{"id":334290,"date":"2025-12-07T03:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/334290\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T03:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:07:07","slug":"hawks-131-116-wizards-dec-6-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/334290\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks 131-116 Wizards (Dec 6, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON — \u2014 Jalen Johnson<\/a> had his second straight triple-double and fourth of the season, finishing with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>‘ 131-116 victory over the Washington Wizards<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

On Friday night, Johnson had 21 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists in a 134-133 home loss to Denver.<\/p>\n

Onyeka Okongwu<\/a> added 21 points for the Hawks. They snapped a three-game losing streak and avenged a 132-113 loss in Washington on Nov. 25.<\/p>\n

V\u00edt Krejci scored 14 points and made three of his four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to help Atlanta pull away after giving back a lead that had been 20 in the second quarter and 18 in the third.<\/p>\n

CJ McCollum<\/a> scored 28 points for last-place Washington, which lost its third in a row and second straight at home following two consecutive home wins. He hit seven 3s as the Wizards stayed in the game on 17-of-28 shooting beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Johnson surpassed the triple-double threshold with a defensive rebound late in the third quarter and helped Atlanta outrebound Washington 45-26 and outscore the Wizards 70-42 in the paint.<\/p>\n

Even so, the Wizards fought back into a brief tie after their 23-8 run tied it at 97 early in the fourth.<\/p>\n

The Hawks responded with an 8-0 spurt of their own, keyed by Krejci’s second and third 3s, and Washington never again closed within a possession.<\/p>\n

Up next: <\/p>\n

Hawks: Visit Detroit on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Wizards: Host Cavaliers on Friday<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/www.apnews.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON — \u2014 Jalen Johnson had his second straight triple-double and fourth of the season, finishing with 30…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-334290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}