Charlotte Hornets 105, Cleveland Cavaliers 115 — Recap

January 5, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 105, Cleveland Cavaliers 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 23-29 CLE; Q2 CHA 25-34 CLE; Q3 CHA 30-28 CLE; Q4 CHA 27-24 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Darius Garland (CLE) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-10 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Darius Garland

25 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

24 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 7-20 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

24 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Nick Smith Jr. · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	23	25	30	27		105
CLE	29	34	28	24		115

🧮 How They Scored

CHACLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.8%Effective FG%56.6%

11.5%Turnover %10.2%

27.3%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.200Free-throw rate0.154

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball G	33	24	3	4	—	—	3	7-20	3-11	7-9	-7
Brandon Miller F	32	24	2	2	—	1	1	8-14	6-10	2-3	-27
Mark Williams C	28	11	9	1	1	1	2	4-7	—	3-3	-9
Miles Bridges F	26	11	8	3	1	—	1	5-14	1-6	—	-14
Tidjane Salaun F	23	6	9	1	1	—	2	2-8	1-5	1-2	+6
Josh Green G	22	—	1	1	2	—	1	0-4	0-3	—	-13
Nick Smith Jr. G	19	18	5	2	—	1	—	7-12	4-6	—	+7
K.J. Simpson G	13	2	1	—	—	—	2	1-4	0-1	—	+2
Nick Richards C	8	—	4	—	—	—	—	0-2	—	—	-7

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley F-C	31	17	5	1	1	2	1	6-13	1-6	4-5	+10
Darius Garland G	29	25	3	2	1	—	2	8-14	4-7	5-5	+9
Donovan Mitchell G	29	19	3	4	—	—	1	8-16	3-7	—	+3
Jarrett Allen C	28	19	11	2	—	2	1	9-10	—	1-2	+5
Max Strus G	25	9	3	4	—	1	1	3-9	1-5	2-2	+24
Caris LeVert G	25	2	5	6	1	—	2	1-6	0-3	—	-1
Dean Wade F	22	6	4	2	—	—	—	2-4	2-4	—	+17
Ty Jerome G	20	8	4	5	2	—	—	3-10	2-5	—	+13
Georges Niang F	18	10	2	3	—	—	3	4-7	2-5	—	+6
Craig Porter G	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-9
Jaylon Tyson G-F	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	0-2	0-1	—	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Bench	33	24	50.1	33.8	-8.2	6.3
Brandon Miller	Bench	32	24	78.3	21.3	-42.3	13.2
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	19	18	75.0	26.1	+25.3	31.0
Miles Bridges	Bench	26	11	39.3	25.0	-16.7	7.7
Mark Williams	Bench	28	11	66.1	14.7	-17.4	9.6
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	23	6	33.8	19.3	+16.9	7.0
K.J. Simpson	Bench	13	2	25.0	18.2	+7.4	-9.3
Seth Curry	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Green	Bench	22	—	0.0	9.4	-22.4	-1.4
Nick Richards	Bench	8	—	0.0	10.5	-27.0	6.5

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Garland	Bench	29	25	77.2	25.7	+16.6	13.8
Jarrett Allen	Bench	28	19	87.3	17.6	+8.5	20.0
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	29	19	59.4	25.8	+4.9	13.8
Evan Mobley	Bench	31	17	55.9	22.2	+14.9	12.6
Georges Niang	Bench	18	10	71.4	23.8	+13.1	5.4
Max Strus	Bench	25	9	45.5	19.0	+44.7	12.3
Ty Jerome	Bench	20	8	40.0	20.4	+27.5	12.3
Dean Wade	Bench	22	6	75.0	7.7	+34.1	7.5
Caris LeVert	Bench	25	2	16.7	13.3	-4.1	4.7
Craig Porter	Bench	3	—	0.0	0.0	-150.0	0.0
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	3	—	0.0	28.6	-150.0	-15.4