Houston Rockets 104, Atlanta Hawks 86 — Recap

January 29, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 104, Atlanta Hawks 86. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 23-23 ATL; Q2 HOU 20-19 ATL; Q3 HOU 35-24 ATL; Q4 HOU 26-20 ATL.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 31 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; CJ McCollum (ATL) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Corey Kispert (ATL) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Durant

31 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · ATL

CJ McCollum

23 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

20 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 6-16 FG

Season highs

Josh Okogie · Season-high 10 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

HOU 22 largest lead Q4 7:58 (HOU 92, ATL 70) · 10-0 run, Q3 8:36–Q3 6:51

ATL 7 largest lead Q1 9:55 (HOU 0, ATL 7) · 7-0 run, Q1 11:27–Q1 9:55

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Kevin Durant makes 7-foot two point shot (Q3 8:36, HOU 50, ATL 49).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	23	20	35	26		104
ATL	23	19	24	20		86

🧮 How They Scored

HOUATL

44Points in the paint40

17Fast-break points19

24Second-chance points26

23Points off turnovers14

31Bench points30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.9%Effective FG%43.0%

9.8%Turnover %11.1%

40.7%Offensive rebound %27.5%

0.217Free-throw rate0.075

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	35	9	7	5	2	3	0	4-9	0-0	1-4	+13
Kevin Durant F	34	31	5	4	0	0	3	12-22	3-8	4-4	+12
Josh Okogie G	34	10	10	1	0	1	1	3-6	3-5	1-2	+14
Jabari Smith Jr. F	32	14	8	3	3	5	3	5-12	2-6	2-2	+15
Alperen Sengun F-C	28	9	13	4	0	3	2	3-14	0-0	3-4	+5
Reed Sheppard G	26	13	4	4	1	0	1	5-14	3-7	0-0	+20
Jae'Sean Tate F	19	4	3	0	1	0	1	2-6	0-2	0-0	+5
Clint Capela C	18	10	7	2	1	2	0	4-4	0-0	2-2	+17
Aaron Holiday G	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-2	1-2	+1
JD Davison G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Jeff Green F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Isaiah Crawford F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	35	20	5	1	0	0	3	6-16	3-8	5-5	-26
CJ McCollum G	31	23	5	2	0	0	3	9-19	5-11	0-0	-20
Corey Kispert F	31	17	2	2	1	1	2	7-13	2-5	1-2	-17
Dyson Daniels G	31	4	6	7	3	0	1	2-12	0-3	0-0	+2
Vit Krejci G	27	9	4	1	2	0	1	4-7	1-3	0-0	+2
Christian Koloko C	26	6	7	2	1	1	1	3-7	0-2	0-0	-13
Mouhamed Gueye F	21	2	3	2	0	1	0	1-8	0-3	0-0	-6
Asa Newell F	20	5	7	0	0	1	1	2-8	1-4	0-0	-11
Luke Kennard G	16	0	7	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	-5
Keaton Wallace G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Starter	34	31	65.2	31.4	+18.2	18.4
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	32	14	54.3	19.5	+26.0	18.4
Josh Okogie	Starter	34	10	72.7	9.2	+21.5	9.1
Alperen Sengun	Starter	28	9	28.6	24.0	+9.3	7.6
Amen Thompson	Starter	35	9	41.8	12.4	+19.4	11.7
Reed Sheppard	Bench	26	13	46.4	25.0	+40.8	12.2
Clint Capela	Bench	18	10	102.5	12.8	+55.1	27.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	08	4	41.0	29.4	+6.3	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	19	4	33.3	15.6	+13.2	1.3
Jeff Green	Bench	02	0	0.0	25.0	-133.3	-20.0
JD Davison	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-133.3	0.0
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-133.3	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Starter	35	20	54.9	25.6	-38.8	9.1
Corey Kispert	Starter	31	17	61.2	22.9	-25.8	10.0
Vit Krejci	Starter	27	9	64.3	13.8	+6.4	6.5
Christian Koloko	Starter	26	6	42.9	13.8	-26.0	6.1
Dyson Daniels	Starter	31	4	16.7	18.8	+3.4	4.6
CJ McCollum	Bench	31	23	60.5	29.3	-31.4	14.0
Asa Newell	Bench	20	5	31.3	18.4	-28.2	6.2
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	21	2	12.5	16.7	-10.5	-3.0
Luke Kennard	Bench	16	0	0.0	7.1	-18.3	9.3
Jalen Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keaton Wallace	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+133.3	20.0
Zaccharie Risacher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0