Atlanta Hawks 135, Dallas Mavericks 120 — Recap

March 18, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Atlanta Hawks 135, Dallas Mavericks 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ATL 37-30 DAL; Q2 ATL 30-26 DAL; Q3 ATL 34-26 DAL; Q4 ATL 34-38 DAL.

Top performers (box score): Daniel Gafford (DAL) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists on 9-of-10 shooting; CJ McCollum (ATL) 24 points, 0 rebounds, 7 assists on 9-of-14 shooting; P.J. Washington (DAL) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Dyson Daniels (ATL) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Daniel Gafford

24 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST · 9-10 FG

Scoring · ATL

CJ McCollum

24 PTS, 0 REB, 7 AST · 9-14 FG

Scoring · DAL

P.J. Washington

23 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Daniel Gafford · Season-high 24 points

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

📊 Game Flow

ATL 21 largest lead Q4 2:23 (ATL 129, DAL 108) · 12-0 run, Q2 2:51–Q2 1:14

DAL 0 largest lead Never led · 21-0 run, Q1 10:23–Q1 7:09

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ATL	37	30	34	34		135
DAL	30	26	26	38		120

🧮 How They Scored

ATLDAL

72Points in the paint56

12Fast-break points21

17Second-chance points19

23Points off turnovers19

41Bench points55

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.8%Effective FG%55.2%

9.2%Turnover %15.4%

27.3%Offensive rebound %26.8%

0.137Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson F	37	17	11	9	2	0	4	7-19	2-7	1-2	+4
Dyson Daniels G	32	19	6	4	2	0	2	9-13	0-0	1-1	+10
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	30	22	1	2	2	1	0	8-14	4-5	2-2	+19
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	29	12	9	4	0	0	1	5-11	2-6	0-0	+3
CJ McCollum G	28	24	0	7	2	1	1	9-14	0-3	6-7	+24
Jonathan Kuminga F	19	16	5	3	1	0	1	7-11	2-3	0-0	+10
Jock Landale C	19	5	1	5	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+12
Zaccharie Risacher F	16	5	6	1	1	1	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	+8
Corey Kispert F	13	10	3	0	0	0	1	4-7	1-3	1-2	-5
Gabe Vincent G	11	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+5
Keaton Wallace G	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Caleb Houstan G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Buddy Hield G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg F	33	17	6	5	2	2	6	6-15	0-3	5-6	-16
P.J. Washington F	30	23	9	1	0	2	3	7-14	2-6	7-8	-17
Max Christie G	30	13	2	1	0	0	5	4-6	2-4	3-3	-16
Naji Marshall F	28	4	3	4	1	0	1	2-10	0-1	0-0	-7
Ryan Nembhard G	27	8	2	12	0	0	0	3-7	2-2	0-0	-18
Daniel Gafford F	22	24	8	0	0	1	1	9-10	0-0	6-7	+7
Klay Thompson G	22	17	0	1	1	0	0	6-12	4-10	1-2	+4
Khris Middleton F	19	7	6	0	2	0	2	2-6	1-1	2-2	-8
Marvin Bagley III F	16	2	7	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-12
AJ Johnson G	10	3	0	2	1	1	0	1-3	0-1	1-1	+4
Dwight Powell F-C	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Starter	28	24	70.3	24.3	+36.6	17.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Starter	30	22	73.9	19.5	+32.0	11.8
Dyson Daniels	Starter	32	19	70.7	19.0	+18.5	14.6
Jalen Johnson	Starter	37	17	42.8	25.8	+6.6	10.5
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	29	12	54.5	16.4	+8.9	9.8
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	19	16	72.7	25.5	+23.8	17.3
Corey Kispert	Bench	13	10	63.5	27.3	-22.6	8.7
Jock Landale	Bench	19	5	83.3	6.3	+24.9	7.3
Zaccharie Risacher	Bench	16	5	62.5	12.8	+27.6	7.1
Gabe Vincent	Bench	11	3	37.5	13.3	+22.8	0.0
Keaton Wallace	Bench	02	2	100.0	16.7	-100.0	11.1
Buddy Hield	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0
Caleb Houstan	Bench	02	0	0.0	16.7	-100.0	-5.6
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
P.J. Washington	Starter	30	23	65.6	25.6	-31.6	12.1
Cooper Flagg	Starter	33	17	48.2	27.6	-24.0	8.7
Max Christie	Starter	30	13	88.8	16.2	-22.4	3.3
Ryan Nembhard	Starter	27	8	57.1	10.4	-29.5	11.0
Naji Marshall	Starter	28	4	20.0	14.5	-17.5	1.5
Daniel Gafford	Bench	22	24	91.7	23.3	+9.4	24.5
Klay Thompson	Bench	22	17	66.0	23.6	+8.0	10.0
Khris Middleton	Bench	19	7	50.9	19.1	-17.8	6.2
AJ Johnson	Bench	10	3	43.6	12.0	+21.1	6.7
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	16	2	50.0	5.3	-27.2	10.6
Dwight Powell	Bench	03	2	100.0	16.7	+85.7	4.9
Caleb Martin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0