Overview
- The game is set for Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET on FanDuel Sports Network Southeast and MSG, with streaming on NBA League Pass and Fubo where available.
- New York enters at 23–10 in second place in the East, while Atlanta is 16–19 and sits 10th.
- The Knicks fell 134–132 at San Antonio after losing a double-digit fourth-quarter lead, with Jalen Brunson posting 29 points and eight assists.
- Atlanta snapped a seven-game skid by routing Minnesota 126–102, led by Jalen Johnson’s 34 points as Kristaps Porziņģis added 16 in 17 minutes off the bench.
- Trae Young missed a second straight game with a bruised quad and is listed day-to-day, and New York won the first meeting in Atlanta 128–125.