Charlotte Hornets 124, Oklahoma City Thunder 97 — Recap

January 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 124, Oklahoma City Thunder 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 33-33 OKC; Q2 CHA 34-17 OKC; Q3 CHA 32-21 OKC; Q4 CHA 25-26 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Miller (CHA) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 17 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists on 6-of-12 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Brandon Miller

28 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 7 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

23 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

21 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 7-21 FG

Season highs

Brandon Miller · Season-high 7 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 30 largest lead Q4 11:17 (CHA 101, OKC 71) · 12-0 run, Q1 9:54–Q1 7:52

OKC 3 largest lead Q1 11:07 (CHA 2, OKC 5) · 6-0 run, Q3 7:41–Q3 6:56

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: LaMelo Ball makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists) (Q2 9:06, CHA 38, OKC 35).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	33	34	32	25		124
OKC	33	17	21	26		97

🧮 How They Scored

CHAOKC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

31Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.6%Effective FG%42.5%

19.3%Turnover %6.3%

37.5%Offensive rebound %24.5%

0.325Free-throw rate0.290

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	34	17	11	4	0	1	2	6-12	0-6	5-5	+18
Brandon Miller F	31	28	6	1	2	2	3	8-16	7-10	5-5	+33
Moussa Diabate F	29	9	12	5	0	0	0	4-5	0-0	1-2	+21
Kon Knueppel G-F	28	23	5	5	1	0	5	8-13	5-7	2-3	+15
LaMelo Ball G	25	16	2	2	0	0	4	5-10	4-7	2-2	+10
Collin Sexton G	23	10	1	1	1	0	2	3-9	0-2	4-4	+6
PJ Hall C	20	13	5	1	0	2	0	5-6	1-1	2-2	+6
Sion James G	20	5	3	4	0	2	2	1-3	1-1	2-2	+15
Tidjane Salaun F	13	0	6	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	+12
Josh Green G	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7
Pat Connaughton G	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Liam McNeeley F	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3
Tre Mann G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	30	21	2	6	0	1	2	7-21	1-6	6-6	-20
Jalen Williams G-F	28	16	2	4	2	0	2	6-14	1-3	3-5	-23
Chet Holmgren C-F	26	15	6	2	0	0	0	5-11	1-4	4-6	-25
Aaron Wiggins G	25	11	2	0	2	2	0	4-8	2-4	1-2	-26
Cason Wallace G	25	2	2	1	2	0	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	+4
Ajay Mitchell G	24	11	3	2	3	0	0	4-9	2-4	1-2	-5
Isaiah Joe G	22	5	4	1	2	0	0	1-7	1-5	2-2	-13
Luguentz Dort G	20	5	4	0	0	2	1	2-5	1-4	0-0	-20
Branden Carlson C	18	3	4	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	1-2	+4
Kenrich Williams G-F	17	8	3	2	2	0	0	3-6	2-3	0-2	-8
Chris Youngblood G	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	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
Brandon Miller	Starter	31	28	76.9	27.3	+51.6	21.3
Kon Knueppel	Starter	28	23	80.3	27.5	+26.5	17.4
Miles Bridges	Starter	34	17	59.9	20.5	+23.1	16.3
LaMelo Ball	Starter	25	16	73.5	25.4	+21.2	4.7
Moussa Diabate	Starter	29	9	76.5	8.7	+36.2	16.5
PJ Hall	Bench	20	13	94.5	15.9	+15.0	25.2
Collin Sexton	Bench	23	10	46.5	24.5	+13.0	3.5
Sion James	Bench	20	5	64.4	12.8	+37.1	9.6
Liam McNeeley	Bench	02	3	150.0	33.3	+116.7	42.1
Pat Connaughton	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+16.7	6.1
Josh Green	Bench	10	0	0.0	3.8	-33.3	-3.2
Tre Mann	Bench	02	0	0.0	33.3	+116.7	-10.5
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	13	0	0.0	9.7	+52.9	-3.2

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Starter	30	21	44.4	37.7	-33.9	9.1
Jalen Williams	Starter	28	16	49.4	25.0	-39.7	8.8
Chet Holmgren	Starter	26	15	55.0	20.6	-48.7	14.9
Aaron Wiggins	Starter	25	11	61.9	14.8	-48.3	9.4
Luguentz Dort	Starter	20	5	50.0	12.8	-45.2	2.3
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	24	11	55.7	16.9	-7.8	12.4
Kenrich Williams	Bench	17	8	58.1	17.9	-30.9	13.3
Isaiah Joe	Bench	22	5	31.7	14.0	-32.6	4.6
Branden Carlson	Bench	18	3	25.5	14.0	+7.5	2.3
Cason Wallace	Bench	25	2	16.7	12.5	+7.8	-1.1
Jaylin Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Youngblood	Bench	5	0	0.0	9.1	-30.0	-2.0