Charlotte Hornets 120, Orlando Magic 105 — Recap

December 26, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 120, Orlando Magic 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 38-28 ORL; Q2 CHA 19-20 ORL; Q3 CHA 39-29 ORL; Q4 CHA 24-28 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Black (ORL) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 16 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Wendell Carter Jr. (ORL) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-10 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ORL

Anthony Black

24 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

22 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 7-20 FG

Scoring · CHA

Miles Bridges

16 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 6-13 FG

Season highs

Desmond Bane · Season-high 10 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 24 largest lead Q3 1:52 (CHA 94, ORL 70) · 8-0 run, Q1 7:51–Q1 6:46

ORL 4 largest lead Q1 8:42 (CHA 9, ORL 13) · 8-0 run, Q1 9:23–Q1 8:42

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot three pointer (Sion James assists) (Q1 5:24, CHA 24, ORL 21).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	38	19	39	24		120
ORL	28	20	29	28		105

🧮 How They Scored

CHAORL

42Points in the paint46

4Fast-break points10

25Second-chance points11

11Points off turnovers9

41Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.0%Effective FG%45.7%

12.4%Turnover %8.0%

38.1%Offensive rebound %30.2%

0.322Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	36	15	1	0	0	1	3	5-16	2-5	3-4	+11
Miles Bridges F	35	16	11	5	1	3	0	6-13	2-6	2-2	+18
Moussa Diabate F	33	10	12	3	0	1	0	3-4	0-0	4-8	+6
LaMelo Ball G	29	22	7	5	1	0	6	7-20	4-10	4-6	+11
Tidjane Salaun F	22	14	9	1	0	1	1	6-7	2-3	0-0	-1
Sion James G	21	0	3	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+8
Collin Sexton G	18	13	0	2	0	0	1	5-9	3-3	0-0	+1
Kon Knueppel G-F	15	16	3	1	0	0	2	5-7	4-4	2-2	+5
Josh Green G	12	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+7
PJ Hall C	9	7	4	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	3-4	+5
Tre Mann G	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+5
Pat Connaughton G	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Black G	36	24	3	4	2	1	2	8-17	4-7	4-4	-19
Desmond Bane G	33	15	10	4	0	1	4	7-19	0-6	1-2	-6
Paolo Banchero F	31	13	5	2	2	1	1	4-13	0-2	5-6	-11
Wendell Carter Jr. F	28	16	8	1	1	1	1	5-10	2-5	4-4	-4
Jase Richardson G	22	14	4	2	0	0	0	5-7	1-2	3-4	-4
Tristan Da Silva F	22	8	2	2	0	1	0	3-8	1-2	1-1	-2
Tyus Jones G	20	8	4	3	0	0	0	3-5	2-4	0-0	-11
Jonathan Isaac F	17	2	2	0	0	2	0	0-2	0-0	2-2	-12
Jamal Cain F	14	5	1	1	1	0	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	-4
Noah Penda G-F	11	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-6
Jett Howard G	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+3
Orlando Robinson C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 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	22	48.6	39.7	+16.7	8.5
Miles Bridges	Starter	35	16	57.6	16.3	+25.4	16.4
Kon Knueppel	Starter	15	16	101.5	26.3	+18.8	19.5
Brandon Miller	Starter	36	15	42.2	22.3	+12.0	-1.3
Moussa Diabate	Starter	33	10	66.5	9.4	+5.5	11.7
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	22	14	100.0	14.0	-2.2	33.9
Collin Sexton	Bench	18	13	72.2	23.8	+9.2	15.3
PJ Hall	Bench	09	7	73.5	25.0	+23.8	14.0
Josh Green	Bench	12	6	75.0	15.4	+35.1	10.3
Pat Connaughton	Bench	02	1	56.8	25.0	0.0	15.4
Tre Mann	Bench	08	0	0.0	11.1	+37.9	7.6
Sion James	Bench	21	0	0.0	3.7	+15.2	0.7

Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Black	Starter	36	24	64.0	24.7	-23.7	13.2
Wendell Carter Jr.	Starter	28	16	68.0	19.1	-3.1	14.8
Desmond Bane	Starter	33	15	37.7	30.0	-9.0	4.8
Paolo Banchero	Starter	31	13	41.6	23.3	-16.7	6.5
Tyus Jones	Starter	20	8	80.0	11.6	-26.8	13.4
Jase Richardson	Bench	22	14	79.9	13.8	-16.5	17.5
Tristan Da Silva	Bench	22	8	47.4	15.7	-7.3	8.5
Jamal Cain	Bench	14	5	41.7	17.9	-18.2	-5.3
Jonathan Isaac	Bench	17	2	34.7	7.7	-38.2	2.7
Orlando Robinson	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+16.7	17.4
Jett Howard	Bench	03	0	0.0	33.3	+30.0	-13.6
Noah Penda	Bench	11	0	0.0	11.5	-15.9	0.0