{"id":714973,"date":"2026-04-21T04:21:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714973\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T04:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:21:35","slug":"heroes-zeros-from-knicks-game-2-loss-to-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/714973\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes, zeros from Knicks&#8217; Game 2 loss to Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heroes and zeros from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/20\/sports\/knicks-collapse-in-stunning-game-2-loss-to-let-hawks-even-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knicks\u2019 107-106 Game 2 loss<\/a> to the Hawks on Monday night:<\/p>\n<p>Hero<\/p>\n<p>CJ McCollum kicked the Knicks in the midsection again \u2014 only this time it was metaphorically. The veteran guard poured in 32 points, including the go-ahead jumper with just over 30 seconds remaining, as the Hawks evened this best-of-seven series at one game apiece. McCollum missed two free throws in the final seconds, but the misses didn\u2019t haunt him.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.81640625;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39148210\" width=\"482\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/new-york-knicks-vs-atlanta-126076933.jpg\" alt=\"Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum #3 puts up a shot over New York Knicks forward Og Anunoby #8 during the fourth quarter.\" class=\"wp-image-39148210\"  \/>Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum #3 puts up a shot over New York Knicks forward Og Anunoby #8 during the fourth quarter. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Zero<\/p>\n<p>Mikal Bridges opted against attacking in the final seconds with the Knicks down one, and he paid for it. He settled for a pull-up jumper at the horn that came up short, and Atlanta left the Garden with a split. Bridges finished with 10 points on 3-for-10 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Unsung Hero<\/p>\n<p>It was another poor shooting night for Nickeil Alexander-Walker, but he came up big when it mattered. Alexander-Walker stripped Jalen Brunson with the Knicks looking for the go-ahead basket with less than 30 seconds left, leading to a Jalen Johnson dunk that pushed the lead to four with 10.2 seconds left.<\/p>\n<p>Key Stat<\/p>\n<p>22.7: Knicks field goal percentage in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Quote<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a game we should\u2019ve won. In the playoffs, we can\u2019t give away games.\u201d \u2014 Josh Hart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heroes and zeros from the Knicks\u2019 107-106 Game 2 loss to the Hawks on Monday night: Hero CJ&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,677,6,11,56381,191,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-714973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlantahawks","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-hawks","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-playoffs","15":"tag-nba-playoffs-2026","16":"tag-new-york-knicks","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116440786570543280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}