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Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson: Limited in Game 1 victory – CBS Sports
Knicks display full team effort in Game 1 win over Hawks: ‘Everybody stepped up and contributed’ – SNY
Mike Brown delivers for the Knicks under immense win-or-else pressure – The New York Times
Playoff Game Thread: Knicks vs. Hawks, Game 1, April 18, 2026 – Posting & Toasting
Knicks 113, Hawks 102: “We have the better Jalen” – Posting & Toasting
Karl-Anthony Towns Reveals His Diet, Meal Plan and Snacks Ahead of Knicks’ Playoff Series vs. Hawks – BleacherReport
Knicks Playoff Notes: Mike Brown passes first test; Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns producing good results – SNY
Knicks TAKE Game 1 vs Hawks 🔥 Brunson & KAT DOMINATE – Knicks Fan TV
Josh Hart SHOCKS NBA world with INSANE defense! #shorts – Knick of Time
The Run.down Knicks vs Hawks R1G1 Postgame Show – The Strickland
Knicks vs Hawks (Game 1) Morning After REACTION! | KFS Playoff Hangover | Knicks Film School – Knicks Film School
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8 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2026.04.20)”
G’mornin’, all!
Expected Lineup
PG CJ McCollum
SG N. Alexander-Walker
SF Dyson Daniels
PF Jalen Johnson
C O. Okongwu Ques
MAY NOT PLAY
C O. Okongwu Ques
C J. Landale Out
Expected Lineup
PG Jalen Brunson
SG Josh Hart
SF Mikal Bridges
PF O. Anunoby Prob
C K. Towns
MAY NOT PLAY
F O. Anunoby Prob
If Okongwu cannot go, that would be pretty impactful. If I had to pick an overall best player for the Hawks this past Saturday night, it would be that guy.
Hmm. Is there any way in which Okongwu sitting helps the Hawks? If they have no centers, a wing will be guarding KAT at all times. And we still haven’t solved that problem. Katz wrote about it today:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7210295/2026/04/20/karl-anthony-towns-knicks-hawks-offense-nba/
Wendell Carter Jr., of all people, led the Magic last night. Wemby is seeming kind of inevitable at the moment.
With all of the caveats of “I don’t want to win just because an opponent is injured” in place, I think that we’d figure out the wing-on-KAT issue better than we’d figure out how to contain Okongwu (and his threes). KAT is feeling very confident right now.
And I think we win tonight either way. Just think it would be tougher if Okongwu was in.
There’s now a 70 percent chance Orlando will win that series.
Knocking out Detroit would be huge. Obviously we’d still have to get through Boston and probably Cleveland, but if Detroit does get bounced, our chances of getting to the finals increases immensely.
Dare I say that if the Pistons get bounced, it would have been an easier road for us if we had fallen to that part of the bracket. We do things the hard(er) way, but we still tend to win when we should.
Oh definitely. If we take care of business vs. Atlanta, Boston is going to be an insane series. I do think we can beat them. Even if Tatum was 100%, I think they’re a little bit weaker than last year and we’re a little bit stronger and we are built to beat them. But we also got very lucky in the first two games of last year. We don’t play as well on the road as we did under Thibs and Boston will be super motivated to beat us after we upset them last year. That series has the potential to be one for the ages.
Thinking about hack a mitch…it seems short sighted to employ that strategy early in a quarter where you end up getting your team in the penalty early, no? Atlanta did that but Boston did it last year too and I feel like it kind of backfires. You then sub out Mitch, put KAT back in and you potentially can live at the FT line with KAT and JB.
“Dare I say that if the Pistons get bounced, it would have been an easier road for us if we had fallen to that part of the bracket. We do things the hard(er) way, but we still tend to win when we should.”
Maybe, but it could also be argued that we would have to get through the Celtics either way, so if getting to the finals is the goal and anything short that is abjectly disappointing, then there really isn’t an “easier” scenario.
“There’s now a 70 percent chance Orlando will win that series.”
Those kinds of odds after game 1 are pretty meaningless.
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