Los Angeles Lakers 121, Charlotte Hornets 115 — Recap

January 2, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 121, Charlotte Hornets 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 22-21 CHA; Q2 LAL 38-24 CHA; Q3 LAL 34-31 CHA; Q4 LAL 27-39 CHA.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 43 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists on 16-of-26 shooting; Terry Rozier (CHA) 27 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Thomas Bryant (LAL) 18 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; Mason Plumlee (CHA) 18 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists on 6-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

43 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST · 16-26 FG

Scoring · CHA

Terry Rozier

27 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

24 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-22 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
LAL	22	38	34	27		121
CHA	21	24	31	39		115

🧮 How They Scored

LALCHA

56Points in the paint54

19Fast-break points17

4Second-chance points6

15Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%51.1%

11.6%Turnover %11.7%

18.8%Offensive rebound %15.4%

0.323Free-throw rate0.312

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	40	43	11	6	1	0	3	16-26	0-5	11-15	+9
Thomas Bryant C	37	18	15	2	1	0	1	9-17	0-1	0-0	-7
Dennis Schroder G	37	15	1	5	0	1	1	4-11	1-3	6-7	+6
Troy Brown Jr. F	35	12	5	2	3	0	0	4-8	4-8	0-0	+7
Patrick Beverley G	32	6	7	2	0	3	3	2-7	2-4	0-0	0
Austin Reaves G	22	15	6	7	1	0	1	5-7	2-2	3-5	+6
Wenyen Gabriel F	11	5	1	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	1-3	+15
Russell Westbrook G	11	2	4	2	0	0	3	1-8	0-3	0-0	+8
Juan Toscano-Anderson F	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-10
Kendrick Nunn G	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	-4

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball G	38	24	7	6	3	2	5	9-22	3-10	3-3	-8
Terry Rozier G	35	27	2	4	0	0	3	11-20	3-6	2-3	+4
P.J. Washington F	35	12	5	4	1	1	2	5-10	2-5	0-0	-17
Mason Plumlee F-C	33	18	14	4	0	2	0	6-7	0-0	6-11	+1
Jalen McDaniels F	31	10	7	2	3	1	2	4-10	0-4	2-2	+18
Gordon Hayward F	26	8	0	3	0	0	0	2-9	1-2	3-4	-19
Dennis Smith Jr. G	18	8	3	1	1	0	1	3-10	1-3	1-2	-5
Mark Williams C	15	5	9	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	3-4	-7
JT Thor F	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	40	43	66.0	34.0	+9.9	23.4
Thomas Bryant	Bench	37	18	52.9	20.0	-7.1	12.0
Dennis Schroder	Bench	37	15	53.3	15.8	+4.4	5.5
Austin Reaves	Bench	22	15	81.5	17.2	+13.1	24.5
Troy Brown Jr.	Bench	35	12	75.0	9.0	+7.7	10.8
Patrick Beverley	Bench	32	6	42.9	12.5	+1.6	2.9
Kendrick Nunn	Bench	6	5	50.0	33.3	-26.7	12.5
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	11	5	57.9	17.2	+60.0	-3.4
Russell Westbrook	Bench	11	2	12.5	37.9	+37.0	-9.0
Max Christie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Juan Toscano-Anderson	Bench	9	0	0.0	8.3	-38.4	-7.5
Damian Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Terry Rozier	Bench	35	27	63.3	27.0	+5.0	9.6
LaMelo Ball	Bench	38	24	51.5	30.4	-8.2	10.1
Mason Plumlee	Bench	33	18	76.0	13.3	-0.3	17.3
P.J. Washington	Bench	35	12	60.0	14.1	-20.2	5.2
Jalen McDaniels	Bench	31	10	46.0	16.5	+23.7	9.3
Gordon Hayward	Bench	26	8	37.2	16.9	-29.8	2.9
Dennis Smith Jr.	Bench	18	8	36.8	26.1	-9.2	0.8
Mark Williams	Bench	15	5	66.5	13.9	-15.4	25.6
JT Thor	Bench	9	3	50.0	13.6	+18.2	0.0
Nick Richards	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kai Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
James Bouknight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0