Brooklyn Nets – Atlanta Hawks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 12 March 2026

BKN97–108ATL

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↑ ATL winsBKN wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when ATL leads and falls when BKN does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jalen Johnson decided it, the Atlanta Hawks player with the most points (21, with 9 rebounds and 9 assists; +12 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Zaccharie Risacher's (+17). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Atlanta Hawks 108-97 Brooklyn Nets (March 12, 2026) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Atlanta Hawks went ahead for good in the fourth quarter (10:28 left), with a dunk by Mouhamed Gueye for 84-83, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Atlanta Hawks 108-97 Brooklyn Nets (March 12, 2026) was a 11-0 run by the Atlanta Hawks in the first quarter (from 8:53 to 6:34), from 6-7 to 17-7. The Brooklyn Nets' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 6:15 to 3:58), from 62-72 to 71-72.

With 24 points, this is Josh Minott's highest-scoring regular-season game of his career.

▸See where these figures come from

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Brooklyn made 277 passes and Atlanta made 306.
BKN 277306 ATL
Brooklyn made 18 of 46 jump shots and Atlanta made 15 of 55.
BKN18/46
ATL15/55

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BKN

Powell · Saraf · Minott · Johnson · Liddell

Closing lineup · ATL

Alexander-Walker · Johnson · McCollum · Okongwu · Risacher

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BKN

Drake Powell

32′ · -17

Ben Saraf

31′ · -13

Danny Wolf

28′ · -9

Nic Claxton

21′ · -6

Noah Clowney

20′ · -4

Tyson Etienne

18′ · +1

Jalen Wilson

17′ · -1

Josh Minott

24′ · +2

Chaney Johnson

20′ · -4

Terance Mann

16′ · +6

E.J. Liddell

13′ · -10

ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

36′ · +9

Jalen Johnson

36′ · +12

CJ McCollum

30′ · +1

Onyeka Okongwu

30′ · +6

Corey Kispert

20′ · +6

Zaccharie Risacher

31′ · +17

Gabe Vincent

19′ · +10

Jock Landale

13′ · +3

Jonathan Kuminga

19′ · -11

Mouhamed Gueye

5′ · +2

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. BKN and ATL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Brooklyn Nets

Claxton, Clowney, Wolf, Saraf, and Powell played 18.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Mann, Wilson, Etienne, Minott, and Johnson played 13.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Liddell, Minott, Wolf, Saraf, and Powell played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Atlanta Hawks

Alexander-Walker, Okongwu, Johnson, Kispert, and McCollum played 9.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Alexander-Walker, Okongwu, Kuminga, Johnson, and McCollum played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Vincent, Okongwu, Johnson, Kispert, and Risacher played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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Brooklyn Nets

Liddell, Minott, Saraf, Powell, and Johnson played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Liddell, Etienne, Saraf, Powell, and Johnson played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Claxton, Wilson, Etienne, Wolf, and Powell played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Mann, Wilson, Liddell, Minott, and Johnson played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Atlanta Hawks

Alexander-Walker, Okongwu, Johnson, Risacher, and McCollum played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Landale, Vincent, Alexander-Walker, Kuminga, and Risacher played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Landale, Kuminga, Kispert, Risacher, and McCollum played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Vincent, Alexander-Walker, Okongwu, Johnson, and Risacher played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Landale, Vincent, Alexander-Walker, Johnson, and Risacher played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Alexander-Walker, Kuminga, Gueye, Risacher, and McCollum played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Landale, Alexander-Walker, Kuminga, Risacher, and McCollum played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Landale, Vincent, Johnson, Kispert, and Risacher played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Vincent, Alexander-Walker, Okongwu, Kuminga, and Johnson played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker covered 4.92 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jalen Johnson touched the ball 94 times, a game high.
Jalen Johnson made 69 passes, a game high.
Onyeka Okongwu defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.

