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Atlanta Hawks vs. Charlotte Hornets

February 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Hawks 126-119 on 2026-02-07 on the road against the Hawks. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 20 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Zaccharie Risacher as his primary defender. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 33 points (12/16) 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 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	39:54	31	9	8	3	0	2	4	10-18	2-5	9-11	+3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	37:37	13	2	10	1	1	1	4	3-15	2-8	5-5	+13
Dyson Daniels GS	31:06	11	6	3	2	0	1	1	5-13	0-1	1-1	-17
Onyeka Okongwu GS	30:51	16	6	2	0	2	1	5	6-11	4-7	0-0	+6
Zaccharie Risacher GS	23:29	18	3	0	0	3	0	0	7-10	4-4	0-0	+2
CJ McCollum	28:20	12	1	3	1	0	1	2	5-8	2-4	0-0	+4
Corey Kispert	23:28	8	2	2	0	0	4	2	3-8	2-5	0-0	-23
Jock Landale	17:09	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-13
Asa Newell	8:06	5	1	1	2	0	0	2	2-2	1-1	0-0	-10
Totals		119	30	30	9	6	10	20	43-88	18-37	15-17

Did not play: Mouhamed Gueye (DNP - Coach's Decision), Buddy Hield (DNP - Coach's Decision), Christian Koloko (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gabe Vincent (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keaton Wallace (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	35:45	23	8	4	0	1	2	1	8-15	6-11	1-1	+12
Brandon Miller GS	35:16	16	6	4	1	1	4	4	5-19	3-8	3-3	+1
Miles Bridges GS	34:22	26	6	5	1	0	3	3	10-14	1-4	5-5	-1
Moussa Diabaté GS	32:11	11	15	2	0	0	0	0	4-8	0-1	3-3	+2
LaMelo Ball GS	31:26	19	1	9	2	0	2	2	7-20	2-8	3-3	-6
Sion James	17:22	3	3	4	1	0	0	4	1-3	1-1	0-0	+19
Grant Williams	15:45	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	4-4	2-2	1-1	+4
Ryan Kalkbrenner	15:05	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	3-6	0-0	0-0	+7
Josh Green	12:32	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	-6
Tre Mann	10:16	3	1	2	0	1	2	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	+3
Totals		126	49	31	5	3	15	16	46-95	18-39	16-16

Did not play: Tidjane Salaün (DNP - Coach's Decision), Coby White (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher Starter 10.7 min
CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 7.2 min
CJ McCollum · Jock Landale · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Jalen Johnson · Corey Kispert 6.6 min
CJ McCollum · Jock Landale · Corey Kispert · Dyson Daniels · Asa Newell 5.3 min
CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Zaccharie Risacher 4.9 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 18.8 min
Miles Bridges · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.2 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Tre Mann · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 3.0 min
Miles Bridges · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 2.4 min
Grant Williams · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 2.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hawks defense

LaMelo Ball 20 pts (7/12) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Zaccharie Risacher (36 %, 10 pts) · Jalen Johnson (14 %, 5 pts) · Dyson Daniels (13 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 20 pts (7/16) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Johnson (33 %, 9 pts) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker (15 %, 2 pts) · Dyson Daniels (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Brandon Miller: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Miles Bridges: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Kon Knueppel: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Dyson Daniels	Moussa Diabaté: 20 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Onyeka Okongwu	Moussa Diabaté: 23 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
CJ McCollum	Tre Mann: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Josh Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zaccharie Risacher	LaMelo Ball: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Corey Kispert	Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jock Landale	Grant Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Asa Newell	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sion James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Jalen Johnson 33 pts (12/16) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (50 %, 8 pts) · Brandon Miller (16 %, 3 pts) · Grant Williams (13 %, 6 pts)
CJ McCollum 9 pts (4/8) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Green (30 %, 2 pts) · Tre Mann (22 %, 3 pts) · Kon Knueppel (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Corey Kispert: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Miles Bridges	Jalen Johnson: 38 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Asa Newell: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brandon Miller	Dyson Daniels: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Zaccharie Risacher: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Moussa Diabaté	Onyeka Okongwu: 34 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jock Landale: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LaMelo Ball	Dyson Daniels: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Sion James	Corey Kispert: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dyson Daniels: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Jock Landale: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Onyeka Okongwu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Grant Williams	Jalen Johnson: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Asa Newell: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Green	CJ McCollum: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Corey Kispert: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	CJ McCollum: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Corey Kispert: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)