Houston Rockets @ Atlanta Hawks
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA | Game ID: 22400532
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 27 23 23 23 96HOU 22 27 33 18 100
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Green scores 25 and Rockets hold off Hawks 100-96 for fourth straight victory
ATLANTA -- — Jalen Green scored 12 of his 25 points in the third quarter and the Houston Rockets avoided a late collapse to beat the Atlanta Hawks 100-96 on Tuesday night.
Alperen Sengun added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, who led 96-80 after Green's steal and layup with 5:41 remaining before Atlanta closed within two in the final minute.
Dillon Brooks and Amen Thompson each finished with 11 points for the Rockets, who followed their victory in Boston on Monday with their fourth straight win.
Trae Young had 21 points and nine assists for Atlanta, which dropped its season-high sixth straight.
Takeaways Rockets: Houston has won 10 of 12 and moved 1 1/2 games ahead of Memphis for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.
Hawks: Atlanta has not won since beating the Celtics 119-115 in overtime on Jan. 18.
Key moment The Hawks cut the lead to 98-96 with 46 seconds to play. De’Andre Hunter missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer with 12 seconds left and the ball bounced over the backboard, giving the Rockets the ball with 10 seconds left. Sengun broke free on the ensuing Houston inbounds pass and his dunk sealed the win.
Key stat The Hawks shot 11 of 47 from 3-point range. After hitting three of its first seven 3-pointers, Atlanta went 8 of 40 the rest of the game.
Up next The Hawks travel to Cleveland play the Cavaliers on Thursday while the Rockets head to Memphis to play the Grizzlies in a key Western Conference matchup on Thursday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLDD D. Daniels
DH D. Hunter
GM G. Mathews
KW K. Wallace
KR Krejci
LN L. Nance Jr.
MG M. Gueye
OO O. Okongwu
TY T. Young
VK V. Krejčí
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CW C. Whitmore
DB D. Brooks
FV F. VanVleet
JG J. Green
JL J. Landale
JT J. Tate
ATL/HOU the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur