The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics aim to advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs with road wins, while the Denver Nuggets look to force a Game 7 against the injured Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night. The back-to-back losses have the Atlanta Hawks analyzing their arsenal of defensive schemes and bench rotations…
When the Los Angeles Lakers lost Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves, their two leading scorers during the regular season, just two weeks before the start of the 2026 NBA playoffs, it seemed like a fatal blow to their chances of not only competing for the NBA title, but even getting out of the first round…
After a brief break to bring you our annual Tanking Rankings, we’re back to our regular bi-weekly programming: The World’s Most Accurate NBA Power Rankings. But first, an update to those Tanking Rankings, detailing exactly how well the 10 NBA lottery teams, now set in stone, have navigated to the bottom of the standings: Advertisement…
DALLAS (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 24 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 22 and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Dallas Mavericks 135-120 on Wednesday for their 11th straight win. Dyson Daniels scored 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting and Jalen Johnson scored 17 points with 11 rebounds for the Hawks, who at 38-31 are in the thick…
The Brooklyn Nets have been in a prolonged rut since the calendar turned to January, as the team has struggled on both ends of the floor since then. Brooklyn was able to rest almost a week due to the All-Star break, but that hasn’t changed the results after the break. Two of the veteran leaders…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 21 of his 30 points in the first half and the Minnesota Timberwolves used a dominant second quarter to cruise to a 138-116 victory against the short-handed Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. Edwards led seven Minnesota players in scoring in double figures, pushing the Timberwolves to a commanding victory…
Each week during the 2025-26 NBA season, we’ll delve into some of the league’s biggest stories in an attempt to determine whether trends are based more on fact or fiction moving forward. Last week: Lakers can build a champion around Luka Dončić’s defense Fact or fiction: LeBron James belongs in the All-Star Game In what…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Nembhard scored 26 points, Pascal Siakam added 25 and the Indiana Pacers beat the Atlanta Hawks 129-124 on Saturday night. Indiana held a single-digit lead for much of the third quarter and led 103-100 entering the fourth. The rest of the game was close before Siakam hit a crucial 12-foot jumper…
Kevin Chouinard: Final: Hawks 126, Timberwolves 102 Jalen Johnson: 34 pts, 10 reb, 6 ast Onyeka Okongwu: 17 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast Kristaps Porzingis: 16 pts in 17 min x.com This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Jalen Johnson leads Hawks in loss to Wolves without Trae Young Source link
Hawks’ Trae Young receives trade update amid $215M contract impasse originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. The Atlanta Hawks may be one of the most active teams in the NBA in the weeks leading up to the February 5 trade deadline. Advertisement Atlanta started…
