Bogdan Bogdanovic goes off for season-high, combines 77 points with Young in a win over Knicks / News - Basketnews.com

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Bogdan Bogdanovic set his new season-high with 32 points, while Trae Young collected 45 points and eight assists in his return to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, fueling the visiting Atlanta Hawks (36-36) to a 117-111 (30-34, 34-24, 23-31, 30-22), come-from-behind victory over the New York Knicks (30-42).

Player of the Game EFF 37 Trae Young Points 45 Accuracy 13-25 Rebounds 1 Assists 8

Bogdanovic finished the game with32 points (7/10 2PT, 4/10 3PT, 6/6 FT), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 1 turnover.

Young overcame a sluggish start to make 13 of 25 shots from the floor, including 7 of 15 from 3-point range. His point total served as a career-high at MSG, eclipsing his 42-point effort on Dec. 17, 2019.

New York led by 10 early in the fourth quarter, but Young drained a 3-pointer to forge a tie at 105-105 with 2:54 to play.

Atlanta's Bogdan Bogdanovic and De'Andre Hunter each followed with a trey on consecutive possessions. Young's crossover sent Taj Gibson to the floor before the Hawks star calmly sank a jumper to push the lead to 113-105 with 1:04 remaining.

Young was playing in his first game in New York since he embraced the role of the villain while scoring 36 points in Atlanta's first-round, series-clinching victory over the Knicks in Game 5 last spring.

He missed the Hawks' first trip back to MSG on Christmas Day due to NBA's health and safety protocol.

Bogdanovic scored a season-high 32 points and New York native Kevin Huerter added 14 for the Hawks, who have won five of their past seven games. Atlanta also averted a sweep in the four-game season series.

RJ Barrett collected 30 points and 13 rebounds and Alec Burks added 21 points for the Knicks, who guaranteed themselves a losing season for the eighth time in the past nine campaigns.

New York played without Julius Randle, who was sidelined due to a sore right quadriceps tendon. He also was fined $40,000 by the NBA earlier on Tuesday for directing hostile language toward a game official during the Knicks' 108-93 home loss to the Utah Jazz on Sunday.

New York opened the fourth quarter on a 10-2 run to take a 99-89 lead before former Knick Danilo Gallinari and Bogdanovic brought Atlanta back within one. The former made a 3-pointer and a mid-range jumper while the latter added a three buckets and two foul shots as the Hawks cut the deficit to 103-102 with 3:42 to go.

Knicks: R.J. Barrett 30 (8/18 2PT, 1/7 3PT, 11/17 FT, 13 REB), Alec Burks 21 (6/9 2PT, 3/7 3PT, 4 AST, 3 STL), Immanuel Quickley 17 (3/5 3PT, 5 REB), Evan Fournier 11 (3/9 3PT, 4 AST), Obi Toppin 10.Hawks: Trae Young 45 (6/10 2PT, 7/15 3PT, 12/14 FT, 8 AST, 4 TO), Bogdan Bogdanovic 32 (7/10 2PT, 4/10 3PT, 6/6 FT), Kevin Huerter 14 (8 REB, 5 TO), Danilo Gallinari 10 (1/6 3PT, 10 REB), De'Andre Hunter 10.

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