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Atlanta Hawks vs. Miami Heat

December 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Hawks 126-111 on 2025-12-26 on the road against the Hawks. The Hawks started Trae Young, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Kel'el Ware. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 8 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Dyson Daniels as his primary defender. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 21 points (9/13) in his matchups, with Pelle Larsson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Johnson GS 37:41 24 9 10 1 0 4 2 10-17 1-6 3-4 -5
Dyson Daniels GS 35:31 8 6 3 2 0 3 1 4-6 0-1 0-0 -14
Onyeka Okongwu GS 34:47 12 8 4 1 0 1 2 5-16 0-5 2-2 -15
Trae Young GS 32:01 30 2 6 1 0 4 2 8-16 5-8 9-9 -1
Zaccharie Risacher GS 20:21 5 0 0 0 2 2 1 2-4 1-2 0-0 -18
Nickeil Alexander-Walker 31:38 15 4 3 1 1 2 1 6-14 2-5 1-1 -6
Vít Krejčí 21:43 11 4 0 0 1 2 0 4-9 3-7 0-0 -4
Asa Newell 12:10 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 -13
Mouhamed Gueye 11:22 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 4-5 +3
Keaton Wallace 2:46 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2
Totals 111 42 26 6 5 21 16 40-85 12-36 19-21

Did not play: Luke Kennard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kristaps Porziņģis (DND - Injury/Illness)

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 126

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Norman Powell GS 32:54 25 7 5 1 0 2 2 9-16 2-8 5-5 +2
Kel'el Ware GS 32:37 16 13 0 1 1 3 1 7-10 2-4 0-0 +6
Andrew Wiggins GS 32:22 18 8 3 1 1 0 1 9-17 0-3 0-0 +21
Pelle Larsson GS 29:40 21 6 5 1 0 0 2 9-13 3-4 0-0 +2
Davion Mitchell GS 29:19 6 1 7 2 0 2 4 3-8 0-2 0-0 +15
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 27:40 16 5 3 3 0 1 2 5-14 1-3 5-6 +16
Nikola Jović 21:13 10 7 4 1 0 2 1 3-14 1-6 3-3 +12
Dru Smith 18:41 6 3 1 3 0 0 2 2-8 0-3 2-2 0
Kasparas Jakučionis 15:34 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 2-4 2-3 2-2 +1
Totals 126 52 29 14 2 10 16 49-104 11-36 17-18

Did not play: Bam Adebayo (DND - Injury/Illness), Simone Fontecchio (DNP - Coach's Decision), Myron Gardner (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Herro (NWT - Injury/Illness), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

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 Pelle Larsson: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Onyeka Okongwu Kel'el Ware: 37 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Nikola Jović: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dyson Daniels Norman Powell: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pelle Larsson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Trae Young Davion Mitchell: 28 poss., 11 pts (3/6) · Dru Smith: 13 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Norman Powell: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Andrew Wiggins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Vít Krejčí Andrew Wiggins: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Pelle Larsson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zaccharie Risacher Andrew Wiggins: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Norman Powell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Jović: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mouhamed Gueye Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kel'el Ware: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keaton Wallace Dru Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Andrew Wiggins: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Norman Powell Dyson Daniels: 34 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Andrew Wiggins Zaccharie Risacher: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kel'el Ware Onyeka Okongwu: 37 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Mouhamed Gueye: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Dyson Daniels: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Asa Newell: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Pelle Larsson Jalen Johnson: 31 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Vít Krejčí: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Davion Mitchell Trae Young: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Dyson Daniels: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jović Onyeka Okongwu: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jalen Johnson: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Dru Smith Trae Young: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Vít Krejčí: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis Vít Krejčí: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)