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Atlanta Hawks vs Dallas Mavericks — 2026-10-16 NBA Game Analysis

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Atlanta Hawks 135, Dallas Mavericks 111. Final.

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FinalAmerican Airlines Center
Atlanta HawksATL135
Dallas MavericksDAL111
  1. 1st 11:393ATLCJ McCollum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jalen Johnson assists)3–0
  2. 1st 11:102DALZaccharie Risacher makes 10-foot two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)3–2
  3. 1st 10:561ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 1 of 24–2
  4. 1st 10:561ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 2 of 25–2
  5. 1st 10:143ATLJalen Johnson makes 24-foot running jump shot (CJ McCollum assists)8–2
  6. 1st 9:522DALCooper Flagg makes dunk (Zaccharie Risacher assists)8–4
  7. 1st 9:403DALKyrie Irving makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cooper Flagg assists)8–7
  8. 1st 9:311ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 1 of 39–7
  9. 1st 9:311ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 2 of 310–7
  10. 1st 9:153DALP.J. Washington makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)10–10
  11. 1st 9:041ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 1 of 211–10
  12. 1st 9:041ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 2 of 212–10
  13. 1st 8:482DALZaccharie Risacher makes 7-foot two point shot (Cooper Flagg assists)12–12
  14. 1st 8:392ATLDyson Daniels makes driving layup14–12
  15. 1st 8:331DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 214–13
  16. 1st 8:213ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Onyeka Okongwu assists)17–13
  17. 1st 8:012ATLOnyeka Okongwu makes 4-foot two point shot (Jalen Johnson assists)19–13
  18. 1st 7:413DALP.J. Washington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)19–16
  19. 1st 7:243ATLCJ McCollum makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Onyeka Okongwu assists)22–16
  20. 1st 6:523DALKyrie Irving makes 23-foot three point jumper (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)22–19
  21. 1st 5:081ATLDyson Daniels makes free throw 2 of 223–19
  22. 1st 4:443DALCooper Flagg makes 25-foot three pointer (Naji Marshall assists)23–22
  23. 1st 4:092DALMorez Johnson Jr. makes 2-foot reverse layup (Cooper Flagg assists)23–24
  24. 1st 3:441ATLJock Landale makes free throw 1 of 224–24
  25. 1st 3:441ATLJock Landale makes free throw 2 of 225–24
  26. 1st 3:321DALNaji Marshall makes free throw 1 of 225–25
  27. 1st 3:321DALNaji Marshall makes free throw 2 of 225–26
  28. 1st 3:163ATLJock Landale makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Wiggins assists)28–26
  29. 1st 2:562DALMorez Johnson Jr. makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot28–28
  30. 1st 2:473ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)31–28
  31. 1st 2:201ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 332–28
  32. 1st 2:201ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 3 of 333–28
  33. 1st 1:422ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup (Aaron Wiggins assists)35–28
  34. 1st 1:273DALMarcus Sasser makes 24-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)35–31
  35. 1st 1:142ATLAaron Wiggins makes driving layup (Jock Landale assists)37–31
  36. 1st 54.22DALMarcus Sasser makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot37–33
  37. 1st 35.41ATLAaron Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 238–33
  38. 1st 35.41ATLAaron Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 239–33
  39. 1st 25.41DALDaniel Gafford makes free throw 1 of 239–34
  40. 2nd 11:442DALDaniel Gafford makes layup (Zaccharie Risacher assists)39–36
  41. 2nd 11:292ATLLuguentz Dort makes 2-foot layup (Jock Landale assists)41–36
  42. 2nd 11:053ATLJock Landale makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)44–36
  43. 2nd 10:412DALCooper Flagg makes 5-foot two point shot44–38
  44. 2nd 10:293ATLJock Landale makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)47–38
  45. 2nd 10:091ATLKingston Flemings makes free throw 1 of 248–38
  46. 2nd 10:091ATLKingston Flemings makes free throw 2 of 249–38
  47. 2nd 9:462DALKyrie Irving makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Zaccharie Risacher assists)49–40
  48. 2nd 9:311ATLJock Landale makes free throw 1 of 350–40
  49. 2nd 9:311ATLJock Landale makes free throw 2 of 351–40
  50. 2nd 9:311ATLJock Landale makes free throw 3 of 352–40
  51. 2nd 8:593ATLAaron Wiggins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dyson Daniels assists)55–40
  52. 2nd 7:522ATLJalen Johnson makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot (CJ McCollum assists)57–40
  53. 2nd 7:181DALKyrie Irving makes free throw 1 of 257–41
  54. 2nd 7:012ATLDyson Daniels makes dunk (CJ McCollum assists)59–41
  55. 2nd 6:282ATLOnyeka Okongwu makes 2-foot layup (Jalen Johnson assists)61–41
  56. 2nd 5:012ATLJalen Johnson makes 1-foot driving dunk (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)63–41
  57. 2nd 4:202DALCaleb Martin makes 2-foot reverse layup (Cooper Flagg assists)63–43
  58. 2nd 4:141ATLCJ McCollum makes free throw 2 of 264–43
  59. 2nd 3:372DALCooper Flagg makes 1-foot running dunk64–45
  60. 2nd 3:261ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 1 of 265–45
  61. 2nd 3:261ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 2 of 266–45
  62. 2nd 3:112DALCaleb Martin makes driving layup66–47
  63. 2nd 2:593ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dyson Daniels assists)69–47
  64. 2nd 2:372DALSergio de Larrea makes 1-foot dunk (Dwight Powell assists)69–49
  65. 2nd 2:242ATLDyson Daniels makes layup (Onyeka Okongwu assists)71–49
  66. 2nd 2:151DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 271–50
  67. 2nd 2:151DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 271–51
  68. 2nd 1:081ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 372–51
  69. 2nd 56.03DALKyrie Irving makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sergio de Larrea assists)72–54
  70. 2nd 39.21ATLJalen Johnson makes free throw 1 of 273–54
  71. 3rd 11:441DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 273–55
  72. 3rd 11:441DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 273–56
  73. 3rd 11:102DALCooper Flagg makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot73–58
  74. 3rd 11:101DALDaniel Gafford makes free throw 1 of 173–59
  75. 3rd 9:403ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (CJ McCollum assists)76–59
  76. 3rd 9:193ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dyson Daniels assists)79–59
  77. 3rd 8:362DALZaccharie Risacher makes 1-foot layup (Kyrie Irving assists)79–61
  78. 3rd 8:151ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 380–61
  79. 3rd 8:151ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 3 of 381–61
  80. 3rd 8:053DALKyrie Irving makes 25-foot three pointer (Daniel Gafford assists)81–64
  81. 3rd 7:423DALCooper Flagg makes 24-foot three pointer (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)81–67
  82. 3rd 7:082ATLJalen Johnson makes 1-foot running dunk (Luguentz Dort assists)83–67
  83. 3rd 5:091ATLAaron Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 284–67
  84. 3rd 4:192ATLJalen Johnson makes 4-foot running pullup jump shot (Kingston Flemings assists)86–67
  85. 3rd 3:573DALKyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caleb Martin assists)86–70
  86. 3rd 3:213DALSergio de Larrea makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caleb Martin assists)86–73
  87. 3rd 3:013ATLAaron Wiggins makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot89–73
  88. 3rd 2:373ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot running jump shot (Jock Landale assists)92–73
  89. 3rd 2:191DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 292–74
  90. 3rd 2:191DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 2 of 292–75
  91. 3rd 1:542ATLJock Landale makes 5-foot two point shot (Kingston Flemings assists)94–75
  92. 3rd 1:222ATLAaron Wiggins makes 1-foot reverse layup (Jock Landale assists)96–75
  93. 3rd 1:083DALSergio de Larrea makes 26-foot three pointer (Kyrie Irving assists)96–78
  94. 3rd 57.53ATLLuguentz Dort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)99–78
  95. 3rd 25.93ATLKingston Flemings makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jock Landale assists)102–78
  96. 4th 11:321DALZaccharie Risacher makes free throw 1 of 2102–79
  97. 4th 11:321DALZaccharie Risacher makes free throw 2 of 2102–80
  98. 4th 11:223ATLAaron Wiggins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kingston Flemings assists)105–80
  99. 4th 11:012DALDaniel Gafford makes 6-foot two point shot (Zaccharie Risacher assists)105–82
  100. 4th 10:511ATLKingston Flemings makes free throw 1 of 2106–82
  101. 4th 10:511ATLKingston Flemings makes free throw 2 of 2107–82
  102. 4th 10:402DALCooper Flagg makes driving layup107–84
  103. 4th 10:401DALCooper Flagg makes free throw 1 of 1107–85
  104. 4th 10:252DALCooper Flagg makes running layup (Sergio de Larrea assists)107–87
  105. 4th 9:453ATLKingston Flemings makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)110–87
  106. 4th 9:123ATLLuguentz Dort makes 24-foot running jump shot (Kingston Flemings assists)113–87
  107. 4th 8:482ATLOnyeka Okongwu makes 1-foot layup (Kingston Flemings assists)115–87
  108. 4th 8:222DALP.J. Washington makes dunk (Naji Marshall assists)115–89
  109. 4th 8:043ATLAaron Wiggins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Onyeka Okongwu assists)118–89
  110. 4th 7:522DALNaji Marshall makes layup (Sergio de Larrea assists)118–91
  111. 4th 7:401ATLDyson Daniels makes free throw 2 of 2119–91
  112. 4th 7:162DALZaccharie Risacher makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Naji Marshall assists)119–93
  113. 4th 6:573ATLCorey Kispert makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kingston Flemings assists)122–93
  114. 4th 6:362DALZaccharie Risacher makes tip in dunk122–95
  115. 4th 5:442ATLAsa Newell makes 3-foot layup (Zuby Ejiofor assists)124–95
  116. 4th 5:262DALZaccharie Risacher makes 1-foot dunk (Naji Marshall assists)124–97
  117. 4th 4:352DALNaji Marshall makes two point shot (P.J. Washington assists)124–99
  118. 4th 3:582DALZaccharie Risacher makes 9-foot two point shot124–101
  119. 4th 3:441ATLZuby Ejiofor makes free throw 1 of 2125–101
  120. 4th 3:441ATLZuby Ejiofor makes free throw 2 of 2126–101
  121. 4th 3:123DALSeth Lundy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Moussa Cisse assists)126–104
  122. 4th 3:011ATLAsa Newell makes free throw 1 of 2127–104
  123. 4th 3:011ATLAsa Newell makes free throw 2 of 2128–104
  124. 4th 2:412DALZaccharie Risacher makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Sergio de Larrea assists)128–106
  125. 4th 2:272DALMoussa Cisse makes two point shot128–108
  126. 4th 2:271DALMoussa Cisse makes free throw 1 of 1128–109
  127. 4th 1:421DALJohn Poulakidas makes free throw 1 of 2128–110
  128. 4th 1:421DALJohn Poulakidas makes free throw 2 of 2128–111
  129. 4th 1:302ATLRayJ Dennis makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot130–111
  130. 4th 1:091ATLAsa Newell makes free throw 2 of 2131–111
  131. 4th 49.12ATLZuby Ejiofor makes 3-foot reverse layup (RayJ Dennis assists)133–111
  132. 4th 22.82ATLAsa Newell makes running layup135–111

