Julius Randle doesn’t consider the Knicks’ loss to the Jazz a blown opportunity. Randle hasn’t considered much in a season rife with temper flare-ups and missed 3-pointers. “Blown opportunity?’’ Julius Randle said after the Utah loss. The Knicks could’ve moved within four games entering Tuesday’s showdown. The Knicks blew a big opportunity versus Utah as they held an early nine-point lead and were within four points with 7:00 left in the fourth quarter before the Jazz turned it up and routed the Knicks by 15. “They’re a team that’s ahead of us, so this will be a big opportunity for us.” Trae Young Getty Images “We’re going to go and try to win every single game,” RJ Barrett said of Atlanta. That would be one last salt tablet added to the Knicks’ multiple wounds. Knicks president Leon Rose has extra incentive to beat the Hornets, though, to ensure Charlotte’s protected first-round pick it gave to Atlanta for out-for-the-season Cam Reddish doesn’t convey in June. The Knicks are six games behind Charlotte (36-35) and face the Hornets twice - Wednesday in the Queen City and March 30 at the Garden. Hornets guard LaMelo Ball USA TODAY Sports The Hawks, who advanced to the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals, are in a much more comfortable slot, in 10th place, five games ahead of the Knicks as Trae Young visits Tuesday. Who could have imagined when the Knicks (30-41) and Hawks (35-36) squared off in the first round last May as the 4-5 seeds, respectively, that they’d be under-.500 as play-in wannabes in 2021-22?
They are two games that could end any chances of continuing a long-shot pursuit of the play-in event and one loss will secure their eighth losing season in nine years. The Knicks get to see their two most important foes with a Tuesday-Wednesday back-to-back versus Atlanta and Charlotte. The Knicks won’t quite need to be that perfect to make the play-in tournament if the Hawks and Hornets falter down the homestretch. With 11 games to play, the Knicks will have to run the table to finish with a. Key Knicks wing erupts for 31 points to carry Canada in OT win Get tickets for Knicks Christmas game at MSG today Knicks, Nets get their NBA in-season tournament schedule - including marquee opener Finally, we see the scoring in this one going over the posted total of 233 points.How the James Harden fiasco could pay off for the Knicks Our prediction to win this contest is the Knicks, and we project that Knicks will cover the spread (Knicks -2.5). In terms of makes, 23.4% of the Hawks’ buckets have been 3-pointers, and 76.6% have been 2-pointers. In 2022-23, the Hawks have attempted 31.2% percent of their shots from beyond the arc, and 68.8% percent from inside it. In 2022-23 Atlanta is fifth-worst in the NBA in 3-point makes (10.3 per game) and rank 15th in 3-point percentage (36%). With 116 points scored per game and 116.9 points allowed, Atlanta is 13th in the NBA offensively and 22nd on defense.
What you need to know about the Atlanta Hawks Of the team’s buckets, 74.5% are two-pointers and 25.5% are threes.
The Knicks have taken 64.8% two-pointers and 35.2% from beyond the arc this year. This year, New York is draining 11.5 threes per game (20th-ranked in NBA) and is shooting 33.8% (23rd-ranked) from three-point land. Defensively, it ranks 19th with 115.7 points allowed per contest. New York owns a top-five offense this year, ranking fifth-best in the league with 117.8 points per game. Hawks: Onyeka Okongwu: Questionable (Shoulder), Bogdan Bogdanovic: Out (Knee) What you need to know about the New York Knicks Knicks: Quentin Grimes: Questionable (Foot), Cameron Reddish: Questionable (Illness)
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