Game ID: 22500488
Atlanta Hawks @ Toronto Raptors
Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 35 42 30 27 134ATL 29 41 36 11 117
ATL @ TOR ScoutingATL @ TOR 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.
TOR availability going into 12/26 · 2 days' restOUT Barrett missed 14 since 11/24, out tonight
BACK Poeltl back 12/21 after 2, 7 min since (27% of 24)
NEW Mamukelashvili 21 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW Agbaji 16 to 22 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 12/28 · 1 day's restOUT Barrett missed 15 since 11/24, returns tonight: 24 min (76% of 31)
OUT Poeltl missed 2 since 12/23, out tonight
NEW Mamukelashvili 21 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Agbaji 16 to 23 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 12/29 · back-to-backOUT Poeltl missed 3 since 12/23, out tonight
OUT Murray-Boyles missed 2 since 12/26, returns tonight: 25 min (112% of 22)
BACK Barrett back 12/28 after 15, 24 min since (76% of 31)
NEW Mamukelashvili 21 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW Agbaji 16 to 23 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 12/31 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 4 since 12/23, out tonight
BACK Barrett back 12/28 after 15, 24 min since (76% of 31)
BACK Murray-Boyles back 12/29 after 2, 25 min since (112% of 22)
NEW Agbaji 16 to 22 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 1/03 · 2 days' restOUT Poeltl missed 5 since 12/23, out tonight
BACK Barrett back 12/28 after 15, 24 min since (77% of 31)
BACK Murray-Boyles back 12/29 after 2, 26 min since (114% of 22)
TOR availability going into 1/05 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 6 since 12/23, out tonight
BACK Barrett back 12/28 after 15, 26 min since (83% of 31)
BACK Murray-Boyles back 12/29 after 2, 26 min since (114% of 22)
TOR availability going into 1/07 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 7 since 12/23, out tonight
BACK Barrett back 12/28 after 15, 27 min since (88% of 31)
BACK Murray-Boyles back 12/29 after 2, 27 min since (121% of 22)
TOR availability going into 1/09 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 8 since 12/23, out tonight
BACK Murray-Boyles back 12/29 after 2, 28 min since (125% of 22)
TOR availability going into 1/11 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 9 since 12/23, out tonight
ATL availability going into 12/27 · back-to-backOUT Porziņģis missed 8 since 12/06, out tonight
BACK Young back 12/18 after 22, 27 min since (98% of 28)
ATL availability going into 12/29 · 1 day's restOUT Porziņģis missed 9 since 12/06, out tonight
ATL availability going into 12/31 · 1 day's restOUT Porziņģis missed 10 since 12/06, returns tonight: 17 min (71% of 24)
NEW Okongwu 31 to 36 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 1/02 · 1 day's restOUT Young missed 2 since 12/29, out tonight
BACK Porziņģis back 12/31 after 10, 17 min since (71% of 24)
NEW Newell 11 to 17 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 1/03 · back-to-backOUT Young missed 3 since 12/29, not on tonight's roster
BACK Porziņģis back 12/31 after 10, 17 min since (71% of 24)
ATL availability going into 1/05 · 1 day's restBACK Porziņģis back 12/31 after 10, 17 min since (71% of 24)
ATL availability going into 1/07 · 1 day's restBACK Porziņģis back 12/31 after 10, 18 min since (75% of 24)
NEW Krejčí 22 to 28 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 1/09 · 1 day's restBACK Porziņģis back 12/31 after 10, 19 min since (79% of 24)
NEW Risacher 22 to 27 min over the last 5
ATL availability going into 1/11 · 1 day's restNEW Risacher 22 to 27 min over the last 4
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 114, shooting 44 percent and 30 from three, 23 free throws a game; Ingram at 23 and Barnes at 19 a game. Without Poeltl (5 straight). 2 days' rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 119, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 24 and Okongwu at 22 a game. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. Without Young (3 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Toronto has been plus-4 a night and Atlanta minus-8 and the arc, Atlanta at 39 percent from three to Toronto's 30. Call it Toronto 119, Atlanta 114.
12/26 @ WAS 117-138 — TOR notes
TOR lost 117-138. TOR shot 44% (40 of 91) to WAS's 59%, 12 of 36 from three, and went to the line 27 times to WAS's 18 — 25 points from the stripe to their 15. The glass went 33-46 against them. Ingram led with 29 (10 of 20, 1 of 7 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Quickley added 25, Walter 15. Q3 was theirs, 38-29, the deficit cut from 11 to 2, but the other 3 periods went 109-79 against them. Barnes's -29 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/28 vs GSW 141-127 — TOR notes
TOR won 141-127 in 1 overtime. TOR shot 51% (56 of 110) to GSW's 45%, 13 of 42 from three, and got to the line 18 times to GSW's 28. TOR turned it over 14 times to GSW's 20. The glass went 55-42 for them. Quickley led with 27 (7 of 15, 5 of 10 from three, 8 of 8 at the line); Ingram added 26, Barnes 23. The hinge was OT1, 19-5: from level to 14 ahead. Shead was the night's best plus/minus at +34.
