The Atlanta Hawks fell short in an overtime loss to the New York Knicks at Maddison Square Garden on Wednesday night, 149-148. Trae Young led the Hawks with 38 points and 19 assists with Dyson Daniels adding 23 points. For the Knicks — on the second night of a back-to-back — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 44 points with Jalen Brunson adding 36 points.
Heading into the game, the Hawks ran the same starting lineup with Mouhamed Gueye starting at power forward but were dealt further injuries blows ahead of the game as Larry Nance Jr. and Vit Krejci were ruled out for a significant period of time.