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Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

Playoff Outlook: NYK/ATL

Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

Nate Duncan

Sports

4.53K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Nate and Danny preview the Atlanta Hawks-New York Knicks first-round series.

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0:00.0

Danny, I will leave it to you.

0:01.6

What series, at least where we don't have any injury questions, most intrigues you at the moment? Hmm. I will acknowledge at the outset that the series didn't treat me most is the one that we're waiting on for injury reasons. So outside of that, it's funny because in the East, I'd been so excited about the series that we're not going to get. I want to start. Let's start with Hawks Knicks.

0:21.5

Yeah, let's do it.

0:24.7

And they played a classic game last Monday.

0:28.3

C.J. McCollum hit a half court or so shot.

0:32.6

And it just barely was grazing his fingernail when he released it. So the Knicks escaped 108, 105 in that game.

0:37.1

And the Hawks, of course, are a much different team since the trade deadline.

0:42.2

I think where I'd like to begin is when the Knicks have the ball.

0:46.9

And the Hawks, I think they're starting lineup that's been one of the best in basketball,

0:52.5

McCollum, Alexander Walker, Dyson, Daniels, Jalen Johnson, Yucca Kangu.

0:57.0

So the interesting question to me is, how do you want to match up?

1:02.6

Are you starting Alexander Walker on Brunson?

1:06.8

And then Daniels is probably, is he big enough to guard towns?

1:12.0

That's a really interesting question, right?

1:13.9

They went with a Kangu more in that game in Atlanta that they lost.

1:19.7

But that's an interesting question, number one, because the Knicks have started,

1:22.6

especially with more teams guarding their center on towns, to do more Brunson towns pick and roll. And so this

1:29.5

would be a way to neutralize that. Now you could also say a congou would be a way to neutralize that

1:33.9

as well. But if I'm the Hawks, I want to keep a congou closer to the baseline. And because he's really

1:40.4

their only rim protector in a help situation. So I, that's going to be a tough question for Quinn Sire to answer.

1:47.2

I imagine we're going to see all of those combinations over the course of the series.

1:52.2

And then, of course, the Hawks are comfortable switching with a lot of other guys as well,

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