Charlotte Hornets 109, LA Clippers 117 — Recap

January 12, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 109, LA Clippers 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 26-24 LAC; Q2 CHA 17-21 LAC; Q3 CHA 41-41 LAC; Q4 CHA 25-31 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 35 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; James Harden (LAC) 32 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-28 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-24 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-12 shooting; Jordan Miller (LAC) 14 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

35 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · LAC

James Harden

32 PTS, 4 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 11-28 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

25 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 11-24 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 5 largest lead Q1 5:41 (CHA 15, LAC 10) · 7-0 run, Q3 3:23–Q3 2:21

LAC 13 largest lead Q4 3:16 (CHA 101, LAC 114) · 9-0 run, Q4 6:53–Q4 5:58

Swings 21 lead changes Tied 18 times

Ahead for good: Jordan Miller makes 29-foot three point jumper (John Collins assists) (Q4 6:53, CHA 100, LAC 102).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	26	17	41	25		109
LAC	24	21	41	31		117

🧮 How They Scored

CHALAC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

29Bench points38

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.5%Effective FG%54.3%

9.5%Turnover %4.7%

26.3%Offensive rebound %18.8%

0.193Free-throw rate0.228

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	35	18	5	4	0	0	2	8-12	0-3	2-2	-9
Moussa Diabate F	35	13	15	4	1	4	1	6-10	0-0	1-2	-4
Miles Bridges F	34	11	6	1	0	0	1	3-10	1-4	4-4	-15
Brandon Miller F	33	13	6	5	1	0	2	5-11	1-3	2-4	-7
LaMelo Ball G	32	25	9	5	1	0	3	11-24	3-11	0-0	-6
Sion James G	19	8	3	3	0	0	1	2-6	2-4	2-2	-6
Tre Mann G	13	9	1	1	0	0	0	4-6	1-2	0-0	-1
Grant Williams F	13	7	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	2-3	+3
Josh Green G	13	3	2	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+9
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-4

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	37	32	4	10	4	1	11-28	3-11	7-8	+1
Kawhi Leonard F	31	35	5	3	0	1	11-19	5-9	8-9	+8
John Collins F-C	30	3	5	1	0	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	+16
Jordan Miller G	27	14	1	2	0	0	6-11	2-6	0-0	+1
Ivica Zubac C	27	9	11	2	0	0	4-6	0-0	1-2	+3
Kobe Sanders G	23	8	3	1	0	0	3-10	2-7	0-0	+6
Nicolas Batum F-G	22	7	2	2	2	1	2-2	2-2	1-2	-3
Brook Lopez C	20	9	4	1	1	1	3-6	3-6	0-0	+7
Kris Dunn G	20	0	2	0	0	0	0-6	0-6	0-0	+7
Kobe Brown F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Cam Christie G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Yanic Konan Niederhauser C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Starter	32	25	52.1	34.6	-13.0	16.2
Kon Knueppel	Starter	35	18	69.9	18.5	-6.4	14.0
Moussa Diabate	Starter	35	13	59.7	15.6	-2.6	16.5
Brandon Miller	Starter	33	13	50.9	20.0	-8.8	8.1
Miles Bridges	Starter	34	11	46.8	15.7	-23.7	4.0
Tre Mann	Bench	13	9	75.0	22.2	+0.8	12.6
Sion James	Bench	19	8	58.1	20.5	-12.4	7.1
Grant Williams	Bench	13	7	81.0	14.3	+15.5	11.9
Josh Green	Bench	13	3	37.5	14.3	+33.3	4.7
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	13	2	50.0	6.3	-20.2	0.0
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	31	35	76.2	34.8	+15.2	25.8
James Harden	Starter	37	32	50.8	38.1	+1.3	16.5
Ivica Zubac	Starter	27	9	65.4	11.3	+7.5	13.4
John Collins	Starter	30	3	37.5	7.5	+29.1	-1.0
Kris Dunn	Starter	20	0	0.0	12.5	+16.3	-4.8
Jordan Miller	Bench	27	14	63.6	18.6	+1.9	9.1
Brook Lopez	Bench	20	9	75.0	15.9	+15.0	9.9
Kobe Sanders	Bench	23	8	40.0	20.0	+8.1	1.5
Nicolas Batum	Bench	22	7	121.5	6.1	-3.8	9.2
Kobe Brown	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	0.0
Cam Christie	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	0.0
Yanic Konan Niederhauser	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	0.0