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December 18, 2025 · Spectrum Center
Atlanta Hawks vs Charlotte Hornets · December 18, 2025
The Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 133-126 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at home. Kon Knueppel led the Hornets with 28 points and 3 steals. Jalen Johnson led the Hawks with 43 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists. The Hornets are 9-18 and the Hawks 15-13.
Team 1 2 3 4 T
ATL 32 37 26 31 126 CHA 37 43 27 26 133
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Hawks · 48/92 FG
Q1 11:10 · Dyson Daniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 9:49 · Dyson Daniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 7:35 · Dyson Daniels makes 2-foot two point shot
Q2 10:42 · Dyson Daniels misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 10:39 · Dyson Daniels makes tip shot
Q2 10:01 · Dyson Daniels misses driving layup
Q2 1:58 · Dyson Daniels makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q3 8:39 · Dyson Daniels misses two point shot
Q3 7:19 · Dyson Daniels makes 2-foot dunk (Trae Young assists)
Q3 5:36 · Miles Bridges blocks Dyson Daniels 's 3-foot running layup
Q4 10:11 · Dyson Daniels makes 11-foot floating jump shot (Luke Kennard assists)
Q4 51.3 · Dyson Daniels makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q1 10:31 · Trae Young misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 2:53 · Trae Young makes 3-foot running jump shot (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q1 54.6 · Trae Young makes 2-foot two point shot
Q2 5:43 · Trae Young misses 33-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 5:37 · Trae Young misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 2:28 · Trae Young misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 0.0 · Trae Young misses 33-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 9:03 · Trae Young makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Dyson Daniels assists)
Q1 9:20 · Zaccharie Risacher makes driving layup (Trae Young assists)
Q1 7:11 · Zaccharie Risacher misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q2 4:50 · Zaccharie Risacher misses two point shot
Q2 4:46 · Zaccharie Risacher makes two point shot
Q2 4:22 · Ryan Kalkbrenner blocks Zaccharie Risacher 's 2-foot dunk
Q3 9:40 · Zaccharie Risacher misses 19-foot jumper
Q4 5:14 · Zaccharie Risacher misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 9:01 · Jalen Johnson misses 19-foot jumper
Q1 8:33 · Jalen Johnson misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 8:05 · Jalen Johnson makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Trae Young assists)
Q1 6:48 · Jalen Johnson misses driving layup
Q1 6:28 · Jalen Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dyson Daniels assists)
Q1 4:33 · Jalen Johnson makes 9-foot two point shot (Dyson Daniels assists)
Q2 8:19 · Jalen Johnson makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
Q2 7:54 · Jalen Johnson misses two point shot
Q2 6:28 · Jalen Johnson misses 2-foot two point shot
Q2 5:17 · Jalen Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zaccharie Risacher assists)
Q2 1:37 · Jalen Johnson makes driving layup
Q2 1:12 · Jalen Johnson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 11:38 · Jalen Johnson makes running layup (Trae Young assists)
Q3 11:05 · Jalen Johnson misses layup
Q3 8:07 · Jalen Johnson makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot (Trae Young assists)
Q3 4:49 · Jalen Johnson makes 10-foot two point shot
Q3 1:27 · Jalen Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q3 32.7 · Jalen Johnson makes driving layup
Q4 8:02 · Jalen Johnson makes 7-foot two point shot
Q4 7:29 · Jalen Johnson makes running layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Q4 6:04 · Jalen Johnson makes running layup
Q4 4:44 · Jalen Johnson makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 3:44 · Jalen Johnson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 2:39 · Jalen Johnson makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 1:23 · Jalen Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 18.6 · Jalen Johnson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 4.6 · Jalen Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Onyeka Okongwu assists)
Q1 8:57 · Onyeka Okongwu makes two point shot
Q1 5:50 · Onyeka Okongwu makes 9-foot two point shot
Q2 11:21 · Onyeka Okongwu misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q2 9:56 · Onyeka Okongwu misses 8-foot two point shot
Q2 3:12 · Onyeka Okongwu makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q2 2:51 · Onyeka Okongwu misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q3 6:47 · Onyeka Okongwu misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 6:15 · Onyeka Okongwu makes driving layup (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q4 11:43 · Onyeka Okongwu makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 5:07 · Onyeka Okongwu misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 5:22 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q1 1:56 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 3-foot fade away jump shot (Trae Young assists)
Q2 7:15 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
Q2 6:57 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 15-foot fade away jump shot (Asa Newell assists)
Q2 1:05 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trae Young assists)
Q2 47.2 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot running jump shot (Trae Young assists)
Q2 20.5 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q3 5:24 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses running pullup jump shot
Q3 3:38 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
Q3 2:34 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q4 11:20 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Dyson Daniels assists)
Q4 9:08 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 2-foot layup (Dyson Daniels assists)
Q4 8:23 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 30-foot three point jumper
Q4 6:57 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup
Q4 5:00 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 4:11 · Brandon Miller blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 12-foot turnaround jump shot
Q4 3:18 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q4 3:03 · Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 3-foot layup (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q1 3:37 · Mouhamed Gueye makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Jalen Johnson assists)
Q1 3:11 · Mouhamed Gueye misses 5-foot hook shot
Q1 1:32 · Mouhamed Gueye makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Trae Young assists)
Q1 2:25 · Vit Krejci misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 1:22 · Vit Krejci makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trae Young assists)
