Game ID: 22501217
Philadelphia 76ers @ Atlanta Hawks
Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 39 20 35 26 120PHI 29 26 36 26 117
ATL vs PHI ScoutingATL vs PHI Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
ATL availability going into 12/03 · 1 day's restOUT Young missed 17 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Porziņģis missed 3 since 11/28, out tonight
NEW Gueye 15 to 21 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 12/05 · 1 day's restOUT Young missed 18 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Porziņģis missed 4 since 11/28, returns tonight: 20 min (84% of 24)
NEW Risacher 22 to 28 min over the last 5
NEW Gueye 15 to 22 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 12/06 · back-to-backOUT Young missed 19 since 10/31, out tonight
BACK Porziņģis back 12/05 after 4, 20 min since (84% of 24)
NEW Gueye 15 to 20 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 12/12 · 5 days' restOUT Young missed 20 since 10/31, out tonight
BACK Porziņģis back 12/05 after 4, 20 min since (84% of 24)
ATL availability going into 12/14 · 1 day's restOUT Young missed 21 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Porziņģis missed 2 since 12/06, out tonight
ATL availability going into 12/18 · 3 days' restOUT Young missed 22 since 10/31, returns tonight: 20 min (72% of 28)
OUT Porziņģis missed 3 since 12/06, out tonight
ATL availability going into 12/19 · back-to-backOUT Porziņģis missed 4 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 20 min since (72% of 28)
ATL availability going into 12/21 · 1 day's restOUT Porziņģis missed 5 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 20 min since (72% of 28)
ATL availability going into 12/23 · 1 day's restOUT Porziņģis missed 6 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 23 min since (83% of 28)
PHI availability going into 12/04 · 1 day's restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 8 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 3 since 11/28, out tonight
BACK Edgecombe back 11/30 after 3, 23 min since (64% of 35)
BACK Embiid back 11/30 after 9, 30 min since (94% of 32)
BACK Bona back 11/28 after 5, 22 min since (135% of 16)
BACK Gordon back 11/25 after 6, 18 min since (143% of 12)
NEW Grimes 28 to 38 min over the last 4
NEW Barlow 22 to 28 min over the last 5
NEW McCain 17 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Edwards 15 to 23 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 12/05 · back-to-backOUT Oubre Jr. missed 9 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 4 since 11/28, out tonight
BACK Edgecombe back 11/30 after 3, 23 min since (65% of 35)
BACK Embiid back 11/30 after 9, 28 min since (87% of 32)
BACK Bona back 11/28 after 5, 18 min since (111% of 16)
BACK Gordon back 11/25 after 6, 18 min since (143% of 12)
NEW Grimes 28 to 39 min over the last 4
NEW Barlow 22 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW McCain 17 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW Edwards 15 to 21 min over the last 5
NEW Walker 11 to 17 min over the last 4
PHI availability going into 12/07 · 1 day's restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 10 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 5 since 11/28, out tonight
OUT Gordon missed 2 since 12/04, out tonight
BACK Edgecombe back 11/30 after 3, 23 min since (66% of 35)
BACK Embiid back 11/30 after 9, 28 min since (87% of 32)
BACK Bona back 11/28 after 5, 19 min since (117% of 16)
NEW Grimes 28 to 39 min over the last 4
NEW Barlow 22 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW McCain 17 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Walker 11 to 17 min over the last 4
PHI availability going into 12/12 · 4 days' restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 11 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 6 since 11/28, out tonight
OUT Gordon missed 3 since 12/04, out tonight
BACK Edgecombe back 11/30 after 3, 26 min since (75% of 35)
BACK Embiid back 11/30 after 9, 28 min since (89% of 32)
NEW Grimes 28 to 36 min over the last 4
NEW Barlow 22 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW McCain 17 to 22 min over the last 5
NEW Walker 11 to 18 min over the last 4
PHI availability going into 12/14 · 1 day's restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 12 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Bona missed 2 since 12/07, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 7 since 11/28, out tonight
OUT Gordon missed 4 since 12/04, out tonight
