Charlotte Hornets 109, Houston Rockets 99 — Recap

February 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 109, Houston Rockets 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 29-26 HOU; Q2 CHA 32-23 HOU; Q3 CHA 30-26 HOU; Q4 CHA 18-24 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 31 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Durant

31 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 11-21 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

24 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

20 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 7-19 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 22 largest lead Q4 7:44 (CHA 103, HOU 81) · 8-0 run, Q1 4:09–Q1 2:43

HOU 1 largest lead Q1 10:16 (CHA 2, HOU 3) · 10-0 run, Q1 1:36–Q2 11:24

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Miles Bridges makes tip in dunk (Q2 8:02, CHA 36, HOU 34).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	29	32	30	18		109
HOU	26	23	26	24		99

🧮 How They Scored

CHAHOU

34Points in the paint48

14Fast-break points21

23Second-chance points15

27Points off turnovers14

29Bench points30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%50.6%

17.1%Turnover %16.4%

36.4%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.253Free-throw rate0.241

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	32	24	4	2	0	0	6	8-13	2-5	6-6	+3
Miles Bridges F	32	18	6	4	1	0	0	7-17	3-8	1-1	+14
LaMelo Ball G	29	20	6	4	0	0	3	7-19	5-12	1-2	+8
Moussa Diabate F	29	7	12	4	0	1	1	3-5	0-0	1-2	+14
Josh Green G	23	14	1	2	4	1	1	4-4	3-3	3-3	+18
Sion James G	22	6	2	0	2	0	0	2-5	2-3	0-0	+2
Brandon Miller F	21	11	3	1	3	1	6	4-9	1-4	2-2	-9
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	19	2	4	1	4	2	0	0-2	0-0	2-2	-4
Tre Mann G	17	5	5	3	0	0	2	1-10	1-5	2-2	+8
Grant Williams F	16	2	3	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-3	2-2	-4

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. F	33	17	7	2	1	2	1	7-10	1-3	2-3	-18
Amen Thompson G-F	33	8	5	7	1	1	5	3-7	0-0	2-2	-11
Kevin Durant F	31	31	3	1	5	0	6	11-21	3-4	6-8	-11
Alperen Sengun F-C	28	7	9	5	0	1	1	3-11	0-1	1-2	-6
Reed Sheppard G	22	7	2	0	2	1	2	2-10	1-6	2-2	-12
Josh Okogie G	20	6	1	0	1	0	1	2-2	1-1	1-2	-22
Clint Capela C	17	6	5	0	2	0	0	3-5	0-0	0-0	+5
Isaiah Crawford F	16	5	1	2	2	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+9
Dorian Finney-Smith F	16	2	3	2	1	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	-20
Jeff Green F	8	6	2	1	1	0	0	2-4	1-3	1-1	+12
JD Davison G	8	4	1	3	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	+12
Aaron Holiday G	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+12

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kon Knueppel	Starter	32	24	76.7	27.2	+2.9	12.4
LaMelo Ball	Starter	29	20	50.3	32.9	+13.8	9.7
Miles Bridges	Starter	32	18	51.6	21.3	+19.9	12.0
Brandon Miller	Starter	21	11	55.7	28.6	-24.3	4.0
Moussa Diabate	Starter	29	7	59.5	9.3	+29.6	10.8
Josh Green	Bench	23	14	131.6	11.3	+41.3	18.0
Sion James	Bench	22	6	60.0	8.6	+6.6	9.1
Tre Mann	Bench	17	5	23.0	29.5	+27.7	0.9
Grant Williams	Bench	16	2	25.8	11.9	-7.1	-1.4
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	19	2	34.7	6.7	-4.0	14.7
Coby White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Starter	31	31	63.2	39.0	-20.4	17.3
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	33	17	75.1	15.6	-30.0	13.3
Amen Thompson	Starter	33	8	50.8	17.1	-14.6	6.9
Alperen Sengun	Starter	28	7	29.5	19.7	-10.3	4.2
Josh Okogie	Starter	20	6	104.2	8.2	-55.7	5.7
Reed Sheppard	Bench	22	7	32.2	23.2	-26.7	-0.6
Clint Capela	Bench	17	6	60.0	11.9	+14.3	22.0
Jeff Green	Bench	08	6	67.6	25.0	+80.0	38.1
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	16	5	83.3	9.1	+33.7	17.1
JD Davison	Bench	08	4	50.0	31.3	+80.0	14.3
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	16	2	25.0	11.9	-61.0	0.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	08	0	0.0	12.5	+80.0	2.4
Tari Eason	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0