Hawks’ three-game winning streak ends, lose to Knicks 119-110

Close loss.

The Atlanta Hawks were in New York on MLK Day to face the Knicks. The Hawks came in on a three-game winning streak and a big victory against the Boston Celtics in overtime on Saturday evening.

A big change in the lineup today was Onyeka Okongwu starting, as he’s been playing well during the Hawks’ winning streak. They didn’t waste any time getting him involved early in the game, and Trae Young found him on this slip pass for an easy dunk.

Young hit two threes in the quarter from the same spot, extending the Hawks’ lead.

The Hawks had a lead as much as 10 in the first and they were clicking on all cylinders. Clint Capela came off the bench and made an impact on both sides of the ball.

Though the Hawks played well midway through the quarter, the Knicks went on a run going into the second and trailed by one point. The Hawks had a hard time getting any offense going to the start of the quarter and the Knicks ended up taking the lead.

Young stopped the drought with another three in the first half.

Vit Krejci came down a few possessions later and knocked down a three to cut down the Hawks’ deficit.

Krejci got a heat check, and he knocked it down later in the quarter.

Young and Mikal Bridges were animated between possessions on both sides of the floor. Both got the best of each other, and Young came up with this steal on Bridges in the paint. Later on, Young knocked down his fourth three of the half.

The Hawks took back control of the game down the stretch of the first half, and going into the half, Okongwu got this floater to go in to beat the buzzer.

Onyeka Okongwu started the second half with an euro step layup.

Young continued his back and forth with Bridges, knocked another three-pointer, and gave Bridges the “too small” symbol.

The Knicks kept the lead throughout the third quarter and had an answer for everything that the Hawks did. The Knicks had their biggest lead of the game at the moment, but the Hawks weathered the storm, thanks to De’Andre Hunter.

The Hawks went into the fourth quarter still down, but they continued to fight, and Hunter kept cooking to reel the team in.

Capela came in and got busy in the paint, getting this and-1 to go.

Though the Hawks kept fighting, the Knicks couldn’t be stopped. Down 10, Young found Krejci for this lob as they attempted to make a final push.

Jalen Johnson got this runaway dunk to cut the Hawks deficit down.

In the end, the Hawks couldn’t get much going on offense as the Knicks kept making timely buckets.

Young finished with 27 points and six assists, Hunter finished with 22 points, Okongwu finished with 14 points and nine rebounds, and Johnson finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

The Hawks will be back at home to face the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.