NEW Grimes 28 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Walker 11 to 17 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 12/19 · 4 days' restOUT Maxey missed 2 since 12/12, returns tonight: 38 min (99% of 38)
OUT Oubre Jr. missed 13 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Bona missed 3 since 12/07, returns tonight: 15 min (90% of 16)
OUT Watford missed 8 since 11/28, out tonight
OUT Gordon missed 5 since 12/04, out tonight
NEW Grimes 28 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Barlow 22 to 28 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 12/20 · back-to-backOUT Oubre Jr. missed 14 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 9 since 11/28, out tonight
OUT Gordon missed 6 since 12/04, out tonight
BACK Maxey back 12/19 after 2, 38 min since (99% of 38)
BACK Bona back 12/19 after 3, 15 min since (90% of 16)
PHI availability going into 12/23 · 2 days' restOUT Embiid missed 2 since 12/19, returns tonight: 32 min (99% of 32)
OUT Oubre Jr. missed 15 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 10 since 11/28, out tonight
OUT Gordon missed 7 since 12/04, returns tonight: 17 min (139% of 12)
BACK Maxey back 12/19 after 2, 39 min since (102% of 38)
BACK Bona back 12/19 after 3, 20 min since (121% of 16)
PHI availability going into 12/26 · 2 days' restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 16 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 11 since 11/28, out tonight
BACK Maxey back 12/19 after 2, 39 min since (103% of 38)
BACK Embiid back 12/23 after 2, 32 min since (99% of 32)
BACK Bona back 12/19 after 3, 19 min since (118% of 16)
BACK Gordon back 12/23 after 7, 17 min since (139% of 12)
NEW Barlow 22 to 27 min over the last 4
NEW McCain 17 to 24 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 121, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 17 free throws a game; Johnson at 25 and Alexander-Walker at 23 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Young (21 straight), Porziņģis (2 straight). One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 104, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 24 free throws a game; Maxey at 28 and Embiid at 22 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (12 straight), Bona (2 straight), Watford (7 straight). One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Philadelphia allowing 104 a night to Atlanta's 121 and the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-3 a night and Atlanta minus-5. Call it Philadelphia 116, Atlanta 114, Atlanta keeping it close.
12/03 vs LAC 92-115 — ATL notes
ATL lost 92-115. ATL shot 40% (34 of 85) to LAC's 49%, 13 of 39 from three, and got to the line 14 times to LAC's 20. The glass went 38-54 against them. Alexander-Walker led with 21 (7 of 18, 2 of 7 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Daniels added 15, Risacher 11. Q4 was theirs, 19-21, but the other 3 periods went 94-73 against them. Krejčí's -25 in 21 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/05 vs DEN 133-134 — ATL notes
ATL lost 133-134. ATL shot 52% (49 of 95) to DEN's 53%, 20 of 46 from three, and got to the line 16 times to DEN's 30. Alexander-Walker led with 30 (10 of 17, 5 of 9 from three); Porziņģis added 25, J. Johnson 21. Q1 was theirs, 41-23, but the other 3 periods went 111-92 against them. They led by as many as 23. Okongwu's -18 in 28 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/06 @ WAS 131-116 — ATL notes
ATL won 131-116. ATL shot 53% (52 of 98) to WAS's 51%, 13 of 39 from three. ATL turned it over 12 times to WAS's 20. The glass went 45-26 for them. Johnson led with 30 (10 of 18, 2 of 5 from three, 8 of 8 at the line); Okongwu added 21, Alexander-Walker 17. The hinge was Q4, 34-23: a lead of 4 became 15, and the lead reached 20. Krejčí was the night's best plus/minus at +21.
12/12 @ DET 115-142 — ATL notes
ATL lost 115-142. ATL shot 46% (39 of 85) to DET's 58%, 11 of 36 from three. ATL turned it over 20 times to DET's 12, and DET turned those into 16 steals. Alexander-Walker led with 22 (6 of 14, 4 of 10 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Johnson added 19, Daniels 18. Q1 was theirs, 33-34, but the other 3 periods went 108-82 against them. Johnson's -25 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/14 vs PHI 120-117 — ATL notes
ATL won 120-117. ATL shot 43% (43 of 99) to PHI's 38%, 17 of 33 from three, and got to the line 21 times to PHI's 29. ATL turned it over 16 times to PHI's 11, and PHI turned those into 10 steals. Daniels led with 27 (13 of 19); Okongwu added 20, Krejčí 19. The hinge was Q1, 39-29: from level to 10 ahead.
