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CHA 3-5
121 – 122
FINAL
MIL 1-6

Charlotte Hornets 121, Milwaukee Bucks 122 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 121, Milwaukee Bucks 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 38-24 MIL; Q2 CHA 22-27 MIL; Q3 CHA 31-36 MIL; Q4 CHA 30-35 MIL.

Top performers (box score): Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 30 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists on 11-of-18 shooting; Ryan Rollins (MIL) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-13 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Bobby Portis (MIL) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIL
Giannis Antetokounmpo
30 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 11-18 FG
Scoring · MIL
Ryan Rollins
29 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 11-13 FG
Scoring · CHA
Kon Knueppel
26 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-16 FG
Season highs
Ryan Rollins · Season-high 6 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 16 largest lead Q2 9:58 (CHA 42, MIL 26) · 9-0 run, Q1 1:54–Q1 0:00
MIL 3 largest lead Q1 10:05 (CHA 2, MIL 5) · 8-0 run, Q4 8:01–Q4 7:04
Swings 11 lead changes Tied 14 times

Ahead for good: Giannis Antetokounmpo makes alley oop dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists) (Q4 0:04, CHA 121, MIL 122).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 2:23 Giannis Antetokounmpo makes 4-foot reverse layup (Ryan Rollins assists)MIL · CHA 113, MIL 111
  • Q4 2:23 Giannis Antetokounmpo makes free throw 1 of 1MIL · CHA 113, MIL 112
  • Q4 2:08 Brandon Miller makes free throw 1 of 2CHA · CHA 114, MIL 112
  • Q4 1:53 Miles Bridges makes free throw 1 of 2CHA · CHA 115, MIL 112
  • Q4 1:53 Miles Bridges makes free throw 2 of 2CHA · CHA 116, MIL 112
  • Q4 1:41 Giannis Antetokounmpo makes alley oop layup (Ryan Rollins assists)MIL · CHA 116, MIL 114
  • Q4 0:45 Ryan Rollins makes 25-foot three pointer (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists)MIL · CHA 116, MIL 117
  • Q4 0:29 Miles Bridges makes 1-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)CHA · CHA 118, MIL 117
  • Q4 0:10 Kyle Kuzma makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ryan Rollins assists)MIL · CHA 118, MIL 120
  • Q4 0:08 Miles Bridges makes alley oop layup (Sion James assists)CHA · CHA 120, MIL 120
  • Q4 0:08 Miles Bridges makes free throw 1 of 1CHA · CHA 121, MIL 120
  • Q4 0:04 Giannis Antetokounmpo makes alley oop dunk (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)MIL · CHA 121, MIL 122

Linescore

1234 T
CHA 38223130 121
MIL 24273635 122

🧮 How They Scored

CHAMIL
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
35Bench points40
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
59.8%Effective FG%60.9%
12.9%Turnover %10.4%
22.2%Offensive rebound %20.5%
0.341Free-throw rate0.207

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Miles Bridges F 3725621038-175-104-5-22
Kon Knueppel G-F 3426430039-163-85-7-2
Brandon Miller F 3019740056-154-73-4-7
Collin Sexton G 2716061025-81-25-6+10
Sion James G 277631003-41-20-0+6
LaMelo Ball G 2612272004-122-72-2-9
Tidjane Salaun F 2212410104-52-32-2+26
PJ Hall C 194810211-40-02-2-22
Josh Green G 130000000-10-10-0+11
Liam McNeeley F 50200000-00-00-0+4

Milwaukee Bucks

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
A.J. Green G 4112031014-133-101-2+4
Ryan Rollins G 37294831111-136-71-1+12
Kevin Porter Jr. G 36104102014-140-42-2+1
Kyle Kuzma F 3218610027-103-51-1-7
Giannis Antetokounmpo F 303010510311-180-08-8+21
Bobby Portis F 2320610127-114-62-2-8
Myles Turner C-F 221420200-40-21-2+6
Gary Trent Jr. G 170210000-30-30-0-17
Jericho Sims F 22000011-10-00-0-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Kon Knueppel Starter 342668.126.6-2.810.4
Miles Bridges Starter 372565.124.7-30.310.3
Brandon Miller Starter 301956.729.3-13.17.7
LaMelo Ball Starter 261246.619.7-21.611.0
PJ Hall Starter 19441.012.8-58.86.1
Collin Sexton Bench 271675.222.4+20.913.2
Tidjane Salaun Bench 2212102.013.0+59.114.2
Sion James Bench 27787.56.5+8.612.0
Pat Connaughton Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Josh Green Bench 1300.03.8+52.6-1.4
Tre Mann Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Liam McNeeley Bench 0500.00.0+31.15.9
Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo Starter 303069.736.4+32.223.9
Ryan Rollins Starter 3729107.916.7+18.820.9
A.J. Green Starter 411243.215.6+4.70.5
Kevin Porter Jr. Starter 361033.618.6-2.06.0
Myles Turner Starter 22110.28.9+12.21.3
Bobby Portis Bench 232084.230.4-21.722.8
Kyle Kuzma Bench 321886.217.4-6.98.8
Jericho Sims Bench 022100.040.0-185.0-16.7
Thanasis Antetokounmpo Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Gary Trent Jr. Bench 1700.08.3-48.4-1.3
Amir Coffey Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Cole Anthony Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Andre Jackson Jr. Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CHA 1 – 3 MIL
Last 21 meetings · since 2020-21 CHA 7 – 14 MIL
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Charlotte Hornets 11-23 L3 L10 4-6 Next game recap: @ CHI · Sat, Jan 3
Milwaukee Bucks 15-20 W1 L10 5-5 Next game recap: @ SAC · Sun, Jan 4

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