{"id":628054,"date":"2026-02-27T10:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/628054\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:52:40","slug":"hawks-126-96-wizards-feb-26-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/628054\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks 126-96 Wizards (Feb 26, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA — \u2014 Atlanta newcomers CJ McCollum<\/a> and Corey Kispert<\/a> combined for 58 points against their former team on Thursday night, leading the Hawks to a 126-96 win against the Washington Wizards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was the second of a two-game home series for the Hawks against the team to which they traded <\/a>Trae Young<\/a> in January. The Hawks received McCollum and Kispert in exchange \u2014 a decision that paid off in this one.<\/p>\n

Kispert scored 22 of his career-high 33 points in the first half, subbing in with 4:56 remaining in the first quarter and promptly going 5 for 5 beyond the 3-point arc over the next 10 minutes. He finished the night 6 of 11 on 3-point attempts.<\/p>\n

McCollum, who has worked his way into the starting lineup<\/a> since arriving, scored 25 points and had six rebounds and three assists. The veteran guard made a 27-foot 3 pointer and a subsequent free throw right before half, extending Atlanta’s lead to 75-56.<\/p>\n

Dyson Daniels<\/a> added 13 points, 11 assists, four rebounds and tied a season high with five steals.<\/p>\n

Will Riley<\/a> and Tre Johnson<\/a> led the Wizards with 14 points apiece. Anthony Davis<\/a> and Young, who the Wizards traded for earlier this season, were both sidelined with injuries.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Kuminga<\/a> and Zaccharie Risacher<\/a> started in place of All-Star Jalen Johnson<\/a> (hip) and Nickeil Alexander-Walker<\/a> (foot). <\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Wizards: Host Toronto on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Hawks: Host Portland on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA — \u2014 Atlanta newcomers CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert combined for 58 points against their former team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,6,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-628054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-washington","11":"tag-washington-wizards","12":"tag-washingtonwizards","13":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116142220480226142","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}