Atlanta Hawks 95, Houston Rockets 117 — Recap

March 20, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Atlanta Hawks 95, Houston Rockets 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ATL 27-35 HOU; Q2 ATL 27-27 HOU; Q3 ATL 22-39 HOU; Q4 ATL 19-16 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; CJ McCollum (ATL) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Zaccharie Risacher (ATL) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Durant

25 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jabari Smith Jr.

23 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-14 FG

Scoring · ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

21 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 6-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

ATL 5 largest lead Q1 7:22 (ATL 18, HOU 13) · 10-0 run, Q2 2:59–Q2 1:16

HOU 34 largest lead Q4 9:55 (ATL 76, HOU 110) · 9-0 run, Q4 11:36–Q4 9:55

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q1 3:31, ATL 24, HOU 25).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ATL	27	27	22	19		95
HOU	35	27	39	16		117

🧮 How They Scored

ATLHOU

46Points in the paint48

28Fast-break points27

7Second-chance points10

15Points off turnovers21

34Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.6%Effective FG%59.0%

14.7%Turnover %16.6%

18.8%Offensive rebound %30.0%

0.200Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson F	32	14	5	3	1	0	4	6-12	2-6	0-0	-27
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	27	21	4	4	1	0	3	6-12	1-3	8-9	-14
CJ McCollum G	26	17	2	2	1	3	3	7-11	2-5	1-1	-15
Dyson Daniels G	25	3	3	1	2	0	2	1-5	0-0	1-2	-14
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	24	6	8	3	1	2	0	2-9	1-4	1-2	-7
Jock Landale C	20	6	1	3	2	2	0	3-9	0-2	0-0	-18
Zaccharie Risacher F	19	16	6	2	2	1	1	6-8	3-3	1-1	0
Corey Kispert F	18	2	2	2	1	0	0	1-6	0-5	0-0	+2
Mouhamed Gueye F	18	0	2	0	1	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-17
Gabe Vincent G	17	6	3	1	0	0	0	2-7	0-4	2-2	-7
Buddy Hield G	8	2	0	1	1	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	+9
Caleb Houstan G	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Keaton Wallace G	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. F	35	23	9	2	2	0	2	7-14	3-8	6-8	+30
Amen Thompson G-F	34	14	7	4	1	0	1	5-10	0-0	4-4	+13
Alperen Sengun F-C	32	15	9	10	2	0	6	7-11	0-1	1-4	+10
Kevin Durant F	30	25	3	6	2	2	0	9-15	3-5	4-5	+25
Reed Sheppard G	25	14	4	4	1	2	3	5-10	4-7	0-0	+23
Tari Eason F	25	10	10	2	1	1	2	3-9	1-3	3-3	+15
Josh Okogie G	19	2	3	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Aaron Holiday G	16	9	1	2	0	0	3	3-6	3-4	0-0	-3
Clint Capela C	14	3	5	2	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	1-4	+8
Isaiah Crawford F	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Jeff Green F	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3

🔬 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	27	21	65.8	25.4	-24.9	13.3
CJ McCollum	Starter	26	17	74.3	23.7	-27.8	11.8
Jalen Johnson	Starter	32	14	58.3	21.6	-41.0	7.9
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	24	6	30.4	18.2	-14.0	7.8
Dyson Daniels	Starter	25	3	25.5	13.6	-28.3	0.8
Zaccharie Risacher	Bench	19	16	94.8	20.0	0.0	22.7
Gabe Vincent	Bench	17	6	38.1	19.5	-18.9	5.4
Jock Landale	Bench	20	6	33.3	18.8	-38.9	4.4
Buddy Hield	Bench	08	2	50.0	19.0	+48.4	12.5
Corey Kispert	Bench	18	2	16.7	15.0	+5.7	0.0
Caleb Houstan	Bench	03	2	100.0	14.3	-14.3	150.0
Keaton Wallace	Bench	3	0	0.0	33.3	-16.7	-100.0
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	18	0	0.0	4.9	-43.6	-1.8
Christian Koloko	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Starter	30	25	72.7	22.4	+38.7	18.6
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	35	23	65.6	25.0	+39.3	15.2
Alperen Sengun	Starter	32	15	58.8	24.7	+13.5	14.7
Amen Thompson	Starter	34	14	59.5	15.5	+18.1	10.2
Reed Sheppard	Starter	25	14	70.0	20.0	+39.4	8.5
Tari Eason	Bench	25	10	48.4	18.5	+31.2	10.6
Aaron Holiday	Bench	16	9	75.0	23.7	-9.4	11.6
Clint Capela	Bench	14	3	39.9	13.5	+25.8	8.4
Josh Okogie	Bench	19	2	50.0	6.7	-0.5	7.8
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	06	2	33.3	20.0	-51.9	0.0
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	04	0	0.0	10.0	-33.3	0.0