Q3 1:50 · Vit Krejci misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 9:36 · Asa Newell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 6:06 · Asa Newell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Q4 11:02 · Luke Kennard makes 26-foot running jump shot (Dyson Daniels assists)
Q4 9:39 · Luke Kennard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Paint 26/40 65% Mid-range 11/15 73% 3PT 11/37 30%
Hornets · 49/91 FG
Q1 11:26 · Brandon Miller makes 9-foot floating jump shot
Q1 10:17 · Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 10:09 · Brandon Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 7:45 · Brandon Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists)
Q1 31.6 · Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 0.0 · Brandon Miller misses 7-foot fade away jump shot
Q2 11:33 · Brandon Miller makes 2-foot running dunk (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q2 2:16 · Brandon Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q2 1:28 · Brandon Miller makes 3-foot two point shot
Q2 31.8 · Brandon Miller misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 8:50 · Brandon Miller makes 26-foot three pointer (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 7:31 · Brandon Miller makes 1-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 1:18 · Brandon Miller makes driving layup (Tidjane Salaun assists)
Q3 10.3 · Brandon Miller misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 1:33 · Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 11:01 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 8:46 · Kon Knueppel makes 27-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 7:24 · Kon Knueppel makes 22-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 5:31 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:57 · Kon Knueppel makes 9-foot fade away jump shot (Tidjane Salaun assists)
Q2 9:50 · Kon Knueppel makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 6:45 · Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 11:22 · Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Brandon Miller assists)
Q3 8:21 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 5:29 · Kon Knueppel misses running layup
Q4 9:52 · Kon Knueppel makes 2-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q4 9:21 · Kon Knueppel makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q4 8:37 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot running jump shot
Q4 7:05 · Kon Knueppel makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q4 6:39 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 5:38 · Kon Knueppel misses 46-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 5:29 · Kon Knueppel makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sion James assists)
Q1 10:41 · LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot running jump shot (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)
Q1 9:33 · LaMelo Ball misses 29-foot three point jumper
Q1 9:12 · LaMelo Ball makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 6:04 · LaMelo Ball misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 9:24 · LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q2 8:50 · LaMelo Ball misses 5-foot fade away jump shot
Q2 8:43 · LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q2 7:46 · LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Miles Bridges assists)
Q2 6:21 · LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot running jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q2 5:25 · LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Green assists)
Q2 4:55 · LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 5:50 · LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 2:14 · LaMelo Ball makes driving layup
Q4 1:39 · Jalen Johnson blocks LaMelo Ball 's 2-foot driving layup
Q4 1:01 · LaMelo Ball makes 2-foot two point shot
Q4 28.3 · LaMelo Ball makes 30-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 8:14 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot dunk (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q1 6:37 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot dunk (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q2 2:40 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 3-foot two point shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q3 9:12 · Ryan Kalkbrenner misses alley oop layup
Q3 0.4 · Ryan Kalkbrenner misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q1 4:59 · Miles Bridges misses two point shot
Q1 4:06 · Miles Bridges misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 2:41 · Miles Bridges makes 3-foot two point shot
Q2 8:04 · Miles Bridges misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q2 4:28 · Miles Bridges makes driving layup
Q3 10:57 · Miles Bridges makes 23-foot running jump shot (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)
Q3 10:16 · Miles Bridges misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 7:44 · Miles Bridges makes driving layup (Brandon Miller assists)
Q3 7:04 · Miles Bridges makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 6:24 · Miles Bridges misses 10-foot two point shot
Q4 6:14 · Miles Bridges misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 4:24 · Miles Bridges misses 10-foot two point shot
Q4 3:55 · Miles Bridges makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)
Q1 4:50 · KJ Simpson makes 1-foot driving dunk
Q1 3:01 · KJ Simpson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q2 3:58 · KJ Simpson misses 30-foot three point jumper
Q2 3:27 · Onyeka Okongwu blocks KJ Simpson 's 5-foot driving layup
Q2 3:01 · KJ Simpson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q3 3:01 · KJ Simpson misses 10-foot two point shot
Q3 2:03 · KJ Simpson makes driving layup (Brandon Miller assists)
Q1 3:53 · Moussa Diabate misses 8-foot two point shot
Q2 11:04 · Moussa Diabate misses layup
Q2 10:15 · Moussa Diabate makes 2-foot running dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 1:37 · Moussa Diabate makes 1-foot dunk (Brandon Miller assists)
Q1 3:22 · Josh Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (KJ Simpson assists)
Q3 3:49 · Josh Green misses 22-foot fade away jump shot
Q1 1:47 · Tidjane Salaun makes 27-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q2 10:27 · Tidjane Salaun makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 8:57 · Tidjane Salaun misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 3:17 · Tidjane Salaun misses 31-foot three point jumper
Q3 39.2 · Tidjane Salaun makes driving layup (Brandon Miller assists)
Q4 11:28 · Tidjane Salaun makes driving layup (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q1 1:08 · Sion James makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)
Q2 7:28 · Sion James makes running layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 5:55 · Sion James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 8:52 · Sion James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 8:11 · Sion James misses driving layup
Q4 7:36 · Sion James misses 23-foot three point jumper
Paint 20/28 71% Mid-range 5/14 36% 3PT 24/49 49%
Green = made, red × = missed. Free throws are not shown.
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