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Game recap

Preseason. Final. Quarters: Atlanta Hawks 39, 34, 29, 33; Dallas Mavericks 34, 20, 24, 33.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker 25 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists. Jalen Johnson 20 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists. Aaron Wiggins 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists

Cooper Flagg 26 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists. Zaccharie Risacher 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists. Kyrie Irving 18 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists

Sources: ESPN NBA scoreboard · ESPN WNBA scoreboard

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Atlanta Hawks vs Dallas Mavericks — NBA Game Analysis

Atlanta Hawks defeated Dallas Mavericks 135–111, a 24-point margin. Atlanta Hawks shot 45% from the field, compared with 43% from the field for Dallas Mavericks. Atlanta Hawks shot 41% from three-point range, compared with 39% from three-point range for Dallas Mavericks. Atlanta Hawks led the rebounding count, 55 to 42. Atlanta Hawks committed fewer turnovers, 13 to 15.

Analysis based on ESPN’s recorded final score and available box-score statistics.

Team stats

StatAtlanta HawksDallas Mavericks
FG40-8940-93
Field Goal %4543
3PT21-5113-33
Three Point %4139
FT34-4518-26
Free Throw %7669
Rebounds5542
Offensive Rebounds1712
Defensive Rebounds3830
Assists3630
Steals97
Blocks65
Turnovers1315
Total Turnovers1315
Fast Break Points196
Points in Paint3850

Leaders

  • PointsCooper Flagg · DAL · 26
  • AssistsKyrie Irving · DAL · 5
  • ReboundsCooper Flagg · DAL · 12
  • PointsNickeil Alexander-Walker · ATL · 25
  • AssistsKingston Flemings · ATL · 6
  • ReboundsJalen Johnson · ATL · 14

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