12/18 @ CHA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Charlotte comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 112, shooting 46 percent and 36 from three, 21 free throws a game; Knueppel at 22 and Bridges at 20 a game. Without Ball (3 straight), Sexton (4 straight), Williams (19 straight). 3 days' rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 125, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 19 free throws a game; Johnson at 20 and Alexander-Walker at 20 a game. Without Young (22 straight), Porziņģis (3 straight). 3 days' rest.
So: Charlotte wins, and the game turns on the defense, Charlotte allowing 112 a night to Atlanta's 125. Call it Charlotte 119, Atlanta 115, Atlanta keeping it close.
12/19 vs SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 128, shooting 49 percent and 38 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 25 and Alexander-Walker at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 4 a night. Without Porziņģis (4 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. San Antonio comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 117, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 26 free throws a game; Castle at 22 and Fox at 19 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: San Antonio wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, San Antonio allowing 117 a night to Atlanta's 128 and the line, where San Antonio takes 26 free throws a game to Atlanta's 21. Call it San Antonio 121, Atlanta 120, Atlanta keeping it close.
12/21 vs CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 127, shooting 47 percent and 34 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 24 and Alexander-Walker at 20 a game. Without Porziņģis (5 straight). One day's rest. Chicago comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 120, shooting 48 percent and 33 from three, 18 free throws a game; Giddey at 19 and White at 18 a game. One day's rest.
So: Atlanta wins, and the game turns on the defense, Chicago allowing 120 a night to Atlanta's 127. Call it Atlanta 121, Chicago 119, Chicago keeping it close.
12/23 vs CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 134, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 24 free throws a game; Johnson at 25 and Alexander-Walker at 19 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Porziņģis (6 straight). One day's rest. Chicago comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 130 a night and allowing 125, shooting 52 percent and 37 from three, 22 free throws a game; White at 20 and Giddey at 19 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: Chicago wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Chicago has been plus-2 a night and Atlanta minus-4 and the defense, Chicago allowing 125 a night to Atlanta's 134. Call it Chicago 125, Atlanta 123, Atlanta keeping it close.
12/04 vs GSW 99-98 — PHI notes
PHI won 99-98. PHI shot 46% (39 of 85) to GSW's 42%, 10 of 37 from three. PHI turned it over 19 times to GSW's 13, and GSW turned those into 12 steals. Maxey led with 35 (13 of 27, 4 of 10 from three); Grimes added 12, Embiid 12. The hinge was Q1, 30-10: from level to 20 ahead, and the lead reached 24.
12/05 @ MIL 116-101 — PHI notes
PHI won 116-101. PHI shot 45% (39 of 86) to MIL's 46%, 17 of 43 from three. Grimes led with 22 (7 of 9, 6 of 7 from three); George added 20, Walker 18. The hinge was Q1, 33-20: from level to 13 ahead, and the lead reached 26. Maxey was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
12/07 vs LAL 108-112 — PHI notes
PHI lost 108-112. PHI took 17 more shots (102 to 85), fed by 17 offensive rebounds, but shot 35% to LAL's 48%, 13 of 36 from three. Maxey led with 28 (11 of 24, 5 of 8 from three); Embiid added 16, Edgecombe 15. Q2 was theirs, 30-23, but the other 3 periods went 89-78 against them. They led by as many as 10. Drummond's -15 in 18 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/12 vs IND 115-105 — PHI notes
PHI won 115-105. PHI shot 44% (35 of 79) to IND's 40%, 12 of 37 from three, and went to the line 43 times to IND's 19 — 33 points from the stripe to their 16. PHI turned it over 12 times to IND's 7. Embiid led with 39 (12 of 23, 2 of 8 from three, 13 of 18 at the line); George added 23, Edgecombe 22. The hinge was Q4, 25-15: from level to 10 ahead. Barlow was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
12/14 @ ATL 117-120 — PHI notes
PHI lost 117-120. PHI shot 38% (38 of 101) to ATL's 43%, 17 of 41 from three, and went to the line 29 times to ATL's 21 — 24 points from the stripe to their 17. PHI turned it over 11 times to ATL's 16. George led with 35 (11 of 21, 7 of 10 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Edgecombe added 26, Embiid 22. Q2 was theirs, 26-20, the deficit cut from 10 to 4, but the other 3 periods went 100-91 against them. Barlow's -16 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/19 @ NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 106, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 30 and Towns at 22 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without McBride (2 straight), Shamet (10 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 107, shooting 41 percent and 36 from three, 27 free throws a game; Maxey at 25 and George at 22 a game. Without Maxey (2 straight), Oubre Jr. (13 straight), Bona (3 straight). 4 days' rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the arc, New York at 40 percent from three to Philadelphia's 36. Call it New York 116, Philadelphia 111.
