Atlanta Hawks vs. Denver Nuggets

Jan 9, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ATL	30	28	16	36	110
DEN	28	22	25	12	87

Game Recap

The Hawks defeated the Nuggets, 110-87. The Hawks improve to 19-21, while the Nuggets fall to 25-13.

Player Stats

HAWKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27Vit KrejciSF	27	0-8	0-7	0-0	0	1	2	2	0	3	+7	0
1Jalen JohnsonPF	34	12-18	5-6	0-1	9	6	1	1	2	1	+11	29
17Onyeka OkongwuC	34	6-14	3-7	0-0	5	5	2	1	2	2	+32	15
5Dyson DanielsSG	35	8-14	0-2	1-2	11	10	4	0	1	0	+25	17
7Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPG	33	9-21	3-11	1-1	8	3	2	0	1	1	+9	22
3Luke Kennard	27	3-6	2-4	0-0	1	4	2	0	0	2	+18	8
18Mouhamed Gueye	18	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	5	-12	0
2Keaton Wallace	17	4-6	2-3	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0	+5	10
14Asa Newell	10	4-5	1-2	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	3	+20	9
12N'Faly Dante	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Kristaps Porzingis	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Zaccharie Risacher	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-9448.9%	16-4337.2%	2-450.0%	40	31	14	6	6	17	-	110

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5Hunter TysonSF	27	4-9	2-4	0-0	4	4	1	0	2	2	+5	10
8Peyton WatsonPF	34	9-19	2-4	5-7	11	4	3	1	5	3	+2	25
14DaRon Holmes IIC	15	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-5	6
0Christian BraunSG	24	0-5	0-3	0-0	4	0	0	1	2	1	-8	0
24Jalen PickettPG	33	3-6	1-4	0-0	6	6	1	0	1	1	-12	7
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	26	3-8	2-6	2-2	2	1	0	0	1	0	-19	10
32Aaron Gordon	24	5-11	1-5	3-4	9	5	0	0	1	1	-19	14
11Bruce Brown	23	0-3	0-0	3-4	3	2	1	0	1	0	-23	3
22Zeke Nnaji	20	4-5	1-2	3-3	3	0	0	0	3	1	-24	12
3Julian Strawther	10	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	2	-12	0
27Jamal Murray	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	30-7241.7%	11-3234.4%	16-2080.0%	44	22	6	2	19	11	-	87

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterATLDEN

(11:52) Jump Ball Holmes II vs. Okongwu: Tip to Alexander-Walker
(11:37) MISS Alexander-Walker 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:35) Pickett REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:21) Holmes II 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Watson 1 AST)
03
+3 (11:05) Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Daniels 1 AST)
33
+3 (10:42) Holmes II 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Pickett 1 AST)
36
(10:29) MISS Okongwu 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:28) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:11) Pickett 19' Fadeaway Jumper (2 PTS) (Tyson 1 AST)
38
(10:04) MISS Krejci 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:01) Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:42) Braun Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:42) Okongwu STEAL (1 STL)
(9:37) MISS Krejci 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(9:35) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:27) Watson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:27) Johnson STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:21) Johnson 1' Running Dunk (5 PTS) (Okongwu 1 AST)
58
(9:06) Watson Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(9:06) Daniels STEAL (1 STL)
(8:59) Johnson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:59) Pickett STEAL (1 STL)
(8:54) MISS Braun 4' Running Layup
(8:54) Krejci BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:47) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (8:47) Okongwu 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Alexander-Walker 1 AST)
88
+3 (8:28) Pickett 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Watson 2 AST)
811
+2 (8:15) Daniels 3' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Alexander-Walker 2 AST)
1011
(7:53) Holmes II Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T4)
(7:53) Krejci STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (7:50) Alexander-Walker 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Krejci 1 AST)
1311
(7:32) Alexander-Walker P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Goble)
(7:19) MISS Braun 3PT Jump Shot
(7:19) Krejci BLOCK (2 BLK)
(7:17) Daniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:11) MISS Okongwu 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:08) NUGGETS Rebound
(6:52) Watson Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P3.T5)
(6:52) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:38) Daniels Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(6:38) Watson STEAL (1 STL)
(6:30) MISS Watson 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:27) Daniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:10) MISS Krejci 10' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(6:07) Gueye REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(6:06) MISS Gueye 6' Turnaround Hook Shot
(6:04) Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:48) MISS Braun 3PT Jump Shot
(5:47) Hawks Rebound
+2 (5:26) Daniels 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
1511
+3 (5:03) Gordon 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Watson 3 AST)
1514
+2 (4:38) Johnson 15' Turnaround Fadeaway (7 PTS)
1714
+3 (4:25) Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
1717
(4:25) Krejci S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Goble)
+1 (4:25) Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 1 of 1 (4 PTS)
1718
+3 (4:01) Wallace 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Daniels 2 AST)
2018
+2 (3:43) Watson 4' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST)
2020
+2 (3:36) Daniels 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2220
+2 (3:16) Hardaway Jr. 14' Turnaround Fadeaway (6 PTS)
2222
(2:59) MISS Johnson 21' Jump Shot
(2:58) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:48) Watson 14' Fadeaway Bank Shot (4 PTS)
2224
(2:44) Hawks Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+3 (2:29) Kennard 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wallace 1 AST)
2524
(2:02) MISS Brown 6' Driving Layup
(2:02) Gueye BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:00) Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:58) MISS Alexander-Walker 6' Running Layup
(1:57) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(1:49) MISS Watson 4' Driving Layup
(1:49) Okongwu BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:49) Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(1:45) MISS Gordon 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:45) Okongwu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:24) MISS Alexander-Walker 20' Step Back Jump Shot
(1:20) Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:13) Nnaji 1' Dunk (2 PTS) (Hardaway Jr. 1 AST)
2526
+2 (1:00) Alexander-Walker 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Wallace 2 AST)
2726
(1:00) Nnaji S.FOUL (P1.T1) (D.Baroody)
+1 (1:00) Alexander-Walker Free Throw 1 of 1 (6 PTS)
2826
(0:47) Kennard P.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Goble)
+2 (0:39) Gordon 12' Fadeaway Jumper (5 PTS)
2828
(0:32) MISS Kennard 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:29) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:23) Nnaji Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T6)
(0:23) Wallace STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:02) Alexander-Walker 2' Driving Layup (8 PTS)
3028

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

ATL

DEN

110Points87

46-94(48.9%)Field Goal(%)30-72(41.7%)

16-43(37.2%)3-Point(%)11-32(34.4%)

2-4(50.0%)Free Throw(%)16-20(80.0%)

40(4)Rebounds(Offensive)44(4)

31Assists22

14Steals6

6Blocks2

6Turnovers19

17Fouls11

56Pts In The Paint30

16Fast Break Pts9

18Pts Off Turnovers5

27Bench Pts39

26Largest Lead5

Game Details

Friday, January 9, 2026 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,650 (102.9%)