12/29 vs ORL 107-106 — TOR notes
TOR won 107-106. TOR shot 39% (39 of 99) to ORL's 41%, 8 of 34 from three. Shead led with 19 (8 of 15, 3 of 6 from three); Ingram added 17, Dick 15. The hinge was Q4, 23-12: TOR came in trailing by 10 and left it ahead by 1. TOR trailed 54-65 at the half and won the second half 53-41. Murray-Boyles was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
12/31 vs DEN 103-106 — TOR notes
TOR lost 103-106. TOR took 20 more shots (100 to 80), fed by 17 offensive rebounds, but shot 37% to DEN's 42%, 12 of 45 from three, and got to the line 21 times to DEN's 34. Ingram led with 30 (11 of 21, 5 of 7 from three); Quickley added 22, Barnes 20. Q3 was theirs, 25-22, the deficit cut from 9 to 6, but the other 3 periods went 84-78 against them. Walter's -14 in 23 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/03 vs ATL 134-117 — TOR notes
TOR won 134-117. TOR shot 53% (49 of 92) to ATL's 46%, 12 of 31 from three, and went to the line 26 times to ATL's 19 — 24 points from the stripe to their 16. The glass went 48-36 for them. Ingram led with 29 (11 of 15, 6 of 6 at the line); Barrett added 29, Barnes 20. The hinge was Q4, 27-11: a lead of 1 became 17. Mamukelashvili was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
1/05 vs ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 119, shooting 45 percent and 30 from three, 24 free throws a game; Ingram at 26 and Barrett at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 4 a night. Without Poeltl (6 straight). One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 121, shooting 48 percent and 41 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 26 and Alexander-Walker at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Toronto has been plus-4 a night and Atlanta minus-8 and the arc, Atlanta at 41 percent from three to Toronto's 30. Call it Toronto 120, Atlanta 117, Atlanta keeping it close.
1/07 @ 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 119 a night and allowing 115, shooting 48 percent and 42 from three, 23 free throws a game; Miller at 27 and Knueppel at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 9 a night. Without Kalkbrenner (8 straight), Williams (29 straight). One day's rest. Toronto comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 111, shooting 46 percent and 30 from three, 23 free throws a game; Ingram at 24 and Barnes at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Poeltl (7 straight). One day's rest.
So: Charlotte wins, and the game turns on the arc, Charlotte at 42 percent from three to Toronto's 30 and the turnovers, Charlotte giving it away 15 times a game to Toronto's 11. Call it Charlotte 117, Toronto 116, Toronto keeping it close.
1/09 @ BOS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 111, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 18 free throws a game; Brown at 30 and White at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 10 a night. Without Minott (2 straight). One day's rest. Toronto comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 28 from three, 23 free throws a game; Barrett at 23 and Ingram at 20 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Poeltl (8 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 39 percent from three to Toronto's 28 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-10 a night and Toronto plus-3. Call it Boston 116, Toronto 110.
1/11 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 109, shooting 46 percent and 31 from three, 19 free throws a game; Barrett at 22 and Ingram at 21 a game. Without Poeltl (9 straight). One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 111, shooting 50 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; Maxey at 30 and Embiid at 26 a game. One day's rest.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the arc, Philadelphia at 36 percent from three to Toronto's 31. Call it Toronto 115, Philadelphia 114, Philadelphia keeping it close.
12/27 vs NYK 125-128 — ATL notes
ATL lost 125-128. ATL shot 48% (43 of 89) to NYK's 45%, 17 of 43 from three. The glass went 37-55 against them. Okongwu led with 31 (10 of 16, 6 of 10 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Alexander-Walker added 25, Johnson 20. Q4 was theirs, 36-30, the deficit cut from 9 to 3, but the other 3 periods went 98-89 against them. Young's -13 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/29 @ OKC 129-140 — ATL notes
ATL lost 129-140. ATL shot 47% (46 of 97) to OKC's 54%, 25 of 54 from three, and got to the line 17 times to OKC's 23. The glass went 38-49 against them. Alexander-Walker led with 30 (11 of 24, 6 of 14 from three); Okongwu added 26, Krejčí 18. Q1 was theirs, 38-35, but the other 3 periods went 105-91 against them. They led by as many as 10. Risacher's -27 in 23 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/31 vs MIN 126-102 — ATL notes
ATL won 126-102. ATL shot 49% (51 of 104) to MIN's 43%, 16 of 42 from three. ATL turned it over 8 times to MIN's 14. Johnson led with 34 (15 of 22, 3 of 6 from three); Okongwu added 17, Porziņģis 16. The hinge was Q2, 37-23: a lead of 7 became 21, and the lead reached 34. Porziņģis was the night's best plus/minus at +22.
