NBA Final Intelligence

CHA 3-5
126 โ€“ 119
FINAL
ATL 4-4

Charlotte Hornets 126, Atlanta Hawks 119 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 126, Atlanta Hawks 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 32-35 ATL; Q2 CHA 28-25 ATL; Q3 CHA 38-30 ATL; Q4 CHA 28-29 ATL.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Johnson (ATL) 31 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Zaccharie Risacher (ATL) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท ATL
31 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM ยท 10-18 FG
Scoring ยท CHA
26 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM ยท 10-14 FG
Scoring ยท CHA
23 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM ยท 8-15 FG
Season highs
Nickeil Alexander-Walker ยท Season-high 10 assists

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

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

CHA 9 largest lead Q4 11:04 (CHA 101, ATL 92) ยท 9-0 run, Q1 0:25โ€“Q2 11:21
ATL 9 largest lead Q1 2:29 (CHA 19, ATL 28) ยท 8-0 run, Q3 6:00โ€“Q3 5:10
Swings 23 lead changes Tied 12 times

Ahead for good: Moussa Diabate makes free throw 2 of 2 (Q4 5:40, CHA 111, ATL 110).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:34 Dyson Daniels makes free throw 1 of 1ATL ยท CHA 115, ATL 113
  • Q4 3:20 Miles Bridges makes free throw 1 of 2ATL ยท CHA 116, ATL 113
  • Q4 3:17 Miles Bridges makes free throw 2 of 2CHA ยท CHA 117, ATL 113
  • Q4 2:48 Jalen Johnson makes 8-foot turnaround jump shotATL ยท CHA 117, ATL 115
  • Q4 1:42 Kon Knueppel makes 24-foot jump bank shot (Miles Bridges assists)CHA ยท CHA 120, ATL 115
  • Q4 1:18 Dyson Daniels makes dunkATL ยท CHA 120, ATL 117
  • Q4 0:26 Jalen Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2ATL ยท CHA 120, ATL 118
  • Q4 0:26 Jalen Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2ATL ยท CHA 120, ATL 119
  • Q4 0:23 LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2CHA ยท CHA 121, ATL 119
  • Q4 0:23 LaMelo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2CHA ยท CHA 122, ATL 119
  • Q4 0:12 Brandon Miller makes free throw 1 of 2CHA ยท CHA 123, ATL 119
  • Q4 0:12 Brandon Miller makes free throw 2 of 2CHA ยท CHA 124, ATL 119

Linescore

1234 T
CHA 32283828 126
ATL 35253029 119

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

CHAATL
56Points in the paint46
9Fast-break points22
15Second-chance points6
15Points off turnovers13
31Bench points30
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
57.9%Effective FG%59.1%
12.8%Turnover %9.5%
39.0%Offensive rebound %13.2%
0.168Free-throw rate0.193

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F 3623840128-156-111-1+12
Brandon Miller F 3516641145-193-83-3+1
Miles Bridges F 34266510310-141-45-5-1
LaMelo Ball G 3219192027-202-83-3-6
Moussa Diabate F 32111520004-80-13-3+2
Sion James G 173341001-31-10-0+19
Grant Williams F 1611310004-42-21-1+4
Ryan Kalkbrenner C 156500023-60-00-0+7
Josh Green G 138100003-42-30-0-6
Tre Mann G 103120121-21-10-0+3

Atlanta Hawks

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jalen Johnson F 40319830210-182-59-11+3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G 38132101113-152-85-5+13
Onyeka Okongwu F-C 3116620216-114-70-0+6
Dyson Daniels G 3111632015-130-11-1-17
CJ McCollum G 2812131015-82-40-0+4
Zaccharie Risacher F 2418300307-104-40-0+2
Corey Kispert F 238220043-82-50-0-23
Jock Landale C 175010002-31-20-0-13
Asa Newell F 85112002-21-10-0-10

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Miles Bridges Starter 342680.223.2-3.315.7
Kon Knueppel Starter 362374.519.8+16.413.9
LaMelo Ball Starter 321944.629.9-17.58.7
Brandon Miller Starter 351639.427.9+1.43.0
Moussa Diabate Starter 321159.011.8+7.113.4
Grant Williams Bench 1611123.99.1+8.419.0
Josh Green Bench 138100.011.8-23.111.9
Ryan Kalkbrenner Bench 15650.019.5+21.25.8
Tre Mann Bench 10375.014.8+18.45.3
Sion James Bench 17350.06.7+58.04.7
Coby White Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tidjane Salaun Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Atlanta HawksTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Jalen Johnson Starter 403167.928.7+3.818.1
Zaccharie Risacher Starter 241890.020.0+13.715.2
Onyeka Okongwu Starter 311672.717.4+9.79.6
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Starter 381337.821.7+15.65.3
Dyson Daniels Starter 311140.919.4-22.76.7
CJ McCollum Bench 281275.013.6+0.77.9
Corey Kispert Bench 23850.022.2-39.80.9
Jock Landale Bench 17583.37.7-36.15.6
Asa Newell Bench 085125.09.5-52.615.5
Buddy Hield Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Gabe Vincent Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Keaton Wallace Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Mouhamed Gueye Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Christian Koloko Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CHA 2 โ€“ 1 ATL
Last 23 meetings ยท since 2020-21 CHA 12 โ€“ 11 ATL
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Charlotte Hornets 25-28 W9 L10 9-1 Next game recap: vs DET ยท Mon, Feb 9
Atlanta Hawks 26-28 L1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ MIN ยท Mon, Feb 9

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