Atlanta Hawks 126, Charlotte Hornets 133 — Recap

December 18, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Atlanta Hawks 126, Charlotte Hornets 133. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ATL 32-37 CHA; Q2 ATL 37-43 CHA; Q3 ATL 26-27 CHA; Q4 ATL 31-26 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Johnson (ATL) 43 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 16-of-27 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 28 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists, 8 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ATL

Jalen Johnson

43 PTS, 11 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 16-27 FG

Scoring · ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

28 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

28 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 10-17 FG

Season highs

Jalen Johnson · Season-high 43 pointsLaMelo Ball · Season-high 8 threesBrandon Miller · Season-high 8 assists

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ATL	32	37	26	31		126
CHA	37	43	27	26		133

🧮 How They Scored

ATLCHA

62Points in the paint50

16Fast-break points20

17Second-chance points11

26Points off turnovers18

44Bench points27

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.2%Effective FG%67.0%

12.9%Turnover %12.4%

23.1%Offensive rebound %21.2%

0.239Free-throw rate0.187

Box Score

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson F	39	43	11	9	1	1	4	16-27	4-9	7-7	-2
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	36	12	4	1	3	1	1	5-10	0-3	2-2	-4
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	34	28	8	2	0	0	3	11-18	4-9	2-2	+23
Dyson Daniels G	32	14	3	6	1	0	2	6-12	0-2	2-4	-13
Vit Krejci G	23	5	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	2-2	-7
Trae Young G	20	8	1	10	1	0	3	3-8	0-5	2-2	-3
Zaccharie Risacher F	20	5	3	1	0	0	1	2-7	0-2	1-1	-9
Luke Kennard G	14	4	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	1-2	-12
Mouhamed Gueye F	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	+4
Asa Newell F	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-12

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	35	28	5	7	3	0	4	10-17	6-12	2-2	+18
Brandon Miller F	35	26	5	8	3	1	1	9-15	4-7	4-5	+10
Miles Bridges F	32	16	3	2	1	1	0	6-13	2-5	2-2	+13
LaMelo Ball G	29	28	4	13	1	0	6	10-16	8-11	0-0	+17
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	27	8	4	2	1	1	1	3-5	0-1	2-4	-2
Sion James G	20	5	2	1	1	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	-7
Moussa Diabate F	18	5	6	2	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-4	+9
Tidjane Salaun F	16	10	4	1	0	0	0	4-6	2-4	0-0	-6
K.J. Simpson G	13	4	0	2	1	0	2	2-7	0-3	0-0	-5
Josh Green G	11	3	3	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-12
Mason Plumlee F-C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Johnson	Starter	39	43	71.5	35.1	-3.8	23.5
Dyson Daniels	Starter	32	14	50.9	20.8	-18.6	7.8
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	36	12	55.1	13.6	-5.1	6.6
Trae Young	Starter	20	8	45.0	23.5	-6.7	8.0
Zaccharie Risacher	Starter	20	5	33.6	15.4	-23.1	0.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	34	28	74.2	25.9	+26.2	15.7
Vit Krejci	Bench	23	5	64.4	7.3	-11.8	0.0
Luke Kennard	Bench	14	4	69.4	8.3	-45.6	2.5
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	10	4	66.7	14.3	+24.2	4.4
Asa Newell	Bench	10	3	75.0	6.5	-54.8	2.8
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keaton Wallace	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Starter	29	28	87.5	30.6	+26.2	18.2
Kon Knueppel	Starter	35	28	78.3	26.2	+24.8	15.6
Brandon Miller	Starter	35	26	75.6	20.5	+12.7	16.1
Miles Bridges	Starter	32	16	57.6	18.9	+20.7	9.1
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Starter	27	8	59.2	11.9	-5.3	4.3
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	16	10	83.3	15.0	-9.4	11.4
Moussa Diabate	Bench	18	5	43.4	13.3	+26.5	7.9
Sion James	Bench	20	5	41.7	12.0	-10.2	3.9
K.J. Simpson	Bench	13	4	28.6	29.0	-23.4	0.0
Josh Green	Bench	11	3	75.0	7.7	-48.4	7.7
Mason Plumlee	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7
Grant Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0