{"id":716904,"date":"2026-04-24T02:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/716904\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:48:45","slug":"nba-playoffs-2026-atlanta-hawks-defeat-new-york-knicks-result-video-dyson-daniels-stats-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/716904\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoffs 2026: Atlanta Hawks defeat New York Knicks, result, video, Dyson Daniels stats, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Hawks have claimed another New York Knicks playoff scalp, winning 109-108 in Game 3 on Friday AEST to take a 2-1 lead in a massive series swing. <\/p>\n<p>Veteran guard CJ McCollum hit the go-ahead mid-range jumper with 12.5 seconds remaining, before the Hawks played suffocating defence on the game\u2019s last possession, forcing a Jalen Brunson turnover as time expired. <\/p>\n<p>Watch NBA with ESPN on Kayo Sports | Stream an average 9 LIVE Regular Season games per week plus the best of the NBA Playoffs.| <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkbasketball-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-basketball-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bendigo\u2019s Dyson Daniels was industrious in the momentous win, scoring eight points but grabbing 13 rebounds, dishing six assists and notching three steals in an all-around performance. <\/p>\n<p>And coming off the bench, Jonathan Kuminga showed up for his new ball club, scoring 21 points on an uber-efficient 64 per cent field-goal shooting. <\/p>\n<p>The former Warrior\u2019s length and athleticism continue to make him a tough defensive proposition, while he was also ferocious on the glass. <\/p>\n<p>Kuminga also produced the result-sealing steal on Josh Hart with a few seconds remaining. <\/p>\n<p>Renowned NBA podcaster and writer Kevin O\u2019Connor wrote on X in reaction: \u201cI wonder what Steve Kerr is thinking watching Jonathan Kuminga go off for the Hawks in the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta traded with Golden State for Kuminga in February, affording the fledgling wing a fresh start after five years with the seven-time NBA champs. <\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has a team option for US$24.3 million (AU$34 million) next season, and he\u2019s putting his best foot forward right now to ensure the Hawks don\u2019t have a choice but to pick it up.<\/p>\n<p>Three days earlier, Kuminga dropped 19 points and four rebounds in New York as Atlanta claimed a Game 2 victory at Madison Square Garden. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Hawks have claimed another New York Knicks playoff scalp, winning 109-108 in Game 3 on Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3768],"tags":[5697,1736,676,208,59234,7,89359,206,133,57867,2116,48547,63236,2884,304,56067,89357,6,1136,191,3810,3806,1734,1740,89358,89360,26580,863,5708,89361,89362,1730,5698],"class_list":{"0":"post-716904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-agence-france-presse","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-atlanta","11":"tag-atlanta-hawks","12":"tag-ball-club","13":"tag-basketball","14":"tag-crucial-hand","15":"tag-dyson-daniels","16":"tag-espn-inc","17":"tag-field-goal-shooting","18":"tag-getty-images-inc","19":"tag-jack-jovanovski","20":"tag-kevin-c-cox","21":"tag-kevin-oconnor","22":"tag-knicks","23":"tag-madison-square-garden-lp","24":"tag-massive-series-swing","25":"tag-nba","26":"tag-new-york","27":"tag-new-york-knicks","28":"tag-newyork","29":"tag-newyorkknicks","30":"tag-north-america","31":"tag-northern-america","32":"tag-playoff-scalp","33":"tag-result-sealing-steal","34":"tag-state-of-georgia","35":"tag-steve-kerr","36":"tag-team-option","37":"tag-tough-defensive-proposition","38":"tag-trade-gamble","39":"tag-united-states-of-america","40":"tag-veteran-guard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716904","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=716904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}