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Nickeil Alexander-Walker (31 PTS), Jalen Johnson (20 PTS) and Dyson Daniels (20 PTS) became the first Hawks trio to have two 20+ point scorers and one 30+ point scorer in a season-opening game since 11/5/93 vs. Indiana (Dominique Wilkins-33, Kevin Willis-25, Stacey Augmon-22).
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Jalen Johnson finished tonight’s win with 20 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, marking his 39th career game with 20+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists, the second-most such games in franchise history.
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Jalen Johnson has secured his first double-double of the season and 90th of his career. The 2025-26 All-NBA Third Team member tallied 49 double-doubles last season, the third-most in the NBA.
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Dyson Daniels is just the fourth Hawk since at least since 1973-74 (when STL became official) to tally 20+ points and 5+ thefts in a season-opening contest.
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Onyeka Okongwu secured his 900th career offensive rebound with his first offensive board of the night
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Nickeil Alexander-Walker has poured in 15+ points in a career-long 24 straight games, the fourth-longest active such scoring streak in the league.
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Dyson Daniels finished tonight’s first half with four steals, in addition to 16 points, one rebound and one assist. The last Hawk to have at least four thefts in a season-opening game was Daniels on 10/23/24 vs. Brooklyn (5 steals).
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Hawks rookie guard Kingston Flemings is making his NBA debut tonight against Orlando. At 19 years, 291 days old, Flemings becomes just the seventh teenager in Hawks history to appear in a game with the club.
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Nickeil Alexander-Walker has made at least one three-pointer in 28 straight games, dating back to last season, the second-longest such streak of his career. The reigning Most Improved Player buried 251 triples during 2025-26, the fourth-most in the NBA.
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Dyson Daniels has swiped at least one steal in 17 straight games, dating back to 2025-26, the longest active steal streak in the NBA. He earned All-Defensive Second Team honors in 2025-26, one of only two players to earn an All-Defensive Team nod in each of the past two seasons.
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CJ McCollum, beginning his 14th NBA campaign, enters this season with the 16th-most triples in NBA history (2,180) and is one of only three players to have averaged at least 18.0 points per game in each of the last 11 seasons, joining LeBron James and DeMar DeRozan.
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McCollum is one of only seven players from his 2013 NBA Draft class to begin the season on an NBA roster.
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Tonight tips off the Hawks’ 78th NBA season and 58th in Atlanta. The Hawks’ 78 seasons are tied with the 76ers for the seventh-most in the league, trailing only the Celtics (81), Warriors (81), Knicks (81), Pistons (79), Lakers (79) and Kings (79).
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Aaron Wiggins (cut to his inner lip) will not return to tonight’s game.
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The Hawks will host the 76ers on MLK Day this season, marking their 28th straight appearance on MLK Day, 36th overall & 31st at home. Atlanta’s 28 straight games on MLK Day are tied for the longest such streak since MLK Day was first observed as an official holiday (Jan. 1986).
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Atlanta's 36 MLK Day appearances are the second-most amongst all teams, as is its 31 home games.
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Heading into tonight’s fourth quarter, Dyson Daniels has 11 rebounds, becoming just the ninth guard in franchise history to grab 11+ boards in a playoff game.
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CJ McCollum has netted 10-or-more points in his 60th career playoff contest.
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Jonathan Kuminga finished tonight’s opening quarter with 10 points on a perfect 1.000 FG% and 1.000 3FG%. It’s the sixth time in his playoff career he has scored 10+ points in a single quarter and the first time on a perfect mark from the floor.
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