Charlotte Hornets 135, Los Angeles Lakers 117 — Recap

January 15, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 135, Los Angeles Lakers 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 30-39 LAL; Q2 CHA 34-16 LAL; Q3 CHA 40-38 LAL; Q4 CHA 31-24 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 39 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 15-of-26 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 9 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 29 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

39 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 15-26 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

30 PTS, 6 REB, 11 AST, 9 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

29 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 10-19 FG

Season highs

LaMelo Ball · Season-high 9 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 18 largest lead Q4 0:49 (CHA 135, LAL 117) · 9-0 run, Q4 8:43–Q4 6:51

LAL 13 largest lead Q1 2:09 (CHA 23, LAL 36) · 8-0 run, Q1 10:36–Q1 9:46

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Sion James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists) (Q2 5:21, CHA 46, LAL 45).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	30	34	40	31		135
LAL	39	16	38	24		117

🧮 How They Scored

CHALAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

27Bench points9

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.2%Effective FG%53.8%

10.8%Turnover %8.0%

37.8%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.174Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	40	26	2	5	1	2	3	9-19	2-6	6-6	+17
Miles Bridges F	33	25	8	4	0	0	1	9-13	5-7	2-2	+6
Kon Knueppel G-F	33	19	7	4	0	0	0	7-10	3-5	2-2	+2
Moussa Diabate F	30	8	6	2	0	0	3	4-5	0-0	0-0	+9
LaMelo Ball G	29	30	6	11	0	1	2	10-20	9-17	1-1	+5
Sion James G	17	9	8	2	0	0	0	4-10	1-4	0-0	+11
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	15	9	6	1	0	0	1	4-6	0-0	1-2	+7
Collin Sexton G	14	6	0	3	1	0	2	3-6	0-2	0-0	+5
Josh Green G	14	0	3	2	1	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+14
Grant Williams F	13	3	3	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	3-3	+10
Tidjane Salaun F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Pat Connaughton G	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jake LaRavia F	37	18	3	3	2	0	2	5-10	3-4	5-5	-6
Luka Doncic F-G	36	39	3	4	0	0	1	15-26	6-11	3-7	-13
LeBron James F	33	29	9	6	2	1	3	10-19	3-6	6-7	-7
Deandre Ayton C	32	12	6	1	1	1	1	6-10	0-0	0-0	-4
Marcus Smart G	32	10	4	3	2	0	0	3-9	1-5	3-4	-1
Rui Hachimura F	18	3	1	1	0	1	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-17
Kobe Bufkin G	17	0	3	0	1	1	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7
Jarred Vanderbilt F	15	6	5	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	0-0	-12
Gabe Vincent G	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-7	0-5	0-0	-15
Dalton Knecht F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Nick Smith Jr. G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Bronny James G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Drew Timme F	1	0	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	29	30	73.4	33.3	+8.8	21.2
Brandon Miller	Starter	40	26	60.1	26.9	+21.0	9.9
Miles Bridges	Starter	33	25	90.1	19.2	+12.8	16.8
Kon Knueppel	Starter	33	19	87.3	14.3	+2.9	12.8
Moussa Diabate	Starter	30	8	80.0	11.4	+14.8	4.4
Sion James	Bench	17	9	45.0	25.0	+41.2	10.6
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	15	9	65.4	21.1	+23.9	17.5
Collin Sexton	Bench	14	6	50.0	22.2	+19.4	6.6
Grant Williams	Bench	13	3	64.7	6.3	+34.5	6.1
Pat Connaughton	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0
Josh Green	Bench	14	0	0.0	6.7	+61.4	9.8
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Starter	36	39	67.1	34.1	-13.8	13.2
LeBron James	Starter	33	29	65.7	30.9	-16.7	19.8
Jake LaRavia	Starter	37	18	73.8	15.4	-9.6	8.3
Deandre Ayton	Starter	32	12	60.0	14.5	-12.1	7.7
Marcus Smart	Starter	32	10	46.5	14.1	-3.5	5.5
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	15	6	75.0	10.5	-35.6	14.7
Rui Hachimura	Bench	18	3	37.5	11.9	-43.6	-0.6
Maxi Kleber	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gabe Vincent	Bench	15	0	0.0	17.9	-48.5	-13.8
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	17	0	0.0	7.1	-25.1	0.0
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	01	0	0.0	33.3	-100.0	0.0
Dalton Knecht	Bench	02	0	0.0	33.3	-100.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0
Drew Timme	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0