Washington Wizards @ Atlanta Hawks
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA | Game ID: 22500832
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 35 25 40 19 119WAS 20 23 21 34 98
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Kuminga steals the show in Young's return to Atlanta, leading Hawks past Wizards 119-98
ATLANTA -- — Jonathan Kuminga scored a season-high 27 points in his debut for the Hawks, who blew out the hapless Washington Wizards 119-98 Tuesday night in Trae Young 's return to Atlanta.
Acquired by the Hawks at the trade deadline after falling out of favor in Golden State, Kuminga came off the bench to make a huge impact for his new team.
He delivered a thunderous dunk shortly after taking the court for the first time near the midway point of the first quarter, breaking into a big smile as he headed the other way.
That was only the start of Kuminga's big night. Having completed his recovery from a left knee bone bruise, the high-flying forward from Congo knocked down a trio of 3-pointers to go along with seven rebounds, four assists and two steals in 24 1/2 minutes.
Young was the focus at the beginning of the night. The longtime Hawks star was dealt to the Wizards in early January, ending an eight-year tenure that included four All-Star Game berths and an improbable run to the Eastern Conference finals in 2021.
The point guard has yet to play for his new team, which seems mainly concerned with landing a high draft pick for next season as Young recovers from knee and quadriceps injuries.
The Hawks played a tribute video to Young during a break in the second quarter, drawing a standing ovation from a crowd in which many fans were wearing his No. 11 Atlanta jersey. Otherwise, he could only watch from the bench as the rough equivalent of a G League squad was blown out by the home team.
Atlanta led by 15 at the end of the first quarter and totally ran away from the Wizards in the third period, stretching the lead to 100-64.
Will Riley led Washington with 18 points.
Up next The teams meet again Thursday night to complete back-to-back games in Atlanta.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLCK C. Kispert
CM C. McCollum
DD D. Daniels
GV G. Vincent
JJ J. Johnson
JK J. Kuminga
JL J. Landale
KW K. Wallace
MG M. Gueye
NA N. Alexander-Walker
OO O. Okongwu
ZR Z. Risacher
WASAG A. Gill
AW A. Williams
BC B. Carrington
BC B. Coulibaly
JC J. Champagnie
JW J. Watkins
KG K. George
SC S. Cooper
TJ T. Johnson
TV T. Vukcevic
WR W. Riley
ATL/WAS 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