{"id":13261,"date":"2026-01-03T04:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/johnson-has-another-triple-double-and-the-hawks-beat-the-knicks-111-99\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T04:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:03:29","slug":"johnson-has-another-triple-double-and-the-hawks-beat-the-knicks-111-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/johnson-has-another-triple-double-and-the-hawks-beat-the-knicks-111-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson has another triple-double and the Hawks beat the Knicks 111-99"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Jalen Johnson had 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in his seventh triple-double of the season, leading the Atlanta Hawks to a 111-99 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 23 points and Onyeka Okongwu had 22 for the Hawks, while both Zaccharie Risacher and Luke Kennard scored 12.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 24 points. OG Anunoby had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Mikal Bridges added 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>Ariel Hukporti, who replaced Karl-Anthony Towns (illness) in the starting lineup, grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds for New York. <\/p>\n<p>The Knicks got off to a quick start, taking an 11-2 lead. Trailing 30-29, the Hawks scored the final four points of the first quarter and never trailed again.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta extended its lead to 60-45 on Okongwu&rsquo;s short jumper with 1:16 remaining in the second quarter before Brunson&rsquo;s runner cut the Knicks&rsquo; deficit to 60-47 at halftime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Alexander-Walker&rsquo;s driving layup with 1:14 left in the third quarter gave the Hawks their biggest lead of the game at 94-68 and they were ahead 94-70 at the end of the quarter. <\/p>\n<p>The Knicks scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter and pulled within 94-81 before Kennard connected on back-to-back 3-pointers to end the streak.<\/p>\n<p>New York mounted a final rally following consecutive 3-pointers by Bridges to edge within 108-99, but never got any closer.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks, who have won two in a row following a season-high, seven-game losing streak, became the first team to hold the Knicks to fewer than 100 points this season.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta&rsquo;s Trae Young (bruised right quadriceps) and Knicks center Mitchell Robinson (left ankle injury management) each missed their third straight games. <\/p>\n<h2>Up next<\/h2>\n<p>Hawks: Visit Toronto on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Knicks: Host Philadelphia on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/NBA<\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Johnson has another triple-double and the Hawks beat the Knicks 111-99<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; Jalen Johnson had 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in his seventh triple-double of the season, leading the Atlanta Hawks to a 111-99 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night. Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 23 points and Onyeka Okongwu had 22 for the Hawks, while both Zaccharie Risacher and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/johnson-has-another-triple-double-and-the-hawks-beat-the-knicks-111-99\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Johnson has another triple-double and the Hawks beat the Knicks 111-99&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}