New York Knicks 128, Atlanta Hawks 125 — Recap

December 27, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 128, Atlanta Hawks 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 33-27 ATL; Q2 NYK 35-28 ATL; Q3 NYK 30-34 ATL; Q4 NYK 30-36 ATL.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 36 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 34 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 15-of-29 shooting; Onyeka Okongwu (ATL) 31 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 25 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Jalen Johnson (ATL) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

36 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

34 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 15-29 FG

Scoring · ATL

Onyeka Okongwu

31 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST, 6 3PM · 10-16 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NYK 18 largest lead Q3 7:17 (NYK 85, ATL 67) · 7-0 run, Q2 2:12–Q2 1:09

ATL 3 largest lead Q1 8:18 (NYK 7, ATL 10) · 9-0 run, Q4 6:59–Q4 4:25

Swings 14 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: OG Anunoby makes free throw 2 of 2 (Q4 0:29, NYK 126, ATL 125).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	33	35	30	30		128
ATL	27	28	34	36		125

🧮 How They Scored

NYKATL

52Points in the paint50

12Fast-break points23

23Second-chance points8

24Points off turnovers20

24Bench points48

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.2%Effective FG%57.9%

9.9%Turnover %9.8%

40.4%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.337Free-throw rate0.303

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	38	34	3	5	0	0	3	15-29	4-11	0-0	+2
OG Anunoby F	38	15	10	5	3	1	1	3-10	2-5	7-7	0
Mikal Bridges F	37	14	3	8	1	0	1	6-13	2-6	0-0	+9
Karl-Anthony Towns C	30	36	15	1	0	0	2	8-15	3-6	17-18	-7
Kevin McCullar Jr. G	23	13	8	2	2	0	3	4-7	3-6	2-5	+5
Jordan Clarkson G	21	3	2	1	1	0	2	1-5	0-3	1-1	-9
Tyler Kolek G	19	2	0	2	0	0	0	1-6	0-3	0-1	-3
Mitchell Robinson C	18	6	9	1	2	1	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	+10
Mohamed Diawara F	16	5	5	2	0	2	0	2-7	1-3	0-0	+8

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dyson Daniels G	39	13	8	9	2	0	3	5-8	0-1	3-4	+1
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	37	31	14	1	1	0	0	10-16	6-10	5-7	0
Jalen Johnson F	37	20	9	12	0	2	2	7-16	1-3	5-6	+4
Trae Young G	31	9	0	10	2	0	6	2-9	0-4	5-5	-13
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	30	25	0	1	1	0	0	8-18	5-12	4-4	+4
Vit Krejci G	24	9	0	0	0	0	0	3-8	3-8	0-0	-3
Zaccharie Risacher F	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	2-7	0-2	0-0	+1
Asa Newell F	17	12	2	0	0	1	0	5-6	2-3	0-1	-3
Luke Kennard G	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Mouhamed Gueye F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	30	36	78.5	34.2	-10.9	23.0
Jalen Brunson	Starter	38	34	58.6	31.7	+1.0	11.9
OG Anunoby	Starter	38	15	57.3	14.1	+2.9	10.3
Mikal Bridges	Starter	37	14	53.8	14.6	+7.0	10.1
Mohamed Diawara	Starter	16	5	35.7	15.6	+21.6	7.9
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Bench	23	13	70.7	19.4	+5.5	10.8
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	18	6	100.0	5.8	+24.4	21.5
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	21	3	27.6	12.7	-14.5	-3.6
Tyler Kolek	Bench	19	2	15.5	12.0	-3.9	-5.8
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	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
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	37	31	81.2	21.8	+1.6	17.6
Jalen Johnson	Starter	37	20	53.6	24.1	+8.1	15.5
Dyson Daniels	Starter	39	13	66.6	14.1	+2.6	11.9
Trae Young	Starter	31	9	40.2	21.5	-18.3	3.0
Zaccharie Risacher	Starter	19	4	28.6	15.2	+5.2	1.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	30	25	63.3	26.7	+4.4	12.1
Asa Newell	Bench	17	12	93.2	14.0	-14.6	13.3
Vit Krejci	Bench	24	9	56.3	13.1	-7.9	0.9
Luke Kennard	Bench	05	2	100.0	9.1	-20.0	4.4
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keaton Wallace	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-158.3	0.0