Atlanta Hawks @ New Orleans Pelicans
Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22500270
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 25 21 24 28 98ATL 21 35 32 27 115
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Porzingis scores 29 as Hawks win 115-98 to hand Pelicans their 9th straight loss
NEW ORLEANS -- — Kristaps Porzingis scored 29 points and Vit Krejci added 21 off the bench on seven 3-pointers to propel the Atlanta Hawks to a 115-98 victory over the skidding New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night.
Jalen Johnson had 18 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Hawks, who stopped a two-game skid and won for the eighth time in 11 road games. Dyson Daniels , drafted in the first round by the Pelicans in 2022, provided 14 points and eight rebounds.
Playing its fifth game in seven nights, New Orleans lost its ninth straight overall and fell to 2-15 this season.
Porzingis shot 11 of 17 from the field and Krejci went 7 for 10 from 3-point range.
Atlanta overcame a sluggish start by outscoring the Pelicans 67-45 over the second and third quarters to erase an early deficit.
Johnson scored nine consecutive points to spark a 15-4 run that put the Hawks up 42-36 in the second.
Johnson had 11 points and Porzingis scored 14 in the quarter. Atlanta turned up its defensive pressure, forcing seven Pelicans turnovers in the period and outscoring them 35-21 to build a 56-46 halftime lead.
Because Zion Williamson sat out the second night of a back-to-back to rest his left hamstring and Herb Jones missed his first game of the season with a back injury, the Pelicans started three rookies for the first time this season: Derik Queen , Jeremiah Fears and Micah Peavy .
Queen averaged 25 points over the previous two games and finished with 20 this time. Fears added 11 points on 5-of-13 shooting.
Trey Murphy III had 19 points and Saddiq Bey scored 18 for the Pelicans.
Up next Hawks: Host the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLAN A. Newell
CH C. Houstan
DD D. Daniels
JJ J. Johnson
JT J. Toppin
KP K. Porziņģis
LK L. Kennard
MG M. Gueye
NA N. Alexander-Walker
PO Porzingis
VK V. Krejčí
ZR Z. Risacher
NOPBM B. McGowens
DQ D. Queen
JA J. Alvarado
JF J. Fears
JH J. Hawkins
KL K. Looney
MP M. Peavy
SB S. Bey
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
ATL/NOP 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