New Orleans Pelicans 100, Atlanta Hawks 117 — Recap

January 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 100, Atlanta Hawks 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 26-37 ATL; Q2 NOP 27-28 ATL; Q3 NOP 13-24 ATL; Q4 NOP 34-28 ATL.

Top performers (box score): Zaccharie Risacher (ATL) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists, 7 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Jordan Poole (NOP) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Bryce McGowens (NOP) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jalen Johnson (ATL) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists on 9-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ATL

Zaccharie Risacher

25 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 7 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

22 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 10-15 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jordan Poole

21 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 7-18 FG

Season highs

Zaccharie Risacher · Season-high 25 pointsZaccharie Risacher · Season-high 7 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 1 largest lead Q1 11:25 (NOP 3, ATL 2) · 10-0 run, Q4 5:37–Q4 3:59

ATL 25 largest lead Q4 11:44 (NOP 66, ATL 91) · 9-0 run, Q1 0:37–Q2 11:04

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Zaccharie Risacher makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Mouhamed Gueye assists) (Q1 11:17, NOP 3, ATL 5).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	26	27	13	34		100
ATL	37	28	24	28		117

🧮 How They Scored

NOPATL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

38Bench points33

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.8%Effective FG%55.8%

16.4%Turnover %15.6%

13.6%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.291Free-throw rate0.179

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jordan Poole G	39	21	1	3	3	0	4	7-18	6-13	1-1	-7
Bryce McGowens G	37	20	2	3	1	0	2	8-15	1-3	3-5	-7
Zion Williamson F	31	22	8	6	1	0	3	10-15	0-0	2-7	-5
Micah Peavy G-F	29	11	5	6	2	2	0	5-12	1-5	0-0	-9
Jeremiah Fears G	27	11	4	3	1	1	4	3-11	0-4	5-6	-15
Yves Missi C	24	5	4	2	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	3-4	0
Derik Queen C	19	6	10	2	2	2	1	3-9	0-1	0-0	-13
Jordan Hawkins G	16	0	0	0	0	3	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7
Karlo Matkovic F-C	13	2	4	1	1	1	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-18
Kevon Looney F	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-4

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson F	36	19	8	5	0	1	6	9-18	0-5	1-3	+6
Dyson Daniels G	35	13	8	8	3	1	2	6-11	0-1	1-1	+9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	34	17	6	6	3	2	1	6-18	2-12	3-3	+16
Zaccharie Risacher F	33	25	8	0	0	1	3	8-13	7-9	2-4	+6
Mouhamed Gueye F	31	10	11	6	4	2	5	3-10	1-4	3-3	+27
Luke Kennard G	22	13	0	1	1	1	0	5-6	3-4	0-0	+3
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	22	13	3	2	1	1	1	4-11	4-8	1-2	0
Vit Krejci G	19	5	4	1	1	1	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	+17
Asa Newell F	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-1	+1
Keaton Wallace G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Starter	31	22	60.8	27.3	-7.0	15.1
Jordan Poole	Starter	39	21	56.9	22.9	-9.3	5.6
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	27	11	40.3	26.1	-30.6	2.6
Derik Queen	Starter	19	6	33.3	19.6	-34.7	15.9
Karlo Matkovic	Starter	13	2	33.3	11.4	-60.3	7.8
Bryce McGowens	Bench	37	20	58.1	21.1	-10.0	8.4
Micah Peavy	Bench	29	11	45.8	16.2	-15.3	12.7
Yves Missi	Bench	24	5	90.6	6.8	-4.0	9.6
Kevon Looney	Bench	05	2	113.6	16.7	-33.3	16.2
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	16	0	0.0	9.3	-25.6	-6.6
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zaccharie Risacher	Starter	33	25	84.7	20.2	+7.8	13.8
Jalen Johnson	Starter	36	19	49.2	26.9	+7.7	9.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Starter	34	17	44.0	22.7	+24.4	12.0
Dyson Daniels	Starter	35	13	56.8	14.1	+13.0	13.9
Mouhamed Gueye	Starter	31	10	44.2	19.3	+41.6	11.1
Luke Kennard	Bench	22	13	108.3	10.7	+9.4	15.3
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	22	13	54.7	23.2	+1.7	9.9
Vit Krejci	Bench	19	5	50.0	10.2	+44.2	6.9
Asa Newell	Bench	07	2	29.1	22.2	+13.6	-3.8
Onyeka Okongwu	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keaton Wallace	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
N'Faly Dante	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0