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Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks

January 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hawks beat the Celtics 117-106 on 2026-01-28 on the road against the Celtics. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, and Amari Williams. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Corey Kispert, and Dyson Daniels. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 3 points (1/5) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 20 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick White GS 30:53 11 4 3 1 1 2 0 5-13 1-5 0-0 0
Jaylen Brown GS 29:12 21 7 3 0 1 3 2 9-20 0-5 3-4 -24
Payton Pritchard GS 27:54 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 5-11 0-3 2-2 -30
Sam Hauser GS 25:26 12 7 1 0 1 0 1 5-9 2-6 0-0 -12
Amari Williams GS 15:11 2 6 2 0 1 2 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 -11
Hugo González 26:37 10 5 0 0 1 1 2 3-4 3-4 1-2 -3
Luka Garza 23:52 11 6 6 0 0 4 1 5-10 0-2 1-1 +3
Jordan Walsh 20:54 4 7 1 1 1 1 4 1-4 0-0 2-2 +7
Anfernee Simons 18:45 12 1 1 1 0 2 1 5-7 2-4 0-0 -4
Baylor Scheierman 16:37 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 1-5 0-3 4-5 +11
Josh Minott 4:39 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 2-3 1-2 0-0 +8
Totals 106 51 21 3 6 16 13 42-89 9-34 13-16

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Dyson Daniels GS 35:23 15 6 9 5 1 1 2 7-11 1-1 0-0 +9
Jalen Johnson GS 32:44 19 14 7 0 0 3 5 6-16 3-5 4-6 +23
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS 30:54 21 1 3 3 0 2 2 7-15 5-12 2-2 +15
Onyeka Okongwu GS 28:44 17 6 3 2 1 2 2 6-12 2-6 3-4 +1
Corey Kispert GS 20:11 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 5-9 3-5 0-0 +10
CJ McCollum 29:24 13 3 3 1 0 1 2 6-14 1-5 0-0 +12
Luke Kennard 23:59 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 4-7 1-3 0-1 -6
Mouhamed Gueye 18:34 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 2-3 1-2 0-0 -8
Christian Koloko 12:33 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 +14
Vít Krejčí 6:11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 1-2 0-0 -10
Keaton Wallace 1:23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Totals 117 38 29 11 2 9 19 45-93 18-42 9-13

Did not play: Zaccharie Risacher (NWT - Not With Team)

Lineups

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Derrick White Jalen Johnson: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · CJ McCollum: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jaylen Brown Dyson Daniels: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Payton Pritchard Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Corey Kispert: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Sam Hauser Corey Kispert: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luke Kennard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Onyeka Okongwu: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Christian Koloko: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Hugo González Mouhamed Gueye: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jalen Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Mouhamed Gueye: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons Dyson Daniels: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman Luke Kennard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · CJ McCollum: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Amari Williams Onyeka Okongwu: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mouhamed Gueye: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott Corey Kispert: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Johnson Sam Hauser: 18 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Derrick White: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Dyson Daniels Derrick White: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Payton Pritchard: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Onyeka Okongwu Luka Garza: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Amari Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
CJ McCollum Hugo González: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Baylor Scheierman: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kennard Anfernee Simons: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Payton Pritchard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Corey Kispert Payton Pritchard: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Mouhamed Gueye Amari Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Koloko Luka Garza: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vít Krejčí Sam Hauser: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Keaton Wallace Baylor Scheierman: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)