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Denver Nuggets vs. Atlanta Hawks

January 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hawks beat the Nuggets 110-87 on 2026-01-09 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Jalen Pickett, Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, DaRon Holmes II, and Hunter Tyson. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Vít Krejčí, Jalen Johnson, and Dyson Daniels. Jalen Johnson (Hawks) scored 2 points (0/2) in his matchups, with Hunter Tyson as his primary defender. Aaron Gordon (Nuggets) scored 3 points (1/5) in his matchups, with Onyeka Okongwu as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 87

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	34:00	25	11	4	3	1	5	3	9-19	2-4	5-7	+2
Jalen Pickett GS	33:18	7	6	6	1	0	1	1	3-6	1-4	0-0	-12
Hunter Tyson GS	27:20	10	4	4	1	0	2	2	4-9	2-4	0-0	+5
Christian Braun GS	24:47	0	4	0	0	1	2	1	0-5	0-3	0-0	-8
DaRon Holmes II GS	15:12	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	-5
Tim Hardaway Jr.	26:04	10	2	1	0	0	1	0	3-8	2-6	2-2	-19
Aaron Gordon	24:28	14	9	5	0	0	1	1	5-11	1-5	3-4	-19
Bruce Brown	23:43	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-0	3-4	-23
Zeke Nnaji	20:42	12	3	0	0	0	3	1	4-5	1-2	3-3	-24
Julian Strawther	10:26	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0-3	0-1	0-0	-12
Totals		87	44	22	6	2	19	11	30-72	11-32	16-20

Did not play: Jamal Murray (DND - Injury/Illness)

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dyson Daniels GS	35:38	17	11	10	4	0	1	0	8-14	0-2	1-2	+25
Jalen Johnson GS	34:43	29	9	6	1	1	2	1	12-18	5-6	0-1	+11
Onyeka Okongwu GS	34:43	15	5	5	2	1	2	2	6-14	3-7	0-0	+32
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	33:22	22	8	3	2	0	1	1	9-21	3-11	1-1	+9
Vít Krejčí GS	27:20	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	0-8	0-7	0-0	+7
Luke Kennard	27:28	8	1	4	2	0	0	2	3-6	2-4	0-0	+18
Mouhamed Gueye	18:37	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	-12
Keaton Wallace	17:20	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	4-6	2-3	0-0	+5
Asa Newell	10:49	9	4	0	0	1	0	3	4-5	1-2	0-0	+20
Totals		110	40	31	14	6	6	17	46-94	16-43	2-4

Did not play: N'Faly Dante (NWT - Not With Team), Kristaps Porziņģis (DND - Injury/Illness), Zaccharie Risacher (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jalen Pickett · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson · DaRon Holmes II · Hunter Tyson Starter 11.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jalen Pickett · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson 5.8 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther 4.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Hunter Tyson 4.0 min
Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson · Hunter Tyson 3.6 min

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels Starter 20.1 min
Luke Kennard · Onyeka Okongwu · Dyson Daniels · Keaton Wallace · Asa Newell 6.2 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Keaton Wallace · Mouhamed Gueye 5.3 min
Luke Kennard · Vít Krejčí · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Mouhamed Gueye 3.3 min
Luke Kennard · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels · Keaton Wallace · Mouhamed Gueye 2.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Jalen Johnson 2 pts (0/2) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Hunter Tyson (31 %, 0 pts) · Christian Braun (17 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (14 %, 0 pts)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker 0 pts (0/1) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Pickett (41 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (14 %, 0 pts) · Christian Braun (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Peyton Watson	Dyson Daniels: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Johnson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Vít Krejčí: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Christian Braun	Vít Krejčí: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Johnson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Luke Kennard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keaton Wallace: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Gordon	Onyeka Okongwu: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Hunter Tyson	Jalen Johnson: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Johnson: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Asa Newell: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Onyeka Okongwu: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Onyeka Okongwu: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Luke Kennard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Johnson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

Aaron Gordon 3 pts (1/5) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Onyeka Okongwu (32 %, 0 pts) · Mouhamed Gueye (21 %, 0 pts) · Dyson Daniels (16 %, 3 pts)
Peyton Watson 0 pts (0/4) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Johnson (39 %, 0 pts) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker (16 %, 0 pts) · Onyeka Okongwu (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Onyeka Okongwu	Aaron Gordon: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DaRon Holmes II: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dyson Daniels	Jalen Pickett: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Christian Braun: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Johnson	Peyton Watson: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Pickett: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Christian Braun: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Pickett: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vít Krejčí	Hunter Tyson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Pickett: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keaton Wallace	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mouhamed Gueye	Aaron Gordon: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell	Zeke Nnaji: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)