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Charlotte Hornets vs. Atlanta Hawks

October 23, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Hawks beat the Hornets 128-81 on 2026-10-23 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Dennis Schröder, Naz Reid, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Sion James. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, and Dyson Daniels. Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks) scored 4 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Dennis Schröder as his primary defender. Brandon Miller (Hornets) scored 20 points (8/12) in his matchups, with CJ McCollum as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 81

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Naz Reid GS	24:51	17	6	2	1	0	7	1	7-16	3-8	0-0	-28
Sion James GS	23:41	3	2	5	0	0	1	4	1-7	1-6	0-0	-13
Brandon Miller GS	22:31	6	2	0	2	1	2	2	2-14	1-11	1-1	-37
Moussa Diabaté GS	20:53	5	8	1	1	1	1	0	2-2	0-0	1-2	-27
Dennis Schröder GS	20:09	4	4	3	0	1	4	2	1-5	0-2	2-2	-22
Tidjane Salaün	23:09	11	5	1	2	0	1	1	5-9	1-5	0-0	-19
Grayson Allen	19:35	11	2	3	0	0	2	1	3-8	3-6	2-2	-16
Ryan Kalkbrenner	19:09	6	7	1	0	2	1	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-13
Royce O'Neale	16:37	6	2	0	1	0	0	3	2-6	2-6	0-0	-17
Christian Anderson	15:45	2	0	2	0	1	3	0	1-5	0-3	0-0	-6
Liam McNeeley	12:00	4	4	0	0	0	3	2	0-4	0-2	4-4	-12
Hannes Steinbach	12:00	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	3-5	0-0	0-1	-12
PJ Hall	9:40	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-13
Totals		81	48	21	7	7	25	18	30-87	11-51	10-12

Did not play: Michael Ajayi (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	28:33	19	7	8	3	1	3	2	9-16	0-3	1-1	+26
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	27:21	14	3	5	2	0	2	1	5-12	2-7	2-2	+43
Dyson Daniels GS	23:29	11	9	5	7	1	0	2	5-10	0-1	1-3	+32
Onyeka Okongwu GS	21:40	10	4	1	0	0	0	2	4-8	2-4	0-0	+27
CJ McCollum GS	21:40	13	1	1	0	1	0	2	4-10	2-7	3-3	+27
Kingston Flemings	24:48	5	6	8	1	0	3	4	2-5	1-1	0-0	+15
Aaron Wiggins	21:30	19	1	1	2	0	1	1	7-9	3-5	2-4	+8
Luguentz Dort	18:43	9	5	2	1	0	1	2	2-5	1-3	4-5	+8
Jock Landale	18:12	8	6	4	1	1	0	1	3-8	1-4	1-2	+12
Corey Kispert	9:40	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	4-5	3-4	0-0	+13
Zuby Ejiofor	8:08	3	2	0	0	0	1	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	+8
Dorian Finney-Smith	8:08	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+8
Asa Newell	8:08	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-2	+8
Totals		128	48	37	17	4	12	21	48-95	18-45	14-22

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dennis Schröder · Naz Reid · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James Starter 7.3 min
Royce O'Neale · Grayson Allen · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Christian Anderson 4.9 min
Dennis Schröder · Royce O'Neale · Naz Reid · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 4.8 min
Ryan Kalkbrenner · PJ Hall · Tidjane Salaün · Liam McNeeley · Hannes Steinbach 4.3 min
Dennis Schröder · Naz Reid · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 4.3 min

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Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels Starter 16.0 min
Jock Landale · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Kingston Flemings 9.5 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Corey Kispert · Asa Newell · Kingston Flemings · Zuby Ejiofor 8.1 min
Jock Landale · Luguentz Dort · Jalen Johnson · Aaron Wiggins · Kingston Flemings 6.9 min
CJ McCollum · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Aaron Wiggins · Dyson Daniels 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Nickeil Alexander-Walker 4 pts (2/6) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Dennis Schröder (27 %, 2 pts) · Brandon Miller (15 %, 0 pts) · Grayson Allen (14 %, 0 pts)
CJ McCollum 2 pts (1/4) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (30 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (21 %, 0 pts) · Grayson Allen (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Naz Reid	Jalen Johnson: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Onyeka Okongwu: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Brandon Miller	Dyson Daniels: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · CJ McCollum: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Onyeka Okongwu: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jock Landale: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dyson Daniels: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sion James	CJ McCollum: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tidjane Salaün	Jalen Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kingston Flemings: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Grayson Allen	Luguentz Dort: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Onyeka Okongwu: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jock Landale: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Royce O'Neale	Aaron Wiggins: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Luguentz Dort: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Christian Anderson	Kingston Flemings: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dyson Daniels: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hannes Steinbach	Zuby Ejiofor: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jock Landale: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Corey Kispert: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kingston Flemings: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
PJ Hall	Asa Newell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Hawks defense

Brandon Miller 20 pts (8/12) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: CJ McCollum (29 %, 5 pts) · Aaron Wiggins (15 %, 10 pts) · Dyson Daniels (14 %, 2 pts)
Naz Reid 11 pts (4/12) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Onyeka Okongwu (34 %, 3 pts) · Jalen Johnson (25 %, 0 pts) · Luguentz Dort (13 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Naz Reid: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Sion James: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Dennis Schröder: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Sion James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Wiggins	Royce O'Neale: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Liam McNeeley: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Kingston Flemings	Christian Anderson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dyson Daniels	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Moussa Diabaté: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
CJ McCollum	Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 4 pts (0/1)
Onyeka Okongwu	Naz Reid: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Moussa Diabaté: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort	Grayson Allen: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Royce O'Neale: 7 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Jock Landale	Moussa Diabaté: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Corey Kispert	Liam McNeeley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Tidjane Salaün: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · PJ Hall: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zuby Ejiofor	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · PJ Hall: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Asa Newell	Hannes Steinbach: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tidjane Salaün: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)