Atlanta Hawks 129, Oklahoma City Thunder 140 — Recap

December 29, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Atlanta Hawks 129, Oklahoma City Thunder 140. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ATL 38-35 OKC; Q2 ATL 36-35 OKC; Q3 ATL 29-43 OKC; Q4 ATL 26-27 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 39 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 15-of-24 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-24 shooting; Onyeka Okongwu (ATL) 26 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Chet Holmgren (OKC) 24 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Jalen Williams (OKC) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

39 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 15-24 FG

Scoring · ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

30 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 11-24 FG

Scoring · ATL

Onyeka Okongwu

26 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 8-16 FG

Season highs

Cason Wallace · Season-high 5 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

ATL 10 largest lead Q2 8:41 (ATL 54, OKC 44) · 7-0 run, Q3 4:26–Q3 3:41

OKC 15 largest lead Q3 7:03 (ATL 83, OKC 98) · 12-0 run, Q3 11:15–Q3 10:05

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 10 times

Ahead for good: Jalen Williams makes driving layup (Q3 10:36, ATL 75, OKC 77).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ATL	38	36	29	26		129
OKC	35	35	43	27		140

🧮 How They Scored

ATLOKC

36Points in the paint70

10Fast-break points23

15Second-chance points16

14Points off turnovers18

30Bench points34

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.3%Effective FG%60.2%

13.3%Turnover %10.7%

20.4%Offensive rebound %26.3%

0.175Free-throw rate0.235

Box Score

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	40	30	4	5	2	1	1	11-24	6-14	2-3	-2
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	35	26	14	6	1	0	4	8-16	3-6	7-8	-18
Dyson Daniels G	35	13	6	7	1	2	3	6-13	0-1	1-1	-20
Vit Krejci G	34	18	1	2	1	0	0	7-14	4-10	0-0	-17
Luke Kennard G	31	12	4	5	1	0	2	4-8	3-6	1-1	+10
Zaccharie Risacher F	23	12	4	0	1	1	2	4-9	4-8	0-0	-27
Asa Newell F	20	9	0	2	1	0	2	3-8	2-5	1-2	+9
Keaton Wallace G	12	9	0	2	1	0	2	3-4	3-4	0-0	+8
Mouhamed Gueye F	10	0	5	3	2	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	+2

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	36	39	6	6	2	0	3	15-24	2-5	7-7	+16
Cason Wallace G	34	17	7	3	2	1	1	6-8	5-6	0-0	+22
Jalen Williams G-F	33	20	8	7	1	1	3	8-17	0-1	4-5	+22
Chet Holmgren C-F	31	24	10	2	0	2	2	9-14	2-4	4-4	+14
Alex Caruso G	24	16	8	2	2	0	1	7-8	2-2	0-0	-1
Ajay Mitchell G	23	10	1	4	2	2	0	3-8	0-3	4-4	-11
Luguentz Dort G	23	6	4	1	0	0	1	2-9	1-7	1-1	+20
Branden Carlson C	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	2-2	-7
Aaron Wiggins G	11	2	3	1	0	0	1	1-5	0-1	0-0	-4
Isaiah Joe G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-10
Kenrich Williams G-F	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6

🔬 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	40	30	59.2	25.7	-3.6	10.0
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	35	26	66.6	26.1	-23.0	15.2
Vit Krejci	Starter	34	18	64.3	15.6	-22.9	7.1
Dyson Daniels	Starter	35	13	48.4	18.2	-28.2	10.3
Zaccharie Risacher	Starter	23	12	66.7	19.0	-54.4	5.6
Luke Kennard	Bench	31	12	71.1	12.7	+15.9	8.9
Keaton Wallace	Bench	12	9	112.5	19.4	+23.2	10.5
Asa Newell	Bench	20	9	50.7	21.6	+20.0	-0.9
Trae Young	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Caleb Houstan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	10	0	0.0	7.1	-2.1	5.9

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Starter	36	39	72.0	32.3	+19.5	21.3
Chet Holmgren	Starter	31	24	76.1	22.2	+20.0	14.0
Jalen Williams	Starter	33	20	52.1	25.9	+29.3	12.8
Cason Wallace	Starter	34	17	106.3	10.2	+30.8	12.8
Luguentz Dort	Starter	23	6	31.8	16.4	+41.3	0.9
Alex Caruso	Bench	24	16	100.0	15.0	-1.9	21.8
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	23	10	51.2	16.9	-18.2	6.3
Branden Carlson	Bench	11	6	77.3	14.3	-33.2	7.6
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	11	2	20.0	20.0	-15.4	0.7
Kenrich Williams	Bench	05	0	0.0	7.1	-40.2	-3.2
Isaiah Joe	Bench	10	0	0.0	8.0	-43.5	-1.7
Chris Youngblood	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0