Atlanta Hawks 117, Boston Celtics 106 — Recap

January 28, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Atlanta Hawks 117, Boston Celtics 106. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ATL 38-18 BOS; Q2 ATL 22-28 BOS; Q3 ATL 27-30 BOS; Q4 ATL 30-30 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-20 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Jalen Johnson (ATL) 19 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Onyeka Okongwu (ATL) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Dyson Daniels (ATL) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

21 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 9-20 FG

Scoring · ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

21 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · ATL

Jalen Johnson

19 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 6-16 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

ATL 23 largest lead Q3 9:15 (ATL 73, BOS 50) · 12-0 run, Q1 9:56–Q1 7:24

BOS 3 largest lead Q1 10:10 (ATL 2, BOS 5) · 10-0 run, Q2 3:06–Q3 11:41

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Corey Kispert makes 30-foot running pullup jump shot (Dyson Daniels assists) (Q1 9:37, ATL 7, BOS 5).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ATL	38	22	27	30		117
BOS	18	28	30	30		106

🧮 How They Scored

ATLBOS

44Points in the paint40

12Fast-break points4

20Second-chance points21

22Points off turnovers16

32Bench points48

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.1%Effective FG%52.2%

8.4%Turnover %14.3%

21.7%Offensive rebound %34.9%

0.140Free-throw rate0.180

Box Score

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dyson Daniels G	35	15	6	9	5	1	1	7-11	1-1	0-0	+9
Jalen Johnson F	33	19	14	7	0	0	3	6-16	3-5	4-6	+23
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	31	21	1	3	3	0	2	7-15	5-12	2-2	+15
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	29	17	6	3	2	1	2	6-12	2-6	3-4	+1
CJ McCollum G	29	13	3	3	1	0	1	6-14	1-5	0-0	+12
Luke Kennard G	24	9	0	0	0	0	0	4-7	1-3	0-1	-6
Corey Kispert F	20	13	2	1	0	0	0	5-9	3-5	0-0	+10
Mouhamed Gueye F	19	5	4	2	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-8
Christian Koloko C	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+14
Vit Krejci G	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-10
Keaton Wallace G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-5

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White G	31	11	4	3	1	1	2	5-13	1-5	0-0	0
Jaylen Brown G	29	21	7	3	0	1	3	9-20	0-5	3-4	-24
Payton Pritchard G	28	12	4	0	0	0	0	5-11	0-3	2-2	-30
Hugo González G	27	10	5	0	0	1	1	3-4	3-4	1-2	-3
Sam Hauser F	25	12	7	1	0	1	0	5-9	2-6	0-0	-12
Luka Garza C	24	11	6	6	0	0	4	5-10	0-2	1-1	+3
Jordan Walsh G	21	4	7	1	1	1	1	1-4	0-0	2-2	+7
Anfernee Simons G	19	12	1	1	1	0	2	5-7	2-4	0-0	-4
Baylor Scheierman G	17	6	3	4	0	0	0	1-5	0-3	4-5	+11
Amari Williams F-C	15	2	6	2	0	1	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-11
Josh Minott F	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Atlanta HawksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Starter	31	21	66.1	26.9	+23.4	11.7
Jalen Johnson	Starter	33	19	51.0	28.0	+37.1	13.3
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	29	17	61.8	23.4	+3.5	12.5
Dyson Daniels	Starter	35	15	68.2	14.8	+12.7	18.4
Corey Kispert	Starter	20	13	72.2	19.6	+20.9	11.9
CJ McCollum	Bench	29	13	46.4	22.4	+22.4	7.7
Luke Kennard	Bench	24	9	60.5	12.5	-12.2	3.7
Vit Krejci	Bench	06	5	83.3	20.0	-83.3	15.1
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	19	5	83.3	6.8	-21.6	9.5
Keaton Wallace	Bench	01	0	0.0	50.0	-250.0	-28.6
Zaccharie Risacher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Koloko	Bench	13	0	0.0	3.3	+59.4	-2.8

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Starter	29	21	48.3	35.8	-36.4	9.8
Payton Pritchard	Starter	28	12	50.5	18.2	-52.6	6.8
Sam Hauser	Starter	25	12	66.7	15.5	-20.8	11.1
Derrick White	Starter	31	11	42.3	20.3	0.0	7.6
Amari Williams	Starter	15	2	33.3	13.9	-36.7	8.7
Anfernee Simons	Bench	19	12	85.7	20.5	-10.3	12.9
Luka Garza	Bench	24	11	52.7	23.7	+3.7	9.0
Hugo González	Bench	27	10	102.5	9.2	-3.4	8.4
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	17	6	41.7	17.1	+34.8	12.8
Josh Minott	Bench	05	5	83.3	36.4	+100.0	34.8
Jordan Walsh	Bench	21	4	41.0	12.5	+26.5	4.7
Chris Boucher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0