Atlanta Hawks vs Indiana Pacers Final Score & Over/Under Result — Jan 31, 2026

Indiana held off Atlanta 129–124, a four-point home victory that delivered 253 combined points—18.5 clear of the 234.5 market total. DAGGER leaned under and missed.

The game's scoring shape told the story of a high-octane first half followed by a defensive grind. The teams combined for 153 points through two quarters, with Q2 the offensive peak at 79 combined points. Atlanta's fast pace in Q1 (39 points) and Indiana's response (35) set a frenzied tone, and the Hawks kept it close into halftime despite Jalen Johnson's 33-point, 11-rebound, 10-assist triple-double anchoring their attack. But Indiana tightened the screws after the break. The second half saw just 100 combined points—Q3 a particularly suffocating 50-point quarter—allowing the Pacers to pull clear behind Andrew Nembhard's 26 points and 10 assists, Pascal Siakam's 25 points, and Aaron Nesmith's 23 off the bench. Atlanta's Nickeil Alexander-Walker (21 points, 5 assists) and CJ McCollum (18 points) could not keep pace in the slugfest.

Indiana's recent defensive form—allowing 113.8 per game over its last 10—proved decisive in a second half that flipped the game's entire complexion. The Pacers' low-scoring quarters 3 and 4 (23 and 26 respectively) clamped down just enough to survive a home clash that had looked like a potential shootout through thirty minutes.