Hawks and Nix last night at Madison Square Garden and Atlanta evening things up.

But a game apiece.

40 seconds remaining a two-for-one for Atlanta if they hurry here.

It's McCollum.

Turn in the corner.

Step away.

Jay goes down.

Z.J. McCullum.

Killer in this fourth quarter.

He was.

And because of that, the Hawks wound up winning the game, 107, 106, went up, 107,103, held the next off at the end.

They missed a couple of free throws, and the other way, Mikhail Bridges missed what would have been a game-winning jumper at the buzzer.

McCollum finished with 32 points on 12 of 22 shooting.

Jonathan Cominga had 19 off the bench.

Jalen Johnson, 17 points and eight rebounds for the Knicks.

They were led by Jalen Brunson.

Carl Anthony Towns at 18, but he went scoreless in the fourth quarter.

Here was Towns.

What happened in that fourth?

Because Atlanta kind of dominated you guys, 2815. They hit shots, and we just, we didn't make shots, but also, too, when it came down to it, they did Jim McCullough made some tough shots, and you got to give credit what credits do. So, you know, a hell of a player. He's been a hell of a player for a long time in this league, and, you know, we got to do a better job of making it more difficult.

Did you guys see the Gatorade reaction that Carl Anthony Towns had after game one that went semi-viral?

Nope.

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