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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 21 | 28 | 36 | 29 | 114 |
 Hornets | 31 | 34 | 22 | 30 | 117 |
LALTeam statsCHA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 38-9141.8% | 15-4037.5% | 23-3271.9% | 44 | 19 | 6 |
| CHA | 43-8351.8% | 11-3630.6% | 20-2871.4% | 50 | 25 | 11 |
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.
Charlotte Hornets117| 41 | 26 | 9-15 | 1-5 | 7-8 | +6 | +9.4 | ||||||||
| 38 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +17 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 37 | 20 | 7-16 | 4-10 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.1 | |||||
| 34 | 20 | 7-18 | 2-8 | 4-6 | +21 | −1.5 | ||||||||
| 30 | 7 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | +15 | −5.6 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 12 | 3-8 | 2-7 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 26 | 22, Season high (his best before, 18) | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | +10.7 | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.2 | |||
| Team | 117 | 43-8351.8% | 11-3630.6% | 50 | 25 | 11 | 24 | 20-2871.4% | 11 | 4 | 5 | |||
Bench 36 points on 14 for 23 shooting
Did not play: JT Thor and Nick Richards (coach’s decision); Kelly Oubre Jr. (injury/illness).
Los Angeles Lakers114| 37 | 35, Season high (his best before, 33) | 12-23 | 3-7 | 8-10 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +6.0 | ||||||
| 28 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −5.5 | |||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 20 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.9 | |||||
| 18 | 9 | 3-8 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −1.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 19 | 5-12 | 2-9 | 7-7 | 0 | +20 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 28 | 16 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +3.1 | |||||
| 27 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +11 | −3.8 | ||||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 14 | 13 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +4.4 | |||||
| Team | 114 | 38-9141.8% | 15-4037.5% | 44 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 23-3271.9% | 12 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 57 points on 18 for 41 shooting
Did not play: Malik Monk (injury/illness); Dwight Howard (coach’s decision).
Hornets117Lakers114ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
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.
Ish Smith scored a season-high 22 points (10 in the fourth quarter), and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 117-114.
The Hornets never trailed and led by as many as 20.
The Lakers got within 115-114 on Stanley Johnson’s driving layup with 24 seconds to play, but LaMelo Ball answered with a free throw, and the Lakers got no closer. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Russell Westbrook missed a step-back 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
P.J. Washington’s free throw with 0.2 seconds left made it 117-114 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Lakers 9-3. Smith scored 4 of the Hornets’ 9 on 2 for 2 shooting.
Miles Bridges had 26 points (16 in the paint), 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Ball added 20 points, and Terry Rozier scored 20 points. The Hornets had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Lakers, Westbrook scored a season-high 35 points. Westbrook scored 16 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets shot 51.8% from the field to the Lakers’ 41.8% and outscored them 58-38 in the paint. The Lakers’ starters were outscored 23-8 in 8 minutes together. Cody Martin fouled out.
Charlotte HornetsLos Angeles LakersPS, 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).
97 points from the field on 83 shots: 5.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 24-29 | 82.8% | 65% |
| In the paint | 5-11 | 45.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-25 | 32.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | 25 | 4 | 2-5 | −3 |
| Stanley Johnson | 19 | 2 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 13 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Trevor Ariza | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 15 | 5-7 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Reaves | 13 | 8 | 4-4 | +6 |
| Wayne Ellington | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Talen Horton-Tucker | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Kent Bazemore | 6 | 7 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-3 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 46 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talen Horton-Tucker | 23 | 2 | 0-3 | −4 |
| Russell Westbrook | 17 | 8 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Austin Reaves | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Avery Bradley | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 5 | 2-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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
Johnson 1' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
Q4 0:25
20.6%
93→73
Rozier 31' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 3:17
15.8%
79→95
Reaves 26' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 1 AST)
Q4 4:33
14.6%
93→79
Ball Free Throw 1 of 2 (20 PTS)
Q4 0:10
12.9%
79→92
Martin 1' Reverse Layup (7 PTS) (Smith 5 AST)
Q4 4:46
11.5%
82→93
