the right way.
00:46:24He knows how to get
00:46:25another possession
00:46:26for his team.
00:46:28He'll go to the bench.
00:46:29Towns will officially
00:46:30check back in
00:46:31and here's the ovation.
00:46:40Robinson exits the game
00:46:42as the leading scorer
00:46:43tonight with 11 points
00:46:44off the bench.
00:46:45See that's the ovation
00:46:46you thought I was
00:46:46going to get
00:46:47but I did.
00:46:48I expected you
00:46:49to get that ovation.
00:46:51Bronson couldn't
00:46:52get the angle
00:46:52but Clarkson does.
00:46:56What a response.
00:46:578-0 run
00:46:58after Atlanta
00:46:59took their first lead.
00:47:00Scores know how to score.
00:47:01Clarkson getting it done
00:47:02different ways.
00:47:04Giving the Knicks
00:47:05some energy.
00:47:05Triple.
00:47:09And the Hawks
00:47:10leaning on their veterans.
00:47:11CJ McCollum
00:47:12Kaminga's been in big games
00:47:13and now Dave Vincent
00:47:15knocking it on
00:47:16a big time two-pointer.
00:47:17Mike Brown coached
00:47:18Vincent with the
00:47:18Nigerian national team
00:47:20where he's the head coach
00:47:20and said that was
00:47:22as smart a pickup
00:47:22as any of them
00:47:23at the trade deadline
00:47:24as Daniels forces
00:47:25the turnover.
00:47:26Get it up ahead.
00:47:27It's Johnson.
00:47:28Kaminga was running
00:47:28with him.
00:47:29New York recovers.
00:47:30Open look.
00:47:31Vincent again.
00:47:31Can't hit that time.
00:47:34That was a good pass
00:47:35by Johnson
00:47:36but that's one of
00:47:36the only times
00:47:37he had a one-on-one
00:47:38situation where he has
00:47:39to try to take advantage.
00:47:40He's going through
00:47:40the evolution
00:47:41of what it's like
00:47:42to be the guy.
00:47:44And being the guy
00:47:45in the playoffs
00:47:46on the road at MSG
00:47:47no easy task.
00:47:49Four-point game
00:47:50approaching five
00:47:50to play in the second.
00:47:51Blunson felt the contact
00:47:52and puts it home.
00:47:53The hoop and harm.
00:48:00He is just so crafty.
00:48:03He always knows
00:48:03what to do
00:48:04and when to do it.
00:48:05He can feel
00:48:05the pressure
00:48:06felt the contact.
00:48:10And the captain
00:48:11has a chance
00:48:12at a three-point play.
00:48:1526 points
00:48:16per game
00:48:16this season.
00:48:17His assist numbers
00:48:18really uptick
00:48:19after the All-Star break.
00:48:22He averaged
00:48:228.3 assists
00:48:24per game
00:48:25post-All-Star.
00:48:26The Knicks this season
00:48:27when he had
00:48:27eight or more assists
00:48:28went 21-10
00:48:29and so far in this game
00:48:30already up to four
00:48:31in just 13 minutes.
00:48:32And I felt that
00:48:33Coach Brown used him
00:48:34like Iverson
00:48:35was used by Larry Brown
00:48:37back in the day
00:48:37when they went on that
00:48:38finals run.
00:48:38They got him off the ball
00:48:39more and more Iverson cuts.
00:48:41Had people around him
00:48:43that complimented him so well
00:48:44it seems like
00:48:45Jalen Brunson
00:48:46is so comfortable
00:48:47right now.
00:48:50Brunson can't
00:48:51convert on the
00:48:51three-point play.
00:48:52Atlanta down by six.
00:48:54Johnson trying to find
00:48:55some space.
00:48:56Daniels
00:48:57spray it.
00:48:58Okongel had a block
00:48:59on the outside.
00:49:00Johnson trying to get
00:49:01there first
00:49:01but a foul is going
00:49:02to be called
00:49:03on a loose ball.
00:49:07Towns is battling
00:49:07underneath
00:49:08and Enobi had
00:49:09that closeout
00:49:11and with five
00:49:12on the shot clock
00:49:12a bailout for Atlanta.
00:49:14Good block right there
00:49:15by O.G.
00:49:16He covered a lot of ground.
00:49:19And the foul
00:49:20happened underneath
00:49:20the basket right there
00:49:23by the Knicks.
00:49:25And they're going to
00:49:25call it on Towns.
00:49:26It'll be his second.
00:49:27Meanwhile the second block
00:49:29for Ananobi
00:49:30here tonight.
00:49:33Alexander Walker
00:49:34will pull
00:49:34and hit him a three.
