Charlotte Hornets 104, New York Knicks 119 — Recap

December 3, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 104, New York Knicks 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 12-27 NYK; Q2 CHA 35-26 NYK; Q3 CHA 28-37 NYK; Q4 CHA 29-29 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 35 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-23 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 34 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-27 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 15 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

35 PTS, 18 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 13-23 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

34 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 5 3PM · 12-27 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

26 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	12	35	28	29		104
NYK	27	26	37	29		119

🧮 How They Scored

CHANYK

40Points in the paint54

7Fast-break points22

21Second-chance points30

11Points off turnovers22

36Bench points12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.2%Effective FG%54.5%

11.6%Turnover %8.3%

27.9%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.233Free-throw rate0.307

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball G	37	34	8	9	1	0	4	12-27	5-13	5-6	-8
Kon Knueppel G-F	34	13	4	4	0	0	2	5-16	1-6	2-2	-10
Sion James G	30	11	1	0	0	2	0	3-6	2-5	3-3	-13
Miles Bridges F	29	8	6	0	0	0	1	3-12	0-5	2-2	-28
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	25	8	9	0	0	3	0	2-4	0-0	4-4	-5
Tidjane Salaun F	23	13	4	0	1	0	3	5-8	3-5	0-0	+9
Liam McNeeley F	21	10	3	1	0	1	0	3-8	2-5	2-2	-2
Moussa Diabate F	20	2	8	2	1	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Antonio Reeves G	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-5
Collin Sexton G	9	4	1	2	0	1	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	-10
K.J. Simpson G	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	1-2	+3

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	39	35	18	5	2	0	1	13-23	3-7	6-7	+21
Jalen Brunson G	37	26	2	5	3	0	2	9-16	1-5	7-8	+12
Josh Hart G	37	15	8	8	1	1	2	4-11	1-5	6-7	+12
Mikal Bridges F	36	16	4	2	2	1	0	7-14	2-7	0-0	+14
Miles McBride G	34	15	2	1	0	0	0	4-9	3-7	4-5	+18
Jordan Clarkson G	21	6	3	2	1	0	1	3-9	0-3	0-0	+10
Tyler Kolek G	13	6	3	5	0	1	1	2-5	2-3	0-0	-6
Ariel Hukporti C	13	0	2	0	0	2	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Guerschon Yabusele F	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-9
Mohamed Diawara F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 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	37	34	57.4	36.7	-12.7	17.6
Kon Knueppel	Starter	34	13	38.5	24.1	-13.2	4.7
Sion James	Starter	30	11	75.1	9.6	-16.0	6.5
Miles Bridges	Starter	29	8	31.1	19.7	-50.9	1.3
Moussa Diabate	Starter	20	2	50.0	8.2	-6.1	5.5
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	23	13	81.3	21.6	+25.0	11.0
Liam McNeeley	Bench	21	10	56.3	18.0	-7.9	6.4
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	25	8	69.4	10.3	-12.5	12.0
Collin Sexton	Bench	9	4	50.0	22.7	-53.3	15.5
K.J. Simpson	Bench	4	1	26.6	28.6	+50.0	0.0
Mason Plumlee	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	10	0	0.0	9.5	-26.3	-5.7

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	39	35	67.1	29.3	+21.1	26.9
Jalen Brunson	Starter	37	26	66.6	24.1	+13.3	14.9
Mikal Bridges	Starter	36	16	57.1	16.3	+14.6	10.1
Josh Hart	Starter	37	15	53.3	20.0	+20.5	12.6
Miles McBride	Starter	34	15	67.0	14.1	+25.2	6.0
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	21	6	33.3	21.3	+27.6	4.6
Tyler Kolek	Bench	13	6	60.0	18.8	-27.2	15.4
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	9	0	0.0	4.5	-50.8	-1.4
Trey Jemison	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	13	0	0.0	6.5	+27.8	-14.1
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0