Atlanta Hawks (41-31, fifth in Eastern Conference regular season) vs New York Knicks (41-31, fourth in Eastern Conference regular season)
New York; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE ROUND FIRST: Hawks lead series 3-1
BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Hawks are looking to win the series against the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference first round. The Hawks won the last game 113-96. Trae Young scored 27 points to lead Atlanta to victory and Julius Randle recorded 23 points in the loss for New York.
The Knicks are 25-17 against opponents in the conference. New York is at the bottom of the Eastern Conference with 21.4 assists per game led by Randle with an average of 6.0.
The Hawks are 24-18 in Eastern Conference play. Atlanta is fifth in the league with 45.6 rebounds per game led by Clint Capela with an average of 14.3.
TOP PERFORMERS: Randle is scoring 24.1 points per game and averaging 10.2 rebounds for the Knicks. Derrick Rose is averaging 18.2 points and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 46.2% in the last 10 games for New York.
Bogdan Bogdanovic leads the Hawks averaging 3.3 points to 3 points while scoring 16.4 points per game and shooting 43.8% over the arc. Young has averaged 25.3 points and 9.6 assists in Atlanta’s last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Knicks: 5-5, averaging 102.2 points, 45.3 rebounds, 21 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 42.7 percent from the field. Their opponents average 104.5 points on 43.1% shooting.
Hawks: 8-2, averaging 116.3 points, 46.4 rebounds, 24.4 assists, six steals and 6.1 blocks per game shooting 49.1 percent from the field. Their opponents average 106 points on 43.2% shooting.
INJURIES: Knicks: Mitchell Robinson: outside (ankle).
Hawks: Cam Reddish: absent (achilles), Brandon Goodwin: absent for the season (illness).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.