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CHA 3-5
123 – 121
FINAL
DAL 4-3

Charlotte Hornets 123, Dallas Mavericks 121 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 123, Dallas Mavericks 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 33-20 DAL; Q2 CHA 26-38 DAL; Q3 CHA 34-35 DAL; Q4 CHA 30-28 DAL.

Top performers (box score): Cooper Flagg (DAL) 49 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 20-of-29 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 34 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 8 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL
Cooper Flagg
49 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 20-29 FG
Scoring · CHA
Kon Knueppel
34 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 8 3PM · 10-16 FG
Scoring · CHA
Brandon Miller
23 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-13 FG
Season highs
Cooper Flagg · Season-high 49 pointsKon Knueppel · Season-high 34 pointsCaleb Martin · Season-high 11 reboundsKon Knueppel · Season-high 8 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 15 largest lead Q1 0:14 (CHA 33, DAL 18) · 8-0 run, Q3 8:45–Q3 7:55
DAL 4 largest lead Q4 9:54 (CHA 96, DAL 100) · 10-0 run, Q2 7:47–Q2 5:37
Swings 6 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q4 0:04, CHA 122, DAL 121).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 3:18 Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 2CHA · CHA 112, DAL 110
  • Q4 3:18 Kon Knueppel makes free throw 2 of 2CHA · CHA 113, DAL 110
  • Q4 3:05 Max Christie makes 7-foot driving floating jump shotDAL · CHA 113, DAL 112
  • Q4 2:28 Daniel Gafford makes free throw 1 of 2DAL · CHA 113, DAL 113
  • Q4 2:07 LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)CHA · CHA 116, DAL 113
  • Q4 1:56 Cooper Flagg makes driving layupDAL · CHA 116, DAL 115
  • Q4 1:44 Moussa Diabate makes 1-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)CHA · CHA 118, DAL 115
  • Q4 1:01 Max Christie makes 24-foot three point jumper (P.J. Washington assists)DAL · CHA 118, DAL 118
  • Q4 0:38 Brandon Miller makes 23-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)CHA · CHA 121, DAL 118
  • Q4 0:33 Cooper Flagg makes 25-foot three point jumperDAL · CHA 121, DAL 121
  • Q4 0:04 Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 2CHA · CHA 122, DAL 121
  • Q4 0:04 Kon Knueppel makes free throw 2 of 2CHA · CHA 123, DAL 121

Linescore

1234 T
CHA 33263430 123
DAL 20383528 121

🧮 How They Scored

CHADAL
38Points in the paint60
12Fast-break points24
9Second-chance points16
4Points off turnovers13
17Bench points34
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
58.2%Effective FG%51.9%
9.2%Turnover %6.8%
17.8%Offensive rebound %26.0%
0.198Free-throw rate0.155

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Miles Bridges F 3817881237-171-52-2+11
Kon Knueppel G-F 36344310010-168-126-6+7
Moussa Diabate F 3210530205-90-00-00
LaMelo Ball G 3122390138-176-100-0+9
Brandon Miller F 2723620107-133-76-6+12
Collin Sexton G 208221203-102-50-0-7
Sion James G 160800010-30-20-0-5
Ryan Kalkbrenner C 155300101-20-03-40
Josh Green G 152310011-20-00-0-8
Tidjane Salaun F 102301021-20-00-0-9

Dallas Mavericks

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Cooper Flagg F 384910301220-293-56-6+2
P.J. Washington F 3514931216-191-51-1-5
Max Christie G 2913330116-151-70-0-13
Klay Thompson G 2716311006-154-110-0+3
Caleb Martin F 2761121222-62-20-0-11
Daniel Gafford F 255430112-40-01-2-8
Brandon Williams G 2115162016-100-13-3+11
Moussa Cisse C 183501100-10-03-4+11
Ryan Nembhard G 90141000-30-10-0-2
Jaden Hardy G 60110000-10-10-0+5
Dwight Powell F-C 50200000-00-00-0-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kon Knueppel Starter 363491.223.2+9.118.2
Brandon Miller Starter 272373.523.1+20.715.1
LaMelo Ball Starter 312264.727.4+11.612.1
Miles Bridges Starter 381747.524.1+13.910.5
Moussa Diabate Starter 321055.611.40.05.8
Collin Sexton Bench 20840.019.2-12.74.5
Ryan Kalkbrenner Bench 15566.511.4-6.68.0
Josh Green Bench 15250.08.8-35.52.2
Tidjane Salaun Bench 10250.015.4-39.15.5
Pat Connaughton Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tre Mann Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Liam McNeeley Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Sion James Bench 1600.010.0-17.43.0
Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Cooper Flagg Starter 384977.434.7+2.423.8
P.J. Washington Starter 351436.023.0-8.25.3
Max Christie Starter 291343.321.6-21.05.2
Caleb Martin Starter 27650.011.9-12.88.2
Daniel Gafford Starter 25551.29.8-12.55.4
Klay Thompson Bench 271653.323.4+7.46.7
Brandon Williams Bench 211566.325.0+34.119.3
Moussa Cisse Bench 18354.36.7+28.95.7
Dwight Powell Bench 0500.00.0-27.30.0
D'Angelo Russell Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jaden Hardy Bench 0600.06.7+38.53.4
Miles Kelly Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Ryan Nembhard Bench 0900.012.5-16.37.1

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CHA 1 – 0 DAL
Last 11 meetings · since 2020-21 CHA 6 – 5 DAL
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Charlotte Hornets 21-28 W5 L10 7-3 Next game recap: vs SAS · Sat, Jan 31
Dallas Mavericks 19-29 L3 L10 5-5 Next game recap: @ HOU · Sat, Jan 31

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