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Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Drake Powell	4.31	7.6	54	37
Ben Saraf	3.97	7.3	76	59
Danny Wolf	3.54	7.1	37	25
Josh Minott	3.12	7.2	39	23
Nic Claxton	2.57	7.0	31	23
Tyson Etienne	2.51	7.8	28	22
Chaney Johnson	2.43	6.8	33	30
Noah Clowney	2.41	7.0	26	14
Jalen Wilson	2.03	6.9	22	14
Terance Mann	1.90	6.8	24	18
E.J. Liddell	1.66	6.9	19	12

Atlanta Hawks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	4.92	7.6	64	47
Jalen Johnson	4.47	7.0	94	69
CJ McCollum	4.01	7.5	63	40
Zaccharie Risacher	3.93	7.3	32	16
Onyeka Okongwu	3.49	6.6	54

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Brooklyn Nets

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Drake Powell	32:11	22.5
Ben Saraf	30:39	19.4
Danny Wolf	28:10	19.0
Josh Minott	24:18	30.6
Nic Claxton	20:53	14.6
Chaney Johnson	20:03	12.8
Noah Clowney	19:34	22.7
Tyson Etienne	18:16	16.2
Jalen Wilson	16:39	21.2
Terance Mann	15:49	19.4
E.J. Liddell	13:28	17.9

Atlanta Hawks

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	36:22	18.8
Jalen Johnson	36:20	21.3
Zaccharie Risacher	30:38	18.3
CJ McCollum	30:11	27.3
Onyeka Okongwu	30:07	17.3
Corey Kispert	20:05	20.8
Jonathan Kuminga	19:18	15.4
Gabe Vincent	19:06	8.2
Jock Landale	13:21	20.0

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

CJ McCollum guarded Drake Powell for 4.9 minutes, over 22 possessions.
In that time, Drake Powell scored 0 points and made 0 of 1 shots.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker guarded Ben Saraf for 4.8 minutes, over 27 possessions.
In that time, Ben Saraf scored 0 points and made 0 of 1 shots.
Onyeka Okongwu guarded Nic Claxton for 4.5 minutes, over 24 possessions.
In that time, Nic Claxton scored 4 points and made 2 of 4 shots.

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Brooklyn Nets defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Saraf	Alexander-Walker	4.0	24	2 (1/2)
Claxton	Okongwu	3.7	24	0 (0/3)
Johnson	Okongwu	3.5	17	0 (0/0)
Etienne	Vincent	3.0	13	3 (1/1)
Powell	McCollum	3.0	19	2 (1/3)
Johnson	Landale	2.9	7	0 (0/1)
Powell	Risacher	2.7	13	7 (2/2)
Mann	Alexander-Walker	2.5	12	2 (1/2)
Minott	Risacher	2.3	8	3 (1/2)
Minott	Johnson	2.3	11	3 (1/2)
Wolf	Kispert	2.3	13	2 (1/3)
Etienne	McCollum	2.2	9	4 (1/2)
Minott	Alexander-Walker	2.1	8	7 (2/3)

Atlanta Hawks defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
McCollum	Powell	4.9	22	0 (0/1)
Alexander-Walker	Saraf	4.8	27	0 (0/1)
Okongwu	Claxton	4.5	24	4 (2/4)
Kispert	Clowney	4.1	17	5 (2/5)
Johnson	Wolf	4.1	22	0 (0/0)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Brooklyn Nets

Nic Claxton contested 7.3 shots per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 32 of 399 in the league.
Noah Clowney contested 6.3 shots per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 51 of 399 in the league.
Terance Mann drew 0.05 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 70 of 399 in the league.

Atlanta Hawks

Nickeil Alexander-Walker deflected 3.5 passes per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 14 of 399 in the league.
Onyeka Okongwu recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 16 of 399 in the league.
Gabe Vincent drew 0.08 charges per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 36 of 399 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Atlanta Hawks have won 27 of their 56 games against the Brooklyn Nets.

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Game context

Attendance

15.526

91.1% of capacity

State Farm Arena · Atlanta

Scoring

205

combined points

26.2 below the season average (231.2)