Milwaukee Bucks 123, Charlotte Hornets 113 — Recap

December 29, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Milwaukee Bucks 123, Charlotte Hornets 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIL 25-26 CHA; Q2 MIL 38-40 CHA; Q3 MIL 32-23 CHA; Q4 MIL 28-24 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Miller (CHA) 31 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Bobby Portis (MIL) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists on 11-of-16 shooting; Myles Turner (MIL) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Brandon Miller

31 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

26 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 9-23 FG

Scoring · MIL

Bobby Portis

25 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 8-12 FG

Season highs

Brandon Miller · Season-high 31 pointsTidjane Salaun · Season-high 11 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

MIL 13 largest lead Q4 7:28 (MIL 110, CHA 97) · 9-0 run, Q2 0:54–Q3 10:35

CHA 12 largest lead Q2 3:38 (MIL 46, CHA 58) · 14-0 run, Q2 7:35–Q2 5:14

Swings 17 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Bobby Portis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Gary Trent Jr. assists) (Q4 10:46, MIL