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New York Knicks vs. Atlanta Hawks

January 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hawks beat the Knicks 111-99 on 2026-01-02 on the road against the Knicks. The Knicks started OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Miles McBride, and Ariel Hukporti. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. Kristaps Porziņģis (Hawks) scored 13 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Guerschon Yabusele as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 16 points (5/7) in his matchups, with Vít Krejčí as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges GS	35:09	18	5	5	2	0	1	1	7-19	3-11	1-2	+3
OG Anunoby GS	34:59	19	10	1	2	0	3	4	5-13	1-6	8-10	-14
Jalen Brunson GS	34:54	24	2	5	1	0	2	3	10-23	1-8	3-3	-9
Miles McBride GS	30:44	11	1	2	1	0	1	1	4-14	3-10	0-0	0
Ariel Hukporti GS	28:22	8	16	4	1	4	1	2	2-4	0-0	4-4	+2
Tyler Kolek	17:14	6	3	1	0	0	3	0	3-5	0-1	0-0	-8
Kevin McCullar Jr.	16:37	0	5	6	0	0	0	4	0-3	0-1	0-0	-9
Guerschon Yabusele	15:01	8	4	1	0	0	2	0	3-5	0-1	2-2	-7
Jordan Clarkson	13:31	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-8	1-3	0-0	-15
Mohamed Diawara	6:32	0	4	1	1	1	1	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	+5
Trey Jemison III	4:37	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Pacôme Dadiet	2:21	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		99	52	27	8	6	14	17	36-97	9-42	18-21

Did not play: Karl-Anthony Towns (DND - Injury/Illness)

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Johnson GS	38:00	18	10	11	2	0	4	1	7-14	1-3	3-6	+11
Dyson Daniels GS	37:31	11	6	8	2	0	2	3	5-8	0-1	1-2	+5
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	34:19	23	4	3	2	0	1	2	9-20	3-10	2-4	+8
Onyeka Okongwu GS	29:46	23	9	2	3	2	2	4	9-16	3-6	2-4	+11
Zaccharie Risacher GS	22:19	12	5	1	0	0	0	3	4-7	1-3	3-5	+3
Vít Krejčí	29:07	8	4	1	1	0	1	3	3-8	2-5	0-0	+15
Luke Kennard	20:44	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	4-5	2-3	2-2	+5
Kristaps Porziņģis	17:16	4	8	2	2	0	2	4	1-8	0-3	2-2	+2
Asa Newell	10:58	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	0
Totals		111	49	31	12	2	13	21	42-88	12-36	15-25

Did not play: Mouhamed Gueye (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keaton Wallace (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trae Young (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride · Ariel Hukporti Starter 13.7 min
OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Ariel Hukporti · Tyler Kolek · Mohamed Diawara 4.4 min
Jordan Clarkson · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Ariel Hukporti · Tyler Kolek 3.7 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride · Kevin McCullar Jr. 2.7 min
Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride · Ariel Hukporti · Kevin McCullar Jr. 2.4 min

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher Starter 10.2 min
Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels 12.1 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · Luke Kennard · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher · Asa Newell 5.3 min
Kristaps Porziņģis · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher 4.9 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Asa Newell 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Kristaps Porziņģis 13 pts (4/10) in 33 possessions

Guarded by: Guerschon Yabusele (33 %, 4 pts) · Ariel Hukporti (22 %, 0 pts) · OG Anunoby (13 %, 4 pts)
Jalen Johnson 23 pts (9/14) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (54 %, 8 pts) · Kevin McCullar Jr. (17 %, 0 pts) · Ariel Hukporti (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Dyson Daniels: 45 poss., 11 pts (4/9) · Vít Krejčí: 6 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
OG Anunoby	Jalen Johnson: 42 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mikal Bridges	Zaccharie Risacher: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Vít Krejčí: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Miles McBride	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 37 poss., 5 pts (2/8) · Onyeka Okongwu: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ariel Hukporti	Onyeka Okongwu: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Jalen Johnson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Luke Kennard: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Dyson Daniels: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Guerschon Yabusele	Kristaps Porziņģis: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Onyeka Okongwu: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mohamed Diawara	Luke Kennard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Asa Newell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trey Jemison III	Onyeka Okongwu: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet	Vít Krejčí: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Onyeka Okongwu: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

Jalen Brunson 16 pts (5/7) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Vít Krejčí (32 %, 3 pts) · Dyson Daniels (31 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Johnson (12 %, 2 pts)
Jordan Clarkson 4 pts (2/3) in 27 possessions

Guarded by: Luke Kennard (25 %, 2 pts) · Vít Krejčí (22 %, 0 pts) · Zaccharie Risacher (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	OG Anunoby: 36 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dyson Daniels	Jalen Brunson: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mikal Bridges: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Miles McBride: 31 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Mikal Bridges: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Onyeka Okongwu	Ariel Hukporti: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Guerschon Yabusele: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Vít Krejčí	Jalen Brunson: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zaccharie Risacher	Mikal Bridges: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · OG Anunoby: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kennard	Tyler Kolek: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Clarkson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kristaps Porziņģis	Guerschon Yabusele: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ariel Hukporti: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Asa Newell	Ariel Hukporti: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mohamed Diawara: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)