00:49:37And he throws his hand
00:49:38to the sky
00:49:38and say thank you.
00:49:41Right there
00:49:41good pick and roll play.
00:49:43They got Brunson
00:49:44in action
00:49:44had him play
00:49:45against the closeout.
00:49:46Alexander Walker
00:49:47got a clean look.
00:49:49Just his second
00:49:49field goal here tonight.
00:49:52Back to a three-point game.
00:49:54Brunson
00:49:54does not have
00:49:55the response
00:49:56and it's pulled down
00:49:57by Daniels
00:49:59looking to run.
00:50:00Okongwu long stride
00:50:01right into Ananobi
00:50:02and he's fouled.
00:50:04Ananobi
00:50:05is going to pick up
00:50:05his second.
00:50:10Washington to kill
00:50:11three-pointer.
00:50:11Good pick and roll
00:50:12with C.J. McCollum.
00:50:14Has Brunson playing
00:50:15against the closeout.
00:50:16Takes left,
00:50:17goes right,
00:50:17knocks out a three-pointer.
00:50:21Getting in transition.
00:50:22This is who the Hawks are.
00:50:23This is going to give them
00:50:24the chance
00:50:26to be in this game.
00:50:27Looks like Rick Brunson
00:50:28was telling Mike Brown
00:50:29to potentially challenge it
00:50:31but they talked it over
00:50:32and decided against it
00:50:33and save that challenge
00:50:34for later in this game
00:50:36as Okongwu goes
00:50:37to the free throw line.
00:50:41So Okongwu
00:50:42seven points
00:50:43and three rebounds.
00:50:44They got six minutes
00:50:45out of Tony Bradley
00:50:46off the bench
00:50:47and in those six minutes
00:50:48Atlanta outscored
00:50:49New York by eight points.
00:50:51I would say
00:50:51that's great
00:50:52for the plus-minus.
00:50:53Yes.
00:50:53That one knocked up.
00:50:55Oh, we nearly had a sitter.
00:50:57A game two sitter.
00:50:59That's a good omen
00:51:00for the rest of the series
00:51:01if it happens.
00:51:02You were definitely
00:51:02hoping for that.
00:51:03I was right.
00:51:03That's the second best thing
00:51:05to a wedgie.
00:51:08Let's see whose ball it is
00:51:10is the real question.
00:51:10It'll be Hawks ball.
00:51:12So a chance to tie
00:51:13or take the lead
00:51:14for Atlanta.
00:51:14Still feels like
00:51:15they've left
00:51:18opportunities
00:51:18and haven't played
00:51:20at their top level yet
00:51:21and you look at them
00:51:22still within two.
00:51:23Their best player
00:51:24hasn't got the field goal yet.
00:51:25He's still playing
00:51:26in thought
00:51:27versus just playing the game.
00:51:290 for 3
00:51:30from the floor
00:51:31for Jalen Johnson
00:51:32with just two points.
00:51:33Alexander Walker
00:51:35on the attack.
00:51:36Had it rejected.
00:51:37Towns sent it
00:51:38back out of bounds.
00:51:42Shot clock violation
00:51:43and a turnover.
00:51:45Good defense right there
00:51:47by the big fella
00:51:49Carl Anthony Towns
00:51:50and he has to get
00:51:52through this quarter
00:51:52him and OG
00:51:53without picking up
00:51:54that third foul
00:51:55because that will be
00:51:56devastating for the Knicks
00:51:58and for the Hawks.
00:51:59They try to have to
00:51:59string some runs together
00:52:01see if they can get
00:52:01three stops in a row
00:52:02to keep this momentum.
00:52:04But Jamal,
00:52:04we've heard Mike Brown
00:52:05talk about Carl Anthony Towns
00:52:06defensively through the season.
00:52:07He told us before the game
00:52:08it's all about want to with him.
00:52:10When he wants to
00:52:11he can be an excellent defender.
00:52:12Another example there
00:52:13with a second block
00:52:14as Okongwu is going to
00:52:16pick up foul number two
00:52:17as well.
00:52:17So he's now going to be
00:52:18in that same situation.
00:52:24And Anobi will go
00:52:25to the free throw line
00:52:26for his fifth
00:52:27and sixth attempts
00:52:28of this first half.
00:52:30Four points,
00:52:30three rebounds,
00:52:31one assist,
00:52:32two steals,
00:52:32and two blocks
00:52:33in 14 minutes of action
00:52:35for OG.
00:52:40The first Saturday in May.
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00:52:44The Kentucky Derby
00:52:45where the real photo op
00:52:46is at the finish line
00:52:47May 2nd on NBC and Pica.
