Minnesota Timberwolves @ Atlanta Hawks
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA | Game ID: 22500463
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 33 37 28 28 126MIN 26 23 24 29 102
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Johnson scores 34 points as Hawks roll past Timberwolves 126-102 to end 7-game losing streak
ATLANTA -- — Jalen Johnson scored 34 points and the Atlanta Hawks overcame Anthony Edwards ' 30 points for Minnesota to beat the Timberwolves 126-102 on Wednesday and end a seven-game losing streak.
Atlanta took control by outscoring Minnesota 37-23 in the second quarter to lead 70-49 at halftime.
Johnson added 10 rebounds and six assists. Onyeka Okongwu had 17 points and Dyson Daniels added 11 points, eight rebounds and nine assists. Daniels also had two steals and two blocks.
The Hawks claimed their first win since beating Philadelphia 120-117 on Dec. 14 and improved to 6-11 at home.
The Hawks were bolstered by the return of Kristaps Porzingis , who scored 16 points in 17 minutes off the bench after missing 10 games with an illness.
“It's really good to have him back because he's a really good player,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said of Porzingis before the game.
Luke Kennard added 15 points off Atlanta's bench.
Edwards, the Atlanta native, had 24 first-half points. The Timberwolves had too little scoring depth to keep pace with the Hawks.
Julius Randle scored 19 points and Johnny Juzang had 10. Minnesota had no other player score in double figures. Jaden McDaniels had eight points while Rudy Gobert and Donte DiVincenzo each had six. Gobert had 11 rebounds.
Minnesota coach Chris Finch pulled all his starters for the final several minutes.
Trae Young missed his second consecutive game for Atlanta with a right quad contusion and was in street clothes on the bench for the second half. Nickeil Alexander-Walker , who played the last three seasons for Minnesota, scored 11 points as the fill-in starting point guard.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLAN A. Newell
DD D. Daniels
JJ J. Johnson
KP K. Porziņģis
KW K. Wallace
KR Krejci
LK L. Kennard
MG M. Gueye
NA N. Alexander-Walker
OO O. Okongwu
PO Porzingis
VK V. Krejčí
ZR Z. Risacher
MINAE A. Edwards
BH B. Hyland
DD D. DiVincenzo
JB J. Beringer
JC J. Clark
JI J. Ingles
JJ J. Juzang
JM J. McDaniels
JR J. Randle
LM L. Miller
MC M. Conley
NR N. Reid
RD R. Dillingham
RG R. Gobert
ATL/MIN 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