108-113. The Thibodeau Knicks are already a winning team • Hello News

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Atlanta (USA), Jan 4 (EFE) .- The presence of coach Tom Thibodeau on the bench of the New York Knicks has begun to make itself felt after achieving a 108-113 away victory against the Hawks on Monday from Atlanta.

In addition, the victory came with a comeback, something that was difficult to see in the Knicks team in past seasons when they had losing marks and away from the playoffs.

The maturity and consolidation of the game provided by power forward Julius Randle, who has become the team leader, was one of the keys to the Knicks’ victory, the second in a row, which allowed them to reach a 4-3 winning record.

Randle, who dominated the paint, finished the game with 28 points and 17 rebounds, while point guard Austin Rivers hit a decisive triple to complete the Knicks’ comeback.

Another player who begins to be decisive with the Knicks is second-year forward RJ Barrett who contributed a double-double of 26 points and 11 boards, showing that he has begun to have confidence in all the potential that he treasures as a player who can reach stardom. .

Another young Knicks talent, rookie point guard Immanuel Quickley, who finished with 17 points, put New York in front for good with a pair of 3-pointers to set the score (101-103).

But his most important play came as the ball possession clock was running out and he attempted a desperate 3-pointer that never got a chance to hole, but managed to extract a foul from Hawks point guard Trae Young.

Quickley connected all three of his attempts from the personnel line with 2:34 before the game ended and increased the margin to 101-106, without the Hawks being able to recover from the action.

In their second straight loss at home after starting the season 4-1, the Hawks blew a 13-point second-half lead and vanished in the final minutes.

Guard De’Andre Hunter brought the Hawks closer to the 106-107 run with a triple with 1:40 left, but Rivers responded with a three-point shot to give the Knicks some oxygen.

Randle sealed the win by completing an offensive rebound after a layup that Rivers had missed, one of the Knicks’ new acquisitions this offseason.

Young finished with a double-double of 31 points and 14 assists as leader of the Hawks, while Hunter contributed 23 points that in the end they could not avoid the defeat of the Atlanta team.

The Hawks entered the halftime of the game with four points ahead (58-54) and started the second half with a 15-6 offense led by Young, who distributed four assists and contributed three points in that span.

He also put two balls on Swiss center Clint Capela to show off two dunks and a pair of 3s from Hunter and forward Cam Reddish to give the Hawks a partial 73-60 lead.

But after having everything in their favor, the Hawks could not sentence the game and allowed the new winning Knicks to leave Atlanta with a great victory.

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