NBA Final Intelligence
Charlotte Hornets 124, Orlando Magic 97 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 124, Orlando Magic 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 35-20 ORL; Q2 CHA 27-21 ORL; Q3 CHA 35-26 ORL; Q4 CHA 27-30 ORL.
Top performers (box score): Paolo Banchero (ORL) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Desmond Bane (ORL) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Collin Sexton (CHA) 19 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-7 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.
Standouts
Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.
📊 Game Flow
Ahead for good: LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Q1 10:23, CHA 6, ORL 3).
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 35 | 27 | 35 | 27 | 124 | |
| ORL | 20 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 97 |
🧮 How They Scored
Box Score
Charlotte Hornets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Bridges F | 30 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-12 | 1-5 | 1-2 | +28 |
| LaMelo Ball G | 28 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6-12 | 4-8 | 0-0 | +9 |
| Kon Knueppel G-F | 28 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-11 | 1-6 | 4-4 | +16 |
| Brandon Miller F | 27 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8-15 | 2-7 | 2-2 | +20 |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner C | 27 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 4-6 | +11 |
| Collin Sexton G | 23 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 4-4 | +12 |
| Sion James G | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4-4 | +18 |
| Tidjane Salaun F | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Moussa Diabate F | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +12 |
| Josh Green G | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | +12 |
| Pat Connaughton G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Antonio Reeves G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
Orlando Magic
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond Bane G | 32 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8-13 | 3-5 | 2-2 | -15 |
| Paolo Banchero F | 30 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 9-12 | -25 |
| Anthony Black G | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-11 | 1-5 | 1-2 | -23 |
| Jase Richardson G | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -15 |
| Wendell Carter Jr. F | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -10 |
| Noah Penda G-F | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 1-2 | -2 |
| Tristan Da Silva F | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -19 |
| Jett Howard G | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 2-2 | -6 |
| Tyus Jones G | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Moritz Wagner C | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | -5 |
| Goga Bitadze C | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 |
| Jamal Cain F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Isaac F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Miller | Starter | 27 | 20 | 63.0 | 30.2 | +31.0 | 15.9 |
| LaMelo Ball | Starter | 28 | 16 | 66.7 | 21.2 | +13.7 | 17.9 |
| Kon Knueppel | Starter | 28 | 13 | 50.9 | 23.8 | +33.4 | 14.3 |
| Miles Bridges | Starter | 30 | 10 | 38.8 | 22.1 | +48.9 | 5.6 |
| Moussa Diabate | Starter | 16 | 10 | 94.0 | 14.3 | +45.4 | 10.4 |
| Collin Sexton | Bench | 23 | 19 | 108.4 | 22.4 | +30.8 | 18.3 |
| Tidjane Salaun | Bench | 18 | 13 | 92.9 | 17.9 | +0.8 | 15.5 |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | Bench | 27 | 10 | 88.7 | 12.7 | +17.9 | 10.6 |
| Sion James | Bench | 20 | 7 | 73.5 | 12.2 | +51.4 | 10.9 |
| Josh Green | Bench | 16 | 6 | 75.0 | 11.4 | +42.8 | 7.6 |
| Pat Connaughton | Bench | 04 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Antonio Reeves | Bench | 03 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -40.0 | 0.0 |
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo Banchero | Starter | 30 | 23 | 66.6 | 34.4 | -45.4 | 19.8 |
| Desmond Bane | Starter | 32 | 21 | 75.6 | 21.1 | -22.7 | 14.7 |
| Wendell Carter Jr. | Starter | 20 | 4 | 33.3 | 14.3 | -24.4 | 3.9 |
| Anthony Black | Starter | 28 | 4 | 16.8 | 21.7 | -45.0 | -8.1 |
| Tristan Da Silva | Starter | 19 | 3 | 30.0 | 17.5 | -56.3 | 1.9 |
| Moritz Wagner | Bench | 15 | 14 | 88.8 | 27.8 | -18.8 | 13.6 |
| Noah Penda | Bench | 19 | 13 | 94.5 | 19.0 | -5.0 | 15.7 |
| Jett Howard | Bench | 18 | 10 | 72.7 | 18.9 | -16.7 | 8.8 |
| Tyus Jones | Bench | 16 | 3 | 21.4 | 18.9 | -19.0 | 0.0 |
| Jase Richardson | Bench | 23 | 2 | 20.0 | 12.2 | -35.4 | -3.7 |
| Jonathan Isaac | Bench | 04 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.9 |
| Goga Bitadze | Bench | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -43.6 | 6.3 |
| Jamal Cain | Bench | 04 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | -23.1 |
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