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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks

December 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Hawks 140-129 on 2025-12-29 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. The Hawks started Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Vít Krejčí, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks) scored 25 points (10/14) in his matchups, with Jalen Williams as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 2 points (1/6) in his matchups, with Dyson Daniels as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 140

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	35:53	39	6	6	2	0	3	1	15-24	2-5	7-7	+16
Cason Wallace GS	33:40	17	7	3	2	1	1	4	6-8	5-6	0-0	+22
Jalen Williams GS	32:54	20	8	7	1	1	3	0	8-17	0-1	4-5	+22
Chet Holmgren GS	30:30	24	10	2	0	2	2	3	9-14	2-4	4-4	+14
Luguentz Dort GS	22:35	6	4	1	0	0	1	2	2-9	1-7	1-1	+20
Alex Caruso	24:02	16	8	2	2	0	1	1	7-8	2-2	0-0	-1
Ajay Mitchell	23:18	10	1	4	2	2	0	4	3-8	0-3	4-4	-11
Aaron Wiggins	11:21	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	-4
Branden Carlson	10:45	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	2-2	-7
Isaiah Joe	10:14	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-10
Kenrich Williams	4:48	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		140	49	27	9	7	13	18	53-98	12-32	22-23

Did not play: Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	39:56	30	4	5	2	1	1	3	11-24	6-14	2-3	-2
Onyeka Okongwu GS	34:59	26	14	6	1	0	4	3	8-16	3-6	7-8	-18
Dyson Daniels GS	34:33	13	6	7	1	2	3	0	6-13	0-1	1-1	-20
Vít Krejčí GS	34:11	18	1	2	1	0	0	2	7-14	4-10	0-0	-17
Zaccharie Risacher GS	22:44	12	4	0	1	1	2	3	4-9	4-8	0-0	-27
Luke Kennard	30:43	12	4	5	1	0	2	2	4-8	3-6	1-1	+10
Asa Newell	20:26	9	0	2	1	0	2	5	3-8	2-5	1-2	+9
Keaton Wallace	12:14	9	0	2	1	0	2	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	+8
Mouhamed Gueye	10:14	0	5	3	2	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-2	+2
Totals		129	38	32	11	4	16	20	46-97	25-54	12-17

Did not play: Caleb Houstan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Malik Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trae Young (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace Starter 11.6 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Isaiah Joe · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson 7.3 min
Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 6.3 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace 5.2 min
Kenrich Williams · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Ajay Mitchell 4.2 min

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Dyson Daniels · Zaccharie Risacher Starter 15.9 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Vít Krejčí · Dyson Daniels · Asa Newell 5.7 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Keaton Wallace · Mouhamed Gueye 4.8 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Keaton Wallace · Asa Newell 4.6 min
Luke Kennard · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Vít Krejčí · Dyson Daniels 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Nickeil Alexander-Walker 25 pts (10/14) in 86 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Williams (32 %, 6 pts) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (19 %, 9 pts) · Cason Wallace (10 %, 3 pts)
Onyeka Okongwu 19 pts (9/22) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Chet Holmgren (26 %, 9 pts) · Luguentz Dort (19 %, 0 pts) · Branden Carlson (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Dyson Daniels: 35 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Cason Wallace	Vít Krejčí: 32 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Luke Kennard: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Williams	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 27 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Dyson Daniels: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Chet Holmgren	Onyeka Okongwu: 20 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Zaccharie Risacher: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Ajay Mitchell	Keaton Wallace: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort	Onyeka Okongwu: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso	Asa Newell: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins	Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Branden Carlson	Onyeka Okongwu: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Asa Newell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe	Luke Kennard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams	Asa Newell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mouhamed Gueye: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2 pts (1/6) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Dyson Daniels (19 %, 0 pts) · Zaccharie Risacher (18 %, 0 pts) · Vít Krejčí (17 %, 2 pts)
Jalen Williams 10 pts (4/9) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (25 %, 3 pts) · Onyeka Okongwu (16 %, 2 pts) · Vít Krejčí (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Jalen Williams: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luguentz Dort: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Onyeka Okongwu	Chet Holmgren: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Jalen Williams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Vít Krejčí	Cason Wallace: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dyson Daniels	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Luke Kennard	Isaiah Joe: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zaccharie Risacher	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Asa Newell	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chet Holmgren: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keaton Wallace	Ajay Mitchell: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mouhamed Gueye	Chet Holmgren: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)