Atlanta Hawks vs New York Knicks Box Score on Mar 22, 2022

Trae Young collected 45 points and eight assists in his return to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, fueling the visiting Atlanta Hawks to a 117-111, come-from-behind victory over the New York Knicks.

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.

--Field Level Media