Charlotte
Hornets
135
–
117
FINAL
Los Angeles
Lakers
Date
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 30 | 34 | 40 | 31 | 135 |
| LAL | 39 | 16 | 38 | 24 | 117 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Miles Bridges
CHA
25
PTS
8
REB
4
AST
+6
+/−
Key Contributions
Contested Shots6
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending62.5%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.22
Impact Composite46.9
Hustle: 10.5Defense: 35.1Impact: 1.2
69.2% FG5-7 from 36 contested shotsonly 12 pts allowed on 54.0 possessions
Box Score MVP
LaMelo Ball
CHA
30
PTS
6
REB
11
AST
+5
+/−
Game Performance
FG10-20 (50.0%)
3PT9-17
FT1-1
TS%73.4%
eFG%72.5%
BLK1
TOV2
ORTG140
DRTG132
NET+9
30 pointsDouble-Double9-17 from 3only 23 pts allowed on 46.4 possessions
Box Score
| CHA | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMelo Ball | 28:36 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10-20 | 50% | 9-17 | 53% | 1-1 | 100% | +5 |
| Brandon Miller | 39:32 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9-19 | 47% | 2-6 | 33% | 6-6 | 100% | +17 |
| Kon Knueppel | 32:33 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-10 | 70% | 3-5 | 60% | 2-2 | 100% | +2 |
| Moussa Diabaté | 30:08 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4-5 | 80% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +9 |
| Miles Bridges | 33:05 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9-13 | 69% | 5-7 | 71% | 2-2 | 100% | +6 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Collin Sexton | 13:58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-6 | 50% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +5 |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | 15:13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-6 | 67% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-2 | 50% | +7 |
| Pat Connaughton | 1:30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| Grant Williams | 13:25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 3-3 | 100% | +10 |
| Sion James | 16:50 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4-10 | 40% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | +11 |
| Josh Green | 13:39 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +14 |
| TOTAL | — | 135 | 50 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 50-92 | 54% | 20-43 | 47% | 15-16 | 94% | — |
Tre Mann —
Tidjane Salaün —
| LAL | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 32:43 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10-19 | 53% | 3-6 | 50% | 6-7 | 86% | -7 |
| Deandre Ayton | 31:46 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6-10 | 60% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -4 |
| Marcus Smart | 32:10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-9 | 33% | 1-5 | 20% | 3-4 | 75% | -1 |
| Luka Dončić | 35:38 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15-26 | 58% | 6-11 | 55% | 3-7 | 43% | -13 |
| Jake LaRavia | 37:07 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5-10 | 50% | 3-4 | 75% | 5-5 | 100% | -6 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Kobe Bufkin | 16:52 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Dalton Knecht | 1:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Nick Smith Jr. | 1:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 14:44 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 75% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -12 |
| Gabe Vincent | 15:21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0-7 | 0% | 0-5 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -15 |
| Rui Hachimura | 17:39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-4 | 25% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -17 |
| TOTAL | — | 117 | 35 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 43-93 | 46% | 14-38 | 37% | 17-23 | 74% | — |
Drew Timme —
Maxi Kleber —
Bronny James —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
CHA50/92 (54%)
Paint
28/44 (64%)
Mid
7/12 (58%)
3PT
20/43 (47%)
ATB3 49%RA 70%Paint 50%Corner 3 33%Mid 33%
LAL43/93 (46%)
Paint
25/45 (56%)
Mid
4/17 (24%)
3PT
14/39 (36%)
ATB3 36%RA 76%Paint 17%Mid 57%Corner 3 33%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
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Primary Matchup
Jake LaRavia
defended Brandon Miller
6.4 min • 9 pts • 60%
Best Defender
Rui Hachimura
held Miles Bridges
2.6 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Luka Dončić
vs Kon Knueppel
5.1 min • 22 pts • 56%
| LAL Defense | Brandon Miller | Collin Sexton | Grant Williams | Josh Green | Kon Knueppel | LaMelo Ball | Miles Bridges | Moussa Diabaté | Ryan Kalkbrenner | Sion James |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luka Dončić | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 5.1m 22pts 56% | — | — | 1.3m 6pts 60% | — | 3.3m 4pts 100% |
| Jake LaRavia | 6.4m 9pts 60% | — | — | — | 2.1m 2pts 33% | 2.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — |
| Deandre Ayton | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | 6.3m 8pts 67% | 2.3m 0pts 0% | — |
| LeBron James | — | — | 2.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 5.6m 9pts 57% | 1.3m 10pts 60% | — | — |
| Marcus Smart | 1.9m 5pts 100% | — | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | 4.1m 4pts 33% | — | — | — | — |
| Gabe Vincent | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | 2.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kobe Bufkin | 1.6m 0pts 0% | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 1.7m 0pts 0% | — |
| Rui Hachimura | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.6m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Other | 2.4m 12pts 56% | 2.2m 3pts 33% | 2.5m 8pts 29% | — | 2.8m 6pts 50% | 2.2m 12pts 83% | 2.8m 8pts 60% | — | 1.5m 2pts 50% | 3.0m 4pts 100% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = LAL leads, negative = CHA leads
LAL Largest Lead
13
Q1 9:51
CHA Largest Lead
18
Q4 11:11
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
LAL 8-0 run
Q1 1:24 – Q1 2:14
0 → +6
LAL 8-0 run
Q1 2:32 – Q1 4:13
+6 → +12
CHA 8-0 run
Q4 3:17 – Q4 5:09
-8 → -14
CHA 9-0 run
Q4 3:17 – Q4 5:09
-8 → -15