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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 25 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 101 |
 Hornets | 22 | 28 | 16 | 27 | 93 |
LALTeam statsCHA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 34-8241.5% | 16-4436.4% | 17-1894.4% | 38 | 24 | 11 |
| CHA | 36-8343.4% | 9-3525.7% | 12-1866.7% | 45 | 22 | 16 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Los Angeles Lakers101| 36 | 19 | 8-19 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 34 | 9 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −2.3 | |||||
| 34 | 24 | 7-18 | 4-12 | 6-6 | 0 | +1 | +0.4 | |||||||
| 24 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 23 | 6 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.0 | |||||
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| 25 | 13 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +21 | +4.7 | ||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −1.8 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 14 | 7 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.6 | |||||
| 9 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +1.0 | ||||
| Team | 101 | 34-8241.5% | 16-4436.4% | 38 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 17-1894.4% | 8 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 39 points on 12 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Kostas Antetokounmpo, Devontae Cacok and Marc Gasol (coach’s decision); Markieff Morris (injury/illness).
Charlotte Hornets93| 40 | 16 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −1.3 | |||||||
| 36 | 13 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −3.4 | ||||||
| 35 | 17 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +4.3 | |||||||
| 31 | 19 | 7-19 | 3-13 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +10 | +3.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 4 | 1-11 | 0-2 | 2-2 | −26 | −7.7 | ||||||||
| 21 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −4.4 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.3 | ||||
| Team | 93 | 36-8343.4% | 9-3525.7% | 45 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 12-1866.7% | 12 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 18 points on 6 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Vernon Carey Jr., Grant Riller and Nick Richards (coach’s decision).
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PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers went on a 10-0 run in the third quarter to beat the Charlotte Hornets 101-93.
It was tied at 64 when Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s 18-foot pull-up jumper put the Lakers ahead for good with 4:11 left in the third quarter. They pulled away to a 74-64 lead with 42 seconds left in the quarter.
The Hornets got within 92-91 on Devonte' Graham’s 3-pointer with 1:54 to play, but Alex Caruso answered with a 3-pointer, and the Hornets got no closer.
Kyle Kuzma’s 2 free throws with 15.8 seconds left made it 99-93 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Lakers outscored the Hornets 10-5. Caruso scored 5 of the Lakers’ 10 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Kuzma scored 24 points (12 on 4 3-pointers), and Caruso added 13 points and 6 assists off the bench.
For the Hornets, Graham had 19 points and 6 assists. Graham scored 13 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets committed 18 turnovers to the Lakers’ 11. The Lakers outscored the Hornets 39-18 off the bench. The Hornets were outscored 22-12 in 8 minutes with Wanamaker, Zeller, Bridges, Martin and Martin on the floor together.
Los Angeles LakersCharlotte HornetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
84 points from the field on 82 shots: 5.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-21 | 52.4% | 64% |
| In the paint | 5-11 | 45.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-6 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-33 | 39.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen McDaniels | 16 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Miles Bridges | 15 | 6 | 2-6 | +3 |
| Caleb Martin | 10 | 2 | 1-5 | 0 |
| Cody Martin | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 5 | 2-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonte' Graham | 13 | 0 | 0-4 | −3 |
| Caleb Martin | 12 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Jalen McDaniels | 9 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Brad Wanamaker | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 9 | 4-10 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Wanamaker | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Jalen McDaniels | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Caleb Martin | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Cody Martin | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 8 points on 46 possessions. He usually scores about 6 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CHA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAL
50/50
CHA
Highest Leverage Moments
Caruso 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Schroder 6 AST)
Q4 0:45
27.3%
37→10
Schroder 26' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Kuzma 1 AST)
Q4 2:11
19.9%
40→21
Graham 26' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Ca. Martin 5 AST)
Q4 1:54
16.9%
21→37
Schroder 27' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Matthews 2 AST)
Q4 8:09
15.7%
29→14
Bridges 25' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Graham 6 AST)
Q4 3:00
15.7%
14→29
