Charlotte Hornets @ Atlanta Hawks
Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA | Game ID: 22500276
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 28 25 39 21 113CHA 25 30 33 22 110
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Jalen Johnson scores 28 and lifts Hawks over Hornets 113-110
ATLANTA -- — Jalen Johnson had 28 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks won for the seventh time in nine games with a 113-110 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 23 points and five rebounds, and Dyson Daniels added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Hawks. Onyeka Okongwu scored 20 points.
The Hornets, who saw their losing streak extended to six games, were led by rookie Kon Knueppel with 28 points. He set a Hornets rookie record with seven made 3-pointers.
The Hornets trailed 112-110 with 11 seconds left. Alexander-Walker stripped Knueppel on a drive to the basket and was immediately fouled. He made 1 of 2 free throws. The Hornets had a chance at a game-tying three-pointer, but Miles Bridges shot an air ball under heavy pressure at the buzzer.
Johnson has eight straight games of at least 15 points, five rebounds and five assists, setting a franchise record.
The Hornets entered the game shooting an NBA-best 41.5%, but were held to 31.8% (14 for 44).
Knueppel has shot at least 40% from 3-point range in six straight games and hit 16 of 23 in his last two. He entered the game leading all rookies in scoring at 18.8 points per game and has seven games in November with at least 24 point.
The Hawks had a nice burst at the end of a tight third quarter sparked in part by Mouhamed Gueye . The big man had a dunk off an assist from Johnson, a blocked shot of Collin Sexton (22 points) and a pretty baseline drive early in the fourth that gave the Hawks contributions from deep in the rotation. The Hawks put together a 16-2 run over the end of the third and beginning of fourth quarters, but the Hornets would not go away.
Up next The Hornets host the New York Knicks on Wednesday.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CHACS C. Sexton
DP D. Peterson
DI Diabate
KK K. Knueppel
KS K. Simpson
LM L. McNeeley
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diabaté
MP M. Plumlee
SJ S. James
TM T. Mann
ATLAN A. Newell
DD D. Daniels
JJ J. Johnson
KW K. Wallace
KR Krejci
MG M. Gueye
NA N. Alexander-Walker
OO O. Okongwu
VK V. Krejčí
ZR Z. Risacher
CHA/ATL 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