Dyson Daniels has a triple-double and Hawks use big fourth quarter to beat Nuggets 110-87

DENVER (AP) — Dyson Daniels had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Atlanta Hawks used a big fourth quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 110-87 on Friday night in their first game since trading Trae Young.

Jalen Johnson scored 29 points and Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 22 for Atlanta, which outscored Denver 36-12 in the final 12 minutes to pull away.

Both teams were dealing with significant absences.

In addition to Nikola Jokic (hyperextended left knee) and Jonas Valanciunas (calf) remaining sidelined, Jamal Murray (ankle) and Spencer Jones (ankle) were also sidelined for Denver. Murray, who had a career-high 17 assists in the win at Boston on Wednesday night, has missed two of the last four games.

The injury-ravaged Nuggets couldn’t recapture the magic of their improbable wins at Philadelphia and the Celtics to end their seven-game road trip. Peyton Watson led Denver with 25 points and Aaron Gordon scored 14 off the bench in his third game back after missing 19 with a hamstring injury.

Kristaps Porzingis (Achilles tendon) did not dress for Atlanta and CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert have yet to join the team since being acquired in the trade that sent Young to Washington.

Hawks coach Quin Snyder addressed the trade before the game, saying of Young “we appreciate what he gave and did for our group, for the team, for the community. Wish him his family all the very best, his new journey in Washington.”

Atlanta led by as many as 11 in the first half and eight late in the third when the Nuggets went on a 14-2 run to take a four-point lead. The Hawks responded with 10 straight points and a 23-3 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to lead 94-78.

Hawks: Continue their four-game road trip at Golden State on Sunday night.

Nuggets: Host Milwaukee on Sunday night.

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Denver Nuggets guard Tim Hardaway Jr., right, looks to pass the ball as Atlanta Hawks guard Keaton Wallace defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Atlanta Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu, right, blocks a shot by Denver Nuggets guard Peyton Watson in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Denver Nuggets guard Jalen Pickett, left, looks to pass the ball as Atlanta Hawks guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Denver Nuggets guard Peyton Watson, front, passes the ball as Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson, left, goes up for a basket as Denver Nuggets center DaRon Holmes defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)