00:52:51Talk about high fashion.
00:52:53Fat Joe coming.
00:52:54That's just sparkling.
00:52:55That was unbelievable.
00:52:56That's not ice.
00:52:57That's a full ice cap.
00:52:59That's that new Joe and Jada podcast.
00:53:01That's that new money.
00:53:02That's right.
00:53:03Yeah, maybe we should
00:53:04start a podcast.
00:53:04Whenever you're ready.
00:53:06Whenever you're ready.
00:53:07All right, we'll talk
00:53:07about it after the game.
00:53:10McCollum step away.
00:53:11Connects on the three.
00:53:14And this is why
00:53:15bets matter, right?
00:53:16McCollum was able
00:53:17to help the Hawks
00:53:18weather the storm
00:53:19when they couldn't score.
00:53:20Scoring timely baskets.
00:53:22He's rolling right now.
00:53:23He's got a game-high 12
00:53:25on the attack.
00:53:26Brunson kick it out.
00:53:27It's Ananobi.
00:53:29Short on the three.
00:53:30McCollum up.
00:53:30And it's going to be
00:53:31staying here.
00:53:32It's going to be a loose
00:53:33ball foul against
00:53:34McCollum instead
00:53:35and free throws
00:53:35for the Knicks
00:53:36and the bonus.
00:53:40CJ McCollum
00:53:41just dancing off
00:53:42that pick and roll.
00:53:42Going left.
00:53:44Hard jab step.
00:53:44That looks like
00:53:45Dame Lillard
00:53:46who was like his big brother
00:53:47when he was playing
00:53:48in Portland.
00:53:49And then the push-off
00:53:50by CJ.
00:53:51That looks like me
00:53:51when I play
00:53:52in the old men's league.
00:53:55Yeah.
00:53:56Yeah, I'm not jumping
00:53:57at the rebound.
00:53:57You know what?
00:53:58At least you're in there
00:53:59giving effort.
00:54:00That's what matters.
00:54:01I can't move no more
00:54:01like I used to.
00:54:02It's like when people
00:54:03don't like the gift
00:54:04that someone gave them
00:54:05and say,
00:54:05well, it's the thought
00:54:06that counts.
00:54:07It's not good
00:54:07when the old man
00:54:08looks at you like,
00:54:09you're supposed to be
00:54:09doing something out here.
00:54:10You're the NBA guy.
00:54:11I said, no, that was years ago.
00:54:12Yeah.
00:54:12Yeah.
00:54:12Meanwhile, Hart
00:54:14will attempt the 15th free throw
00:54:16of this first half
00:54:17for New York.
00:54:17But it's been pretty even
00:54:18in that category.
00:54:1912 attempts
00:54:20for Atlanta so far.
00:54:22These were actually
00:54:22two of the bottom
00:54:23six teams
00:54:24in terms of free throws
00:54:26made per game
00:54:26this season.
00:54:28Hawks
00:54:28fifth worst.
00:54:30Knicks
00:54:30sixth worst.
00:54:32Both below 17
00:54:33makes a game.
00:54:36McCollum drives.
00:54:37Got shielded
00:54:38initially by Daniels.
00:54:40Johnson
00:54:40stopped by Hart.
00:54:41Eight to shoot
00:54:42now for Alexander Walker.
00:54:44Short roll for Johnson.
00:54:45Into Bridges
00:54:46and they're going to
00:54:47call the block.
00:54:48Two more free throws
00:54:49coming for Johnson.
00:54:50Bridges thought
00:54:51he beat him to the spot.
00:54:54And you love to see
00:54:55Brunson on the
00:54:55low man rotation.
00:54:56He came over.
00:54:57He's the last line of defense.
00:54:59Looks like he was there
00:55:01but Johnson avoiding him
00:55:03to get to that left side.
00:55:06Huh?
00:55:07Oh, that is...
00:55:08Yeah, I was close.
00:55:09It looked like he was there.
00:55:10And he was certainly
00:55:11out of the restriction
00:55:11area so Brunson nearly
00:55:13took his second charge
00:55:14of the night.
00:55:15Instead it's going to be
00:55:16Johnson with a chance
00:55:17to get a couple more
00:55:18points on the board.
00:55:19It's not just the lack
00:55:20of scoring so far
00:55:21for Jalen Johnson.
00:55:22Three points but only
00:55:23one rebound.
00:55:24He still does not have
00:55:25an assist in 14 minutes.
00:55:27Only three field goal
00:55:28attempts.
00:55:28And you can see
00:55:29from the very first
00:55:30possession Josh Hart
00:55:31was like I'm going to be
00:55:31here all night.
00:55:32And Hart is winning
00:55:34that battle.
00:55:35The internal battle.
00:55:36The game within the game
00:55:37because now he has
00:55:38Johnson second guessing
00:55:39some of what he's doing.
00:55:40Just his tenth playoff game
00:55:41but in the first eight
00:55:43of those nine
00:55:44he was an auxiliary piece
00:55:45as Hart got hit in the face.
00:55:47It'll be more free throws
00:55:48for New York
00:55:49with under three to play
00:55:50in a tie ball game.
00:55:58There was a challenge by Atlanta.
00:56:08See there they were trying to
00:56:10argue that Josh Hart actually
00:56:13delivers and holds on Dyson
00:56:17Daniels foul was initially
00:56:19called on Daniels which was
00:56:20his third foul.
00:56:21But the call does stand.
00:56:23So Daniels is going to have
00:56:24three personal fouls with
00:56:25258 left in a second.
00:56:27And more importantly
00:56:28Atlanta will not have a
00:56:29challenge the rest of the
00:56:29way in this game.
00:56:30And especially the way
00:56:31this game is going.
00:56:32It's been tight this first
00:56:34half a challenge could
00:56:36definitely come into play.
00:56:38So we'll see how that all
00:56:39comes together.
00:56:44Thank you to Zach Jarver
00:56:45for coming over to explain
00:56:46it to us so he must be special.
00:56:49He didn't come over when I
00:56:49was by myself.
00:56:50No that didn't work.
00:56:51No listen he's he's a broken
00:56:53guy initially so he's a New
00:56:55York guy living in New Jersey
00:56:57now so he's he's a local.
00:56:59You said it.
00:56:59He's feeling good.
00:57:00You know that's it.
00:57:02He's an excellent official
00:57:03I'll tell you that about the
00:57:03175th playoff game in his
00:57:0523rd season in the NBA.
00:57:07So with the unsuccessful
00:57:09challenge for Atlanta that
00:57:11now means that Hart will go to
00:57:13the free throw line again it'll
00:57:15be two more shots for New York
00:57:18who's been in the bonus for the
00:57:20majority of this second quarter.
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00:57:36If you're New York I think this
00:57:37is where you go inside the car
00:57:38of these hounds you're in the
00:57:39bonus he's only taken three
00:57:40three shots this far establish him
00:57:43inside again whether this storm
00:57:45with the Hawks making this run.
00:57:49Under three to play in the second
00:57:51Atlanta was down by as many as
00:57:5311 they took a one point lead
00:57:54earlier in this quarter and
00:57:56battled back after an 8-0 run in
00:57:58the response from New York pocket
00:58:00pass coming up through to open
00:58:03look Johnson can't hit it.
00:58:05Brunson looking to push part on
00:58:08the bounce walking that tightrope
00:58:11stayed inbounds part it's fouled
00:58:13again this time it's Johnson.
00:58:22Josh Hart walking the tightrope
00:58:25like Janelle Monae stayed inbounds
00:58:30and was rewarded getting to the
00:58:31free throw line no confirmation on
00:58:33his singing voice in that
00:58:34in comparison. But he will get
00:58:37another pair and Hart now up to 10
00:58:41points got 10.7 rebounds three
00:58:44assists in this first half. This is a
00:58:46guy that has 17 career regular
00:58:48season triple doubles has really
00:58:51expanded his game since coming over
00:58:53to New York now in his ninth season
00:58:54in the NBA 30 years old as the last
00:58:57pick of the first round back in 2017
00:58:59just fascinating for a lot of these
00:59:00guys who end up staying in college a
00:59:02couple years. Hart Bridges and of
00:59:05course Brunson all at Villanova all
00:59:06stayed for several years won
00:59:07championships together but were
00:59:10undervalued going into the draft
00:59:11because they weren't guys who were
00:59:13super young like a cominga who gets
00:59:15downhill but couldn't finish it was
00:59:17looking for a foul call when
00:59:18Snyder wasn't happy with a shot
00:59:19selection and that's why Jalen
00:59:22Brunson and the Knicks right now are
00:59:27doing what the Hawks do most people in
00:59:29the regular season they're beginning
00:59:30stops playing fast and getting going
00:59:33before the defense can set up McCullough
00:59:36gets it to go plus the foul CJ says it's
00:59:40okay once again he calms him down CJ has
00:59:46been here before you can tell slide to the
00:59:49left slide to the right and one opportunity
00:59:54for CJ McCullough 14 first half points
00:59:59for a guy who for the first time in a
01:00:01long time.
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