1/02 @ NYK 111-99 — ATL notes
ATL won 111-99. ATL shot 48% (42 of 88) to NYK's 37%, 12 of 36 from three. Alexander-Walker led with 23 (9 of 20, 3 of 10 from three); Okongwu added 23, Johnson 18. The hinge was Q3, 34-23: a lead of 13 became 24. Krejčí was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
1/03 @ TOR 117-134 — ATL notes
ATL lost 117-134. ATL shot 46% (42 of 91) to TOR's 53%, 17 of 39 from three, and got to the line 19 times to TOR's 26. The glass went 36-48 against them. Alexander-Walker led with 31 (10 of 19, 6 of 11 from three); Johnson added 30, Daniels 20. Q3 was theirs, 36-30, the deficit cut from 7 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 104-81 against them. Alexander-Walker's -16 in 36 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/05 @ TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 119, shooting 45 percent and 30 from three, 24 free throws a game; Ingram at 26 and Barrett at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 4 a night. Without Poeltl (6 straight). One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 121, shooting 48 percent and 41 from three, 21 free throws a game; Johnson at 26 and Alexander-Walker at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Toronto has been plus-4 a night and Atlanta minus-8 and the arc, Atlanta at 41 percent from three to Toronto's 30. Call it Toronto 120, Atlanta 117, Atlanta keeping it close.
1/07 vs NOP — 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 117 a night and allowing 119, shooting 46 percent and 40 from three, 20 free throws a game; Johnson at 24 and Alexander-Walker at 22 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest. New Orleans comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 124, shooting 45 percent and 33 from three, 20 free throws a game; Murphy III at 26 and Williamson at 25 a game. That is 5 straight losses. Without Bey (3 straight), Murray (8 straight), Jordan (34 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Atlanta wins, and the game turns on the arc, Atlanta at 40 percent from three to New Orleans's 33 and the glass, where New Orleans has been plus-0 a night and Atlanta minus-5. Call it Atlanta 123, New Orleans 114.
1/09 @ DEN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Denver comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 115, shooting 46 percent and 39 from three, 25 free throws a game; Murray at 26 and Watson at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 11 a night. Without Jokić (5 straight), Johnson (8 straight). One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 111, shooting 46 percent and 38 from three, 20 free throws a game; Johnson at 23 and Alexander-Walker at 19 a game. One day's rest.
So: Denver wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Atlanta has been minus-1 a night and Denver minus-11 and the turnovers, Atlanta giving it away 14 times a game to Denver's 10. Call it Denver 118, Atlanta 115, Atlanta keeping it close.
1/11 @ GSW — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 113, shooting 45 percent and 36 from three, 21 free throws a game; Ste. Curry at 29 and Butler III at 19 a game. Without Kuminga (11 straight). One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 108, shooting 46 percent and 38 from three, 17 free throws a game; Johnson at 22 and Alexander-Walker at 21 a game. One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Golden State 115, Atlanta 113, Atlanta keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLAN A. Newell
CH C. Houstan
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
TORBI B. Ingram
CM C. Murray-Boyles
GD G. Dick
IQ I. Quickley
JS J. Shead
JW J. Walter
MB M. Bamba
OA O. Agbaji
RB R. Barrett
SB S. Barnes
SM S. Mamukelashvili
ATL/TOR 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
TORONTO -- — RJ Barrett scored a season-high 29 points, Brandon Ingram also had 29 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Atlanta Hawks 134-117 on Saturday night in the first of back-to-back meetings between the teams.
Scottie Barnes scored 20 points and Immanuel Quickley had 15 for the Raptors, who have won five straight meetings with the Hawks and three of four games overall. Sandro Mamukelashvili had 13 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high eight assists.
Barrett scored eight points as Toronto, up one through three quarters, opened the fourth with a 16-0 run to take a 123-106 lead with 7:18 remaining. The Raptors are 17-1 this season when taking a lead to the fourth.
Atlanta missed six straight field-goal attempts to begin the final period before Nickeil Alexander-Walker connected for a 3 with 6:49 left.
Alexander-Walker finished with 31 points, Jalen Johnson added 30 and Dyson Daniels had 20 points and 12 assists for the Hawks.
Atlanta became the first team this season to hold the New York Knicks to fewer than 100 points in Friday’s win at Madison Square Garden , but couldn’t duplicate that defensive effort against Toronto.
The Hawks have allowed 125 points or more in each of their past 10 losses.
Ingram finished with nine rebounds. He connected on 11 of 15 attempts, including 1 of 2 from distance, and made all six of his free throws.
Vit Krejci scored 13 points for the Hawks and Keaton Wallace added 11.
Atlanta’s Trae Young (bruised right quadriceps) sat for the fourth straight game. Toronto’s Jakob Poeltl (back) missed his sixth straight.
Up next The teams meet again in Toronto on Monday night.