12/20 vs DAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 109, shooting 41 percent and 38 from three, 28 free throws a game; Embiid at 26 and Maxey at 23 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (14 straight), Watford (9 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Dallas comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 121, shooting 50 percent and 34 from three, 28 free throws a game; Flagg at 24 and Davis at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the defense, Philadelphia allowing 109 a night to Dallas's 121 and the arc, Philadelphia at 38 percent from three to Dallas's 34. Call it Philadelphia 118, Dallas 114, Dallas keeping it close.
12/23 vs BKN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 112, shooting 41 percent and 36 from three, 29 free throws a game; Maxey at 32 and Embiid at 26 a game. Without Embiid (2 straight), Oubre Jr. (15 straight), Watford (10 straight). 2 days' rest. Brooklyn comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 98, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 16 free throws a game; Porter Jr. at 27 and Claxton at 13 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Thomas (19 straight), Saraf (4 straight), Etienne (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the line, where Philadelphia takes 29 free throws a game to Brooklyn's 16 and the defense, Brooklyn allowing 98 a night to Philadelphia's 112. Call it Philadelphia 112, Brooklyn 111, Brooklyn keeping it close.
12/26 @ CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 129 a night and allowing 125, shooting 52 percent and 37 from three, 23 free throws a game; White at 21 and Vučević at 18 a game. That is 4 straight wins. 2 days' rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 112, shooting 42 percent and 35 from three, 32 free throws a game; Embiid at 29 and Maxey at 27 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (16 straight), Watford (11 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Chicago wins, and the game turns on the defense, Philadelphia allowing 112 a night to Chicago's 125 and the line, where Philadelphia takes 32 free throws a game to Chicago's 23. Call it Chicago 120, Philadelphia 119, Philadelphia keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLAN A. Newell
DD D. Daniels
JJ J. Johnson
KW K. Wallace
KR Krejci
LK L. Kennard
MG M. Gueye
NA N. Alexander-Walker
OO O. Okongwu
VK V. Krejčí
ZR Z. Risacher
PHIAD A. Drummond
DB D. Barlow
JE J. Edwards
JE J. Embiid
JM J. McCain
JW J. Walker
KL K. Lowry
PG P. George
QG Q. Grimes
VE V. Edgecombe
ATL/PHI 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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
Dyson Daniels and Onyeka Okongwu lead the Hawks past the 76ers, 120-117
ATLANTA -- — Dyson Daniels had 27 points and 10 rebounds, Onyeka Okongwu added 20 points and 15 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks held off the Philadelphia 76ers 120-117 on Sunday night.
Quentin Grimes had a chance to force overtime, but his 3-point attempt at the buzzer went in and out to dramatically give the Hawks their 15th win of the season.
Daniels was 13 of 19 from the field. V񘁋rejci added 19 points, and Zaccharie Risacher had 15.
Paul George led Philadelphia with 35 points, VJ Edgecombe had 26 and Joel Embiid finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds. The 76ers led only once, at 47-46 in the second quarter.
Edgecombe kept the 76ers in it with 17 points in the third quarter as George and Joel Embiid watched from the bench.
The Sixers were without their do-it-all point guard Tyrese Maxey due to illness for the second-consecutive game.
Daniels scored with just over a minute remaining to give the Hawks a 118-114 lead. Grimes responded with a 3-pointer. Joel Embiid had a critical defensive rebound, giving the Sixers possession with 41 seconds left. Several three point attempts fell short, and the Hawks narrowly escaped.