Golden State Warriors 132, Charlotte Hornets 125 — Recap

December 31, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Golden State Warriors 132, Charlotte Hornets 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 GSW 30-30 CHA; Q2 GSW 39-34 CHA; Q3 GSW 29-36 CHA; Q4 GSW 34-25 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Miller (CHA) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 14-of-29 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Stephen Curry (GSW) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Jimmy Butler (GSW) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists on 4-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Brandon Miller

33 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 14-29 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

27 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 7 3PM · 9-13 FG

Scoring · GSW

Stephen Curry

26 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Brandon Miller · Season-high 33 pointsDraymond Green · Season-high 12 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

GSW 15 largest lead Q3 9:32 (GSW 79, CHA 64) · 12-0 run, Q2 0:06–Q3 9:32

CHA 7 largest lead Q1 10:23 (GSW 3, CHA 10) · 8-0 run, Q3 5:56–Q3 4:53

Swings 27 lead changes Tied 14 times

Ahead for good: Gui Santos makes 2-foot two point shot (Q4 10:37, GSW 103, CHA 102).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
GSW	30	39	29	34		132
CHA	30	34	36	25		125

🧮 How They Scored

GSWCHA

32Points in the paint56

7Fast-break points19

21Second-chance points10

17Points off turnovers28

61Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

69.9%Effective FG%60.2%

17.4%Turnover %13.0%

27.8%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.205Free-throw rate0.183

Box Score

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Stephen Curry G	33	26	2	4	0	1	5	9-16	5-10	3-3	+11
Jimmy Butler G-F	31	19	5	7	1	0	3	4-8	0-1	11-12	+8
Draymond Green F	28	10	8	12	1	0	4	4-6	2-4	0-0	+18
Brandin Podziemski G	23	19	3	3	0	0	1	6-9	5-7	2-2	-6
De'Anthony Melton G	23	7	3	2	2	0	3	3-8	1-3	0-0	+2
Moses Moody G	19	7	5	2	1	1	0	3-7	1-3	0-0	0
Gui Santos F	17	13	5	2	0	1	0	5-6	3-4	0-0	+15
Will Richard G	17	5	2	3	1	0	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	+1
Quinten Post C	14	9	1	0	1	0	1	3-7	3-7	0-0	+6
Al Horford C-F	13	8	2	0	0	0	0	3-7	2-6	0-0	-6
Gary Payton II G	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	4-4	1-1	0-0	-9
Pat Spencer G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+3
Trayce Jackson-Davis F	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	36	33	2	2	1	0	3	14-29	3-12	2-3	-7
Kon Knueppel G-F	32	20	5	8	0	0	1	7-11	4-7	2-2	-4
LaMelo Ball G	30	27	5	5	3	0	5	9-13	7-10	2-2	-3
Moussa Diabate F	28	0	8	3	1	1	2	0-3	0-0	0-0	-8
Collin Sexton G	27	16	5	8	3	0	4	6-16	0-5	4-5	+1
Sion James G	26	9	1	3	1	0	0	3-4	1-1	2-3	+1
Tidjane Salaun F	17	6	1	1	1	0	0	3-5	0-2	0-0	-7
Josh Green G	17	5	2	2	0	0	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	-1
PJ Hall C	16	9	7	2	0	0	0	4-6	0-0	1-2	-1
Liam McNeeley F	11	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Stephen Curry	Starter	33	26	75.1	27.5	+11.7	8.8
Jimmy Butler	Starter	31	19	71.5	22.4	+13.2	14.7
Draymond Green	Starter	28	10	83.3	14.5	+24.7	13.6
Quinten Post	Starter	14	9	64.3	23.5	+18.2	6.6
Moses Moody	Starter	19	7	50.0	15.6	+2.8	9.3
Brandin Podziemski	Bench	23	19	96.2	21.6	-12.8	16.8
Gui Santos	Bench	17	13	108.3	16.2	+45.5	22.7
Gary Payton II	Bench	10	9	112.5	17.4	-20.8	8.8
Al Horford	Bench	13	8	57.1	21.9	-21.4	12.6
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	23	7	43.8	21.2	+1.6	1.4
Will Richard	Bench	17	5	83.3	11.4	+2.6	5.6
Buddy Hield	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trayce Jackson-Davis	Bench	06	0	0.0	0.0	-98.9	0.0
Pat Spencer	Bench	06	0	0.0	15.4	+35.6	-7.8

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	36	33	54.4	35.1	-13.3	7.6
LaMelo Ball	Starter	30	27	97.3	23.5	-9.9	17.3
Kon Knueppel	Starter	32	20	84.2	15.9	-9.2	13.2
Collin Sexton	Starter	27	16	44.0	32.4	+3.7	8.0
Moussa Diabate	Starter	28	0	0.0	6.7	-15.0	1.8
PJ Hall	Bench	16	9	65.4	20.0	-3.1	16.2
Sion James	Bench	26	9	84.6	8.6	+14.1	7.9
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	17	6	60.0	13.2	-29.8	9.4
Josh Green	Bench	17	5	50.0	11.9	-6.1	5.2
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Liam McNeeley	Bench	11	0	0.0	4.2	-27.3	1.7