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Atlanta Hawks vs. Denver Nuggets

December 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Hawks 134-133 on 2025-12-05 on the road against the Hawks. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 27 points (11/17) in his matchups, with Onyeka Okongwu as his primary defender. Kristaps Porziņģis (Hawks) scored 16 points (5/15) in his matchups, with Nikola Jokić as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 133

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	37:36	21	18	16	2	0	3	3	9-20	1-4	2-2	+3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	33:48	30	5	1	0	0	1	3	10-17	5-9	5-5	0
Dyson Daniels GS	33:39	15	3	8	2	0	3	4	7-14	1-3	0-0	+4
Onyeka Okongwu GS	27:31	13	6	2	1	0	1	1	4-8	3-6	2-2	-18
Zaccharie Risacher GS	20:49	9	3	0	0	0	0	3	4-7	0-2	1-1	-7
Vít Krejčí	27:56	15	2	2	1	0	1	3	5-8	5-8	0-0	+7
Kristaps Porziņģis	20:29	25	2	1	1	2	1	4	9-13	4-7	3-4	+18
Luke Kennard	17:31	2	1	1	1	0	1	3	0-2	0-1	2-2	-1
Mouhamed Gueye	10:25	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-5
Keaton Wallace	10:17	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-6
Totals		133	45	35	8	2	12	25	49-95	20-46	15-16

Did not play: Asa Newell (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trae Young (DND - Injury/Illness)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 134

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	38:11	23	5	12	2	1	4	1	8-16	4-6	3-3	+6
Nikola Jokić GS	35:36	40	9	8	1	1	2	1	13-26	1-8	13-15	-15
Cameron Johnson GS	34:44	16	4	2	1	1	2	2	6-14	4-9	0-1	+15
Peyton Watson GS	28:15	9	6	2	1	2	0	4	4-11	1-4	0-0	-9
Spencer Jones GS	23:30	6	4	2	1	0	0	3	2-2	0-0	2-2	-2
Bruce Brown	32:17	13	3	0	3	1	2	3	4-4	2-2	3-4	+1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	27:19	17	6	0	0	0	1	0	5-11	4-8	3-5	-4
Jonas Valančiūnas	12:01	8	4	2	0	0	1	1	4-4	0-0	0-0	+16
Zeke Nnaji	8:08	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		134	42	28	9	6	12	15	47-89	16-37	24-30

Did not play: Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher Starter 14.9 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 6.6 min
Luke Kennard · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Keaton Wallace · Mouhamed Gueye 5.2 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher 5.1 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · Luke Kennard · Vít Krejčí · Keaton Wallace · Mouhamed Gueye 4.7 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 11.6 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson 6.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Zeke Nnaji 5.6 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 5.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 4.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hawks defense

Nikola Jokić 27 pts (11/17) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Onyeka Okongwu (26 %, 6 pts) · Kristaps Porziņģis (20 %, 5 pts) · Dyson Daniels (19 %, 6 pts)
Jamal Murray 9 pts (4/10) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Dyson Daniels (28 %, 0 pts) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker (15 %, 0 pts) · Zaccharie Risacher (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Spencer Jones: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Peyton Watson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dyson Daniels	Jamal Murray: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jokić: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Vít Krejčí	Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Onyeka Okongwu	Nikola Jokić: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Jonas Valanciunas: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zaccharie Risacher	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kristaps Porziņģis	Nikola Jokić: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Kennard	Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Mouhamed Gueye	Nikola Jokić: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Keaton Wallace	Bruce Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Nuggets defense

Kristaps Porziņģis 16 pts (5/15) in 40 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (53 %, 12 pts) · Jamal Murray (12 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (9 %, 1 pts)
Jalen Johnson 29 pts (10/13) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (40 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (17 %, 2 pts) · Bruce Brown (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Onyeka Okongwu: 25 poss., 7 pts (3/9) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 21 poss., 12 pts (4/8)
Jamal Murray	Dyson Daniels: 34 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Vít Krejčí: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Bruce Brown	Vít Krejčí: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Johnson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson	Zaccharie Risacher: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Johnson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Spencer Jones	Jalen Johnson: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dyson Daniels: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luke Kennard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Onyeka Okongwu: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Jalen Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)