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Atlanta Hawks vs. New York Knicks

December 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Hawks 128-125 on 2025-12-27 on the road against the Hawks. The Hawks started Trae Young, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Mohamed Diawara. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 21 points (7/11) in his matchups, with Dyson Daniels as his primary defender. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 7 points (2/7) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dyson Daniels GS	39:16	13	8	9	2	0	3	1	5-8	0-1	3-4	+1
Jalen Johnson GS	37:04	20	9	12	0	2	2	3	7-16	1-3	5-6	+4
Onyeka Okongwu GS	36:23	31	14	1	1	0	0	6	10-16	6-10	5-7	0
Trae Young GS	31:23	9	0	10	2	0	6	3	2-9	0-4	5-5	-13
Zaccharie Risacher GS	19:16	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	2-7	0-2	0-0	+1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	29:57	25	0	1	1	0	0	1	8-18	5-12	4-4	+4
Vít Krejčí	24:11	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3-8	3-8	0-0	-3
Asa Newell	16:42	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	5-6	2-3	0-1	-3
Luke Kennard	4:41	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Mouhamed Gueye	1:07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		125	37	33	6	3	11	20	43-89	17-43	22-27

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

NYK

New York Knicks 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby GS	38:11	15	10	5	3	1	1	4	3-10	2-5	7-7	0
Jalen Brunson GS	37:40	34	3	5	0	0	3	4	15-29	4-11	0-0	+2
Mikal Bridges GS	36:38	14	3	8	1	0	1	1	6-13	2-6	0-0	+9
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	29:48	36	15	1	0	0	2	3	8-15	3-6	17-18	-7
Mohamed Diawara GS	16:13	5	5	2	0	2	0	0	2-7	1-3	0-0	+8
Kevin McCullar Jr.	23:29	13	8	2	2	0	3	4	4-7	3-6	2-5	+5
Jordan Clarkson	21:13	3	2	1	1	0	2	4	1-5	0-3	1-1	-9
Tyler Kolek	18:36	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	1-6	0-3	0-1	-3
Mitchell Robinson	18:12	6	9	1	2	1	0	1	3-3	0-0	0-0	+10
Totals		128	55	27	9	4	12	25	43-95	15-43	27-32

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Guerschon Yabusele (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Trae Young · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher Starter 10.3 min
Trae Young · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 7.9 min
Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher · Asa Newell 4.8 min
Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 4.1 min
Trae Young · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Asa Newell 3.7 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mohamed Diawara Starter 9.9 min
Jordan Clarkson · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Kevin McCullar Jr. 4.5 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Tyler Kolek 4.3 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek 4.3 min
OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Kevin McCullar Jr. 4.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hawks defense

Jalen Brunson 21 pts (7/11) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Dyson Daniels (42 %, 3 pts) · Vít Krejčí (17 %, 3 pts) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker (13 %, 7 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 30 pts (9/12) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Onyeka Okongwu (50 %, 17 pts) · Asa Newell (17 %, 0 pts) · Dyson Daniels (9 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Dyson Daniels	Jalen Brunson: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Clarkson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Johnson	OG Anunoby: 31 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Mikal Bridges: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Onyeka Okongwu	Karl-Anthony Towns: 29 poss., 17 pts (6/8) · Mitchell Robinson: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Trae Young	Mikal Bridges: 30 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kevin McCullar Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Kevin McCullar Jr.: 15 poss., 8 pts (2/6) · Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Vít Krejčí	Jalen Brunson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyler Kolek: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zaccharie Risacher	Mohamed Diawara: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · OG Anunoby: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Asa Newell	Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Luke Kennard	Tyler Kolek: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Clarkson: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mouhamed Gueye	Mitchell Robinson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Jalen Johnson 7 pts (2/7) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (34 %, 0 pts) · Mohamed Diawara (21 %, 0 pts) · Mikal Bridges (15 %, 4 pts)
Trae Young 15 pts (4/9) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (33 %, 0 pts) · Kevin McCullar Jr. (26 %, 2 pts) · Tyler Kolek (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Dyson Daniels: 44 poss., 17 pts (8/15) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 18 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
OG Anunoby	Jalen Johnson: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Zaccharie Risacher: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mikal Bridges	Trae Young: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Onyeka Okongwu: 33 poss., 17 pts (4/6) · Asa Newell: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Trae Young: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jalen Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson	Onyeka Okongwu: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Asa Newell: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Clarkson	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dyson Daniels: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek	Vít Krejčí: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mohamed Diawara	Jalen Johnson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zaccharie Risacher: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)