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Atlanta Hawks vs. Houston Rockets

January 29, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Hawks 104-86 on 2026-01-29 on the road against the Hawks. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Vít Krejčí, Corey Kispert, Dyson Daniels, and Christian Koloko. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 14 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Corey Kispert as his primary defender. CJ McCollum (Hawks) scored 20 points (8/13) in his matchups, with Amen Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 86

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS 34:53 20 5 1 0 0 3 2 6-16 3-8 5-5 -26
Dyson Daniels GS 31:29 4 6 7 3 0 1 2 2-12 0-3 0-0 +2
Corey Kispert GS 30:58 17 2 2 1 1 2 0 7-13 2-5 1-2 -17
Vít Krejčí GS 26:59 9 4 1 2 0 1 5 4-7 1-3 0-0 +2
Christian Koloko GS 25:40 6 7 2 1 1 1 4 3-7 0-2 0-0 -13
CJ McCollum 30:35 23 5 2 0 0 3 1 9-19 5-11 0-0 -20
Mouhamed Gueye 20:30 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 1-8 0-3 0-0 -6
Asa Newell 20:20 5 7 0 0 1 1 0 2-8 1-4 0-0 -11
Luke Kennard 16:27 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0-3 0-0 0-0 -5
Keaton Wallace 2:09 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 86 46 19 7 5 12 16 34-93 12-39 6-7

Did not play: Jalen Johnson (DND - Injury/Illness), Zaccharie Risacher (DND - Injury/Illness)

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 104

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Amen Thompson GS 35:00 9 7 5 2 3 0 1 4-9 0-0 1-4 +13
Kevin Durant GS 34:22 31 5 4 0 0 3 2 12-22 3-8 4-4 +12
Josh Okogie GS 33:49 10 10 1 0 1 1 1 3-6 3-5 1-2 +14
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 31:36 14 8 3 3 5 3 0 5-12 2-6 2-2 +15
Alperen Sengun GS 27:55 9 13 4 0 3 2 3 3-14 0-0 3-4 +5
Reed Sheppard 25:47 13 4 4 1 0 1 1 5-14 3-7 0-0 +20
Jae'Sean Tate 19:14 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 2-6 0-2 0-0 +5
Clint Capela 17:52 10 7 2 1 2 0 0 4-4 0-0 2-2 +17
Aaron Holiday 7:59 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1-4 1-2 1-2 +1
Jeff Green 2:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
JD Davison 2:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Isaiah Crawford 2:09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 104 59 23 8 14 11 11 39-92 12-31 14-20

Lineups

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

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
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Amen Thompson: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Okogie: 13 poss., 6 pts (1/1)
Corey Kispert Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Dyson Daniels Alperen Sengun: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
CJ McCollum Amen Thompson: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Josh Okogie: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Christian Koloko Alperen Sengun: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Vít Krejčí Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Reed Sheppard: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Mouhamed Gueye Clint Capela: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Durant: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Luke Kennard Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keaton Wallace Isaiah Crawford: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · JD Davison: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Amen Thompson CJ McCollum: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Kevin Durant Dyson Daniels: 29 poss., 6 pts (3/8) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 10 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Josh Okogie CJ McCollum: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jabari Smith Jr. Corey Kispert: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Asa Newell: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alperen Sengun Christian Koloko: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/8) · Mouhamed Gueye: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Reed Sheppard Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Corey Kispert: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jae'Sean Tate Corey Kispert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Mouhamed Gueye: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Christian Koloko: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Holiday Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Asa Newell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford Keaton Wallace: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Corey Kispert: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green Mouhamed Gueye: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
JD Davison Corey Kispert: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keaton Wallace: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)