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Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

October 29, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Hawks beat the Cavaliers 114-111 on 2026-10-29 at home. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, and Dyson Daniels. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Peyton Watson. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 20 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker as his primary defender. Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks) scored 13 points (5/10) in his matchups, with James Harden as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	34:05	17	8	7	0	0	4	3	7-16	2-5	1-1	-3
Onyeka Okongwu GS	32:38	29	12	2	1	1	1	4	11-17	4-6	3-4	0
Dyson Daniels GS	32:26	4	6	5	1	0	0	2	2-8	0-1	0-0	-3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	31:26	25	3	1	0	1	0	3	8-17	4-12	5-5	+1
CJ McCollum GS	31:24	5	3	8	2	0	4	2	1-8	0-4	3-4	+2
Aaron Wiggins	23:55	20	7	3	0	1	1	0	8-14	4-7	0-0	+17
Luguentz Dort	22:23	6	3	2	0	0	1	2	2-5	1-3	1-2	-3
Kingston Flemings	16:21	2	1	5	0	0	0	3	1-4	0-1	0-0	+1
Jock Landale	15:22	6	10	1	0	0	0	3	2-6	2-4	0-2	+3
Totals		114	53	34	4	3	11	22	42-95	17-43	13-18

Did not play: Zuby Ejiofor (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Corey Kispert (DNP - Coach's Decision), Asa Newell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	36:25	24	5	4	0	0	3	4	7-14	3-8	7-9	0
Donovan Mitchell GS	33:02	22	3	3	1	0	0	2	7-19	1-9	7-8	+1
Evan Mobley GS	32:41	11	4	7	0	1	1	0	4-9	0-3	3-4	-1
Jarrett Allen GS	30:00	14	8	1	0	2	1	1	5-8	1-1	3-4	+5
Peyton Watson GS	22:23	4	4	3	0	2	2	5	1-8	0-3	2-4	-10
Sam Merrill	26:48	16	2	3	1	0	2	4	6-11	4-8	0-0	+8
Tyrese Proctor	19:33	7	6	2	0	0	0	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	+5
Jaylon Tyson	18:00	3	6	1	0	0	0	1	1-7	1-5	0-0	0
Mario Hezonja	16:45	10	6	2	1	0	0	1	4-6	2-3	0-0	-13
Craig Porter Jr.	4:23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10
Totals		111	45	26	3	5	9	19	38-87	13-42	22-29

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ernest Udeh, Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels Starter 17.2 min
Jock Landale · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Kingston Flemings 13.9 min
CJ McCollum · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Aaron Wiggins · Dyson Daniels 6.9 min
CJ McCollum · Luguentz Dort · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 6.6 min
Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Aaron Wiggins · Dyson Daniels · Kingston Flemings 0.8 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Evan Mobley · Peyton Watson Starter 8.9 min
James Harden · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor 6.0 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 4.2 min
James Harden · Mario Hezonja · Jarrett Allen · Peyton Watson · Tyrese Proctor 4.0 min
Mario Hezonja · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Peyton Watson · Tyrese Proctor 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hawks defense

Donovan Mitchell 20 pts (7/13) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (17 %, 8 pts) · Luguentz Dort (17 %, 0 pts) · CJ McCollum (15 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 22 pts (9/12) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Onyeka Okongwu (22 %, 4 pts) · Dyson Daniels (19 %, 2 pts) · CJ McCollum (18 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Evan Mobley: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Onyeka Okongwu	Evan Mobley: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · James Harden: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Dyson Daniels	Jarrett Allen: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · James Harden: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
CJ McCollum	James Harden: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Donovan Mitchell: 12 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · James Harden: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Wiggins	Tyrese Proctor: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Mario Hezonja: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Luguentz Dort	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Merrill: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kingston Flemings	Tyrese Proctor: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jock Landale	Jarrett Allen: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Cavaliers defense

Nickeil Alexander-Walker 13 pts (5/10) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (38 %, 6 pts) · Sam Merrill (19 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (14 %, 2 pts)
CJ McCollum 20 pts (7/10) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (25 %, 6 pts) · Peyton Watson (24 %, 2 pts) · James Harden (17 %, 10 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Dyson Daniels: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Donovan Mitchell	Luguentz Dort: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Dyson Daniels: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/4)
Evan Mobley	Onyeka Okongwu: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jalen Johnson: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jarrett Allen	Onyeka Okongwu: 23 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jock Landale: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Sam Merrill	CJ McCollum: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Peyton Watson	CJ McCollum: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Kingston Flemings: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luguentz Dort: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylon Tyson	Jalen Johnson: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Dyson Daniels: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mario Hezonja	Aaron Wiggins: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Craig Porter Jr.	CJ McCollum: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)