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Charlotte Hornets vs. Atlanta Hawks

December 18, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Hawks 133-126 on 2025-12-18 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. The Hawks started Trae Young, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 14 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 8 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Zaccharie Risacher as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 133

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	35:17	26	5	8	3	1	1	4	9-15	4-7	4-5	+10
Kon Knueppel GS	34:59	28	5	7	3	0	4	3	10-17	6-12	2-2	+18
Miles Bridges GS	32:06	16	3	2	1	1	0	1	6-13	2-5	2-2	+13
LaMelo Ball GS	29:12	28	4	13	1	0	6	3	10-16	8-11	0-0	+17
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	27:20	8	4	2	1	1	1	3	3-5	0-1	2-4	-2
Sion James	20:25	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	-7
Moussa Diabaté	17:34	5	6	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	1-4	+9
Tidjane Salaün	15:53	10	4	1	0	0	0	3	4-6	2-4	0-0	-6
KJ Simpson	13:00	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	2-7	0-3	0-0	-5
Josh Green	11:07	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-12
Mason Plumlee	3:07	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		133	37	39	11	3	14	21	49-91	24-49	11-17

Did not play: Grant Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	39:29	43	11	9	1	1	4	3	16-27	4-9	7-7	-2
Onyeka Okongwu GS	36:09	12	4	1	3	1	1	2	5-10	0-3	2-2	-4
Dyson Daniels GS	31:34	14	3	6	1	0	2	1	6-12	0-2	2-4	-13
Zaccharie Risacher GS	20:28	5	3	1	0	0	1	1	2-7	0-2	1-1	-9
Trae Young GS	20:09	8	1	10	1	0	3	2	3-8	0-5	2-2	-3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	34:06	28	8	2	0	0	3	2	11-18	4-9	2-2	+23
Vít Krejčí	23:18	5	3	0	0	0	0	5	1-3	1-3	2-2	-7
Luke Kennard	13:54	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	1-2	-12
Asa Newell	10:27	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-12
Mouhamed Gueye	10:26	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		126	35	31	6	2	15	20	48-92	11-37	19-22

Did not play: Kristaps Porziņģis (NWT - Not With Team), Keaton Wallace (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel Starter 11.3 min
Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · KJ Simpson · Sion James 6.1 min
LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel 5.1 min
LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel 2.8 min
Miles Bridges · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · KJ Simpson · Sion James 2.8 min

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Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Trae Young · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher Starter 9.9 min
Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 5.9 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Mouhamed Gueye 4.5 min
Trae Young · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 4.0 min
Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Zaccharie Risacher 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Jalen Johnson 14 pts (6/13) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (48 %, 6 pts) · Tidjane Salaün (11 %, 0 pts) · Ryan Kalkbrenner (9 %, 3 pts)
Trae Young 10 pts (4/9) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: LaMelo Ball (23 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (19 %, 5 pts) · KJ Simpson (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Dyson Daniels: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kon Knueppel	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Zaccharie Risacher: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Miles Bridges	Jalen Johnson: 39 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Onyeka Okongwu: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LaMelo Ball	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Trae Young: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Onyeka Okongwu: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Asa Newell: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luke Kennard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Onyeka Okongwu: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Asa Newell: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jalen Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
KJ Simpson	Vít Krejčí: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trae Young: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Josh Green	Zaccharie Risacher: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mason Plumlee	Onyeka Okongwu: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

LaMelo Ball 8 pts (3/9) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Zaccharie Risacher (32 %, 3 pts) · Vít Krejčí (12 %, 0 pts) · Dyson Daniels (11 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 22 pts (10/17) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Trae Young (18 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Johnson (15 %, 8 pts) · Onyeka Okongwu (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Miles Bridges: 23 poss., 10 pts (4/7) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 11 pts (4/7)
Onyeka Okongwu	Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sion James: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Dyson Daniels	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 8 pts (4/4)
Vít Krejčí	KJ Simpson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zaccharie Risacher	LaMelo Ball: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Josh Green: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Trae Young	Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Luke Kennard	Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Asa Newell	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mouhamed Gueye	Moussa Diabaté: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Miles Bridges: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)