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Atlanta Hawks vs. Charlotte Hornets

November 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hawks beat the Hornets 113-110 on 2025-11-23 at home. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. The Hornets started Mason Plumlee, Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. Collin Sexton (Hornets) scored 17 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker as his primary defender. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 20 points (9/18) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Johnson GS 39:34 28 8 11 1 0 0 0 11-22 2-4 4-5 +3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS 38:34 23 5 4 1 1 1 4 8-17 3-7 4-6 -7
Dyson Daniels GS 35:40 22 9 6 2 0 2 4 10-17 1-4 1-1 +5
Onyeka Okongwu GS 34:48 20 7 3 0 0 1 3 8-18 2-7 2-2 +1
Zaccharie Risacher GS 21:36 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 2-5 1-3 0-0 +4
Vít Krejčí 32:18 1 3 4 0 0 1 3 0-1 0-1 1-2 +3
Mouhamed Gueye 17:08 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 2-5 0-1 0-0 +2
Keaton Wallace 15:52 10 1 0 2 1 2 4 4-6 2-4 0-0 +4
Asa Newell 4:30 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 113 37 32 6 5 7 21 45-91 11-31 12-16

Did not play: Caleb Houstan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Luke Kennard (DND - Injury/Illness), Jacob Toppin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Collin Sexton GS 36:04 22 0 4 0 0 3 3 8-16 1-6 5-6 -3
Miles Bridges GS 35:19 21 5 5 1 1 2 3 8-21 1-9 4-4 -2
Kon Knueppel GS 34:27 28 6 3 0 1 2 1 9-17 7-11 3-3 +4
Sion James GS 32:12 7 6 3 0 0 1 2 3-7 1-4 0-0 +16
Mason Plumlee GS 22:58 6 8 6 1 0 1 1 2-2 0-0 2-3 +9
Moussa Diabaté 25:21 12 11 1 0 0 1 0 4-4 0-0 4-4 -13
Tre Mann 16:50 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1-6 1-4 0-0 -14
Liam McNeeley 15:21 6 2 0 0 0 1 3 2-6 2-6 0-0 -4
KJ Simpson 11:56 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 2-4 1-1 0-0 0
Drew Peterson 9:32 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0-3 0-3 0-0 -8
Totals 110 43 26 4 2 15 15 39-86 14-44 18-20

Did not play: Antonio Reeves (DNP - Coach's Decision), Grant Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

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 Sion James: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/6)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Collin Sexton: 28 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Sion James: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dyson Daniels Mason Plumlee: 22 poss., 9 pts (4/9) · Collin Sexton: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Onyeka Okongwu Miles Bridges: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Vít Krejčí Kon Knueppel: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Mann: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zaccharie Risacher Kon Knueppel: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sion James: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mouhamed Gueye Moussa Diabaté: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Liam McNeeley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keaton Wallace KJ Simpson: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kon Knueppel: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Asa Newell Miles Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mason Plumlee: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Defender Guarded most
Miles Bridges Jalen Johnson: 36 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Onyeka Okongwu: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Kon Knueppel Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Dyson Daniels: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Collin Sexton Dyson Daniels: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 22 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Sion James Zaccharie Risacher: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Diabaté Onyeka Okongwu: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Mason Plumlee Onyeka Okongwu: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann Vít Krejčí: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Dyson Daniels: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley Vít Krejčí: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Mouhamed Gueye: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
KJ Simpson Keaton Wallace: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Drew Peterson Mouhamed Gueye: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keaton Wallace: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)