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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 39 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 125 |
 Kings | 30 | 33 | 29 | 27 | 119 |
CHATeam statsSAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 49-9551.6% | 10-3132.3% | 17-2373.9% | 56 | 26 | 14 |
| SAC | 45-9547.4% | 12-3336.4% | 17-3154.8% | 42 | 23 | 8 |
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 Hornets125| 38 | 31 | 12-25 | 3-8 | 4-6 | +1 | −1.7 | ||||||||
| 37 | 19 | 8-12 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | +18 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 29 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 27 | 23 | 9-19 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +5.6 | ||||||
| 25 | 15 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +4.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 12 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.6 | |||||
| 26 | 6 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 4-4 | 0 | +3 | −4.7 | |||||||
| 23 | 14 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | +10 | +6.0 | |||||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.6 | |||
| Team | 125 | 49-9551.6% | 10-3132.3% | 56 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 17-2373.9% | 11 | 4 | 7 | |||
Bench 34 points on 12 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Kai Jones and James Bouknight (coach’s decision).
Sacramento Kings119| 41 | 28, Season high (his best before, 26) | 12-19 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0 | +6 | +13.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 37 | 14-25 | 2-5 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | −20 | +3.9 | ||||||
| 32 | 9 | 3-11 | 3-8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −8.2 | |||||
| 31 | 11 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | +8 | −3.9 | |||||
| 29 | 11 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 12 | 4-13 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −5.9 | |||||
| 21 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +4.3 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.4 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −0.3 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.9 | ||||
| Team | 119 | 45-9547.4% | 12-3336.4% | 42 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 17-3154.8% | 10 | 8 | 2 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Alex Len, Matthew Dellavedova, Chimezie Metu, KZ Okpala and Richaun Holmes (coach’s decision).
Hornets125Kings119ClickTap 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.
The Charlotte Hornets beat the Sacramento Kings 125-119 to end an 8-game losing streak.
LaMelo Ball’s step-back 3-pointer put the Hornets ahead for good with 11:41 left in the fourth quarter.
The Kings got within 103-102 on De'Aaron Fox’s driving layup with 7:40 to play, but Kelly Oubre Jr. answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Kings got no closer than 106-104.
Gordon Hayward’s 10-foot turnaround jumper with 1:10 left made it 120-116, and Theo Maledon’s 2 free throws with 6.8 seconds left put it away at 125-119.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Kings 14-5. Hayward scored 4 of the Hornets’ 14 on 2 for 2 shooting.
Oubre had 31 points and 9 rebounds. Ball added 23 points and 12 assists, and Nick Richards had 14 points (12 in the paint) and 11 rebounds on 6 for 9 shooting off the bench.
For the Kings, Fox scored 37 points, and Domantas Sabonis added 28 points (18 in the paint), 23 rebounds and 7 assists. Fox scored 17 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets shot 51.6% from the field to the Kings’ 47.4%. The Kings outscored the Hornets 17-4 in 4 minutes with Barnes, Sabonis, Huerter, Mitchell and Murray on the floor together. Ball fouled out.
Charlotte HornetsSacramento KingsPS, 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).
108 points from the field on 95 shots: 3.0 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 | 26-33 | 78.8% | 67% |
| In the paint | 10-22 | 45.5% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-9 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-21 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Huerter | 25 | 0 | 0-1 | −8 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 12 | 10 | 4-6 | +6 |
| Malik Monk | 11 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Harrison Barnes | 8 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 14 | 6-12 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Aaron Fox | 26 | 6 | 2-6 | −3 |
| Davion Mitchell | 9 | 8 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Harrison Barnes | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Kevin Huerter | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 10 | 4-10 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keegan Murray | 26 | 5 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Harrison Barnes | 17 | 6 | 3-4 | +2 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Terence Davis | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 8 | 4-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
SAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHA
50/50
SAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Ball 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q4 4:29
16.4%
40→24
Hayward 10' Turnaround Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 1:10
16.3%
29→13
Fox 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (34 PTS)
Q4 1:24
15.0%
14→29
Ball 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (10 PTS)
Q4 11:41
14.7%
58→43
Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Sabonis 7 AST)
Q4 5:13
14.7%
26→40
