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Atlanta Hawks vs. New Orleans Pelicans

January 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hawks beat the Pelicans 117-100 on 2026-01-07 at home. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, Mouhamed Gueye, and Zaccharie Risacher. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Jordan Poole, Karlo Matković, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 5 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Mouhamed Gueye as his primary defender. Kristaps Porziņģis (Hawks) scored 7 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Yves Missi as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	35:52	19	8	5	0	1	6	1	9-18	0-5	1-3	+6
Dyson Daniels GS	35:26	13	8	8	3	1	2	3	6-11	0-1	1-1	+9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	33:39	17	6	6	3	2	1	3	6-18	2-12	3-3	+16
Zaccharie Risacher GS	33:37	25	8	0	0	1	3	2	8-13	7-9	2-4	+6
Mouhamed Gueye GS	31:21	10	11	6	4	2	5	3	3-10	1-4	3-3	+27
Kristaps Porziņģis	21:45	13	3	2	1	1	1	2	4-11	4-8	1-2	0
Luke Kennard	21:40	13	0	1	1	1	0	1	5-6	3-4	0-0	+3
Vít Krejčí	19:20	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	2-5	1-3	0-0	+17
Asa Newell	7:02	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-1	0-1	+1
Keaton Wallace	0:18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		117	49	30	13	10	19	19	44-95	18-47	11-17

Did not play: N'Faly Dante (DND - Injury/Illness), Onyeka Okongwu (DND - Injury/Illness)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 100

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jordan Poole GS	38:33	21	1	3	3	0	4	3	7-18	6-13	1-1	-7
Zion Williamson GS	31:26	22	8	6	1	0	3	1	10-15	0-0	2-7	-5
Jeremiah Fears GS	26:36	11	4	3	1	1	4	4	3-11	0-4	5-6	-15
Derik Queen GS	18:38	6	10	2	2	2	1	1	3-9	0-1	0-0	-13
Karlo Matković GS	13:28	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-18
Bryce McGowens	36:50	20	2	3	1	0	2	2	8-15	1-3	3-5	-7
Micah Peavy	29:29	11	5	6	2	2	0	1	5-12	1-5	0-0	-9
Yves Missi	24:25	5	4	2	1	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	3-4	0
Jordan Hawkins	15:38	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7
Kevon Looney	4:57	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-4
Totals		100	40	26	13	9	19	15	38-86	8-28	16-25

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Mouhamed Gueye · Zaccharie Risacher Starter 13.9 min
Luke Kennard · Dyson Daniels · Mouhamed Gueye · Zaccharie Risacher · Asa Newell 6.6 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Vít Krejčí · Mouhamed Gueye 5.2 min
Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Mouhamed Gueye 4.7 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher 3.9 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 4.9 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 11.4 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 8.5 min
Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 4.4 min
Kevon Looney · Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Jordan Hawkins 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hawks defense

Zion Williamson 5 pts (2/8) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Mouhamed Gueye (24 %, 0 pts) · Dyson Daniels (18 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Johnson (16 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 17 pts (6/8) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (22 %, 5 pts) · Zaccharie Risacher (21 %, 2 pts) · Luke Kennard (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Micah Peavy: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Bryce McGowens: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Zaccharie Risacher	Jordan Poole: 25 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dyson Daniels	Bryce McGowens: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Zion Williamson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Jordan Poole: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Micah Peavy: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/4)
Mouhamed Gueye	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yves Missi: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Luke Kennard	Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kristaps Porziņģis	Yves Missi: 25 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Zion Williamson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Vít Krejčí	Jordan Hawkins: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bryce McGowens: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell	Zion Williamson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Pelicans defense

Kristaps Porziņģis 7 pts (2/5) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Yves Missi (54 %, 3 pts) · Derik Queen (10 %, 2 pts) · Zion Williamson (9 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Johnson 8 pts (4/8) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Micah Peavy (22 %, 2 pts) · Bryce McGowens (19 %, 2 pts) · Zion Williamson (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jordan Poole	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Dyson Daniels: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Bryce McGowens	Zaccharie Risacher: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Johnson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Zion Williamson	Mouhamed Gueye: 28 poss., 14 pts (6/6) · Jalen Johnson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy	Jalen Johnson: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luke Kennard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Zaccharie Risacher: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/4) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Yves Missi	Kristaps Porziņģis: 25 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Asa Newell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Dyson Daniels: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Mouhamed Gueye: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins	Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Jalen Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney	Mouhamed Gueye: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0)