Okongwu's season-high 29 lifts the Hawks past the Cavaliers

Oct 29, 2026

Hawks 114, Cavaliers 111

Onyeka Okongwu scored a season-high 29 points with 12 rebounds as Atlanta held on at State Farm Arena.

Streaks snapped

Atlanta ended a three-game losing streak and is 3-3. Cleveland's three-game winning streak ended at 3-2.

From 15 down

Cleveland led 31-16 early in the second. The Hawks then outscored the Cavaliers 27-6 over eight minutes.

A 43-point third

Okongwu opened the third with two threes and scored 14 in the quarter. Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 13 of his 25 in the period.

The finish

Cleveland cut it to 110-109 with 43.2 seconds left. Okongwu's putback made it 112-109, and Donovan Mitchell missed two threes on the last possession.

Cleveland's side

James Harden led the Cavaliers with 24 points. Mitchell scored 22 but shot 1-of-9 from three. Aaron Wiggins scored 20 off the Atlanta bench.

What's next

Cleveland visits Milwaukee on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. Atlanta visits New Orleans on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.

Photo credit

Photo by Bama in ATL, CC-BY-SA-4.0, resized. State Farm Arena in Atlanta during a Bulls-Hawks game, March 2019.

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