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Atlanta Hawks vs. Boston Celtics

January 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Hawks 132-106 on 2026-01-17 on the road against the Hawks. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Vít Krejčí, and Jalen Johnson. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 5 points (2/10) in his matchups, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker as his primary defender. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 16 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Johnson GS 35:12 12 8 5 1 0 4 1 4-14 2-6 2-4 -30
Onyeka Okongwu GS 32:51 21 7 3 1 0 3 3 8-14 3-6 2-2 -25
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS 29:28 18 2 6 1 1 0 0 6-16 4-9 2-2 -35
CJ McCollum GS 26:46 11 7 4 0 2 3 1 4-14 0-5 3-3 -26
Vít Krejčí GS 18:51 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1-6 1-4 0-0 -25
Luke Kennard 23:23 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1-5 0-3 0-0 -13
Corey Kispert 22:34 16 7 1 1 0 0 1 5-11 2-5 4-4 -9
Mouhamed Gueye 18:58 5 7 3 2 0 1 3 2-7 1-2 0-0 -7
Keaton Wallace 13:04 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 2-6 0-2 1-1 +6
Asa Newell 9:03 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 4-7 1-2 1-1 +10
RayJ Dennis 4:55 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 +12
Caleb Houstan 4:55 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 +12
Totals 106 47 29 10 4 11 17 38-102 15-46 15-17

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 132

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Baylor Scheierman GS 31:56 9 7 4 3 0 3 3 3-7 3-6 0-0 +2
Sam Hauser GS 30:17 30 6 3 1 1 2 0 10-21 10-21 0-0 +30
Jaylen Brown GS 29:30 41 6 2 1 1 1 0 14-30 2-9 11-12 +36
Derrick White GS 25:26 7 5 12 3 1 1 1 3-4 1-2 0-0 +36
Neemias Queta GS 23:38 14 7 1 1 1 1 2 5-7 0-0 4-5 +39
Hugo González 29:58 7 8 0 0 0 2 4 3-5 1-2 0-0 +6
Anfernee Simons 23:38 14 2 1 0 1 2 1 5-10 4-8 0-0 +11
Luka Garza 12:22 4 4 2 0 1 0 1 2-3 0-1 0-1 +4
Amari Williams 12:00 3 4 1 0 2 2 3 0-0 0-0 3-4 -17
Jordan Walsh 10:34 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 +7
Ron Harper Jr. 5:46 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 -12
Xavier Tillman 4:55 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -12
Totals 132 55 27 9 8 16 17 46-91 22-52 18-22

Did not play: Josh Minott (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

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.

Hawks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Johnson Sam Hauser: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Onyeka Okongwu Neemias Queta: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Amari Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Jaylen Brown: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
CJ McCollum Baylor Scheierman: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard Anfernee Simons: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Hugo González: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Corey Kispert Anfernee Simons: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Hugo González: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Vít Krejčí Derrick White: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Baylor Scheierman: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mouhamed Gueye Neemias Queta: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amari Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keaton Wallace Hugo González: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell Luka Garza: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 3 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Caleb Houstan Baylor Scheierman: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amari Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
RayJ Dennis Ron Harper Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hugo González: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Baylor Scheierman Jalen Johnson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jaylen Brown Jalen Johnson: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Sam Hauser Jalen Johnson: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · CJ McCollum: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Hugo González Luke Kennard: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Corey Kispert: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Neemias Queta Onyeka Okongwu: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Johnson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Derrick White Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · CJ McCollum: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Corey Kispert: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Amari Williams Onyeka Okongwu: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Asa Newell: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Jalen Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Onyeka Okongwu: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh Luke Kennard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keaton Wallace: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr. RayJ Dennis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman Mouhamed Gueye: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keaton Wallace: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)