Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks
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The New York Knicks won 53 games and the NBA Cup title, a clearly successful regular season for a team with a first-year coach.
The New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks are set to meet in what is expected to be one of the most-competitive series of the NBA playoffs' first round.
The 23-year-old Australian will make his playoff debut Saturday at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of their first-round series, having spent more time defending Brunson over the past two seasons than any other player in the league,
Atlanta Hawks (46-36, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (53-29, third in the Eastern Conference) New York; Saturday, 6 p.m. EDT LINE: Knicks -5.5; over/under is 216.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Knicks host first series matchup BOTTOM LINE: The New York Knicks host the Atlanta Hawks to open the Eastern Conference first round.
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Jalen Brunson’s late-game brilliance delivers win over Hawks as Knicks survive near buzzer-beater
After two consecutive dud performances from Jalen Brunson — and after he struggled for most of Monday’s game against the Hawks — the point guard emerged as he often does
Las Vegas isn’t the only entity backing the Knicks. So does the tale of the tape, which clearly favors New York in its first-round matchup against a pesky Hawks team hoping to pull off an upset.
While the Atlanta Hawks are heavily underdogs going into this series, there are still multiple ways they can win. Recently, ESPN media have picked against the H
Jalen Brunson has all of Knicks superfan Ben Stiller's confidence as New York heads into their first playoff series against the Hawks.
We know the Hawks view Dyson Daniels as their Jalen Brunson stopper, even if it hasn’t always worked out that way in the regular season. They have solid wings to counteract Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby. Those matchups with Nickeil Walker-Alexander and CJ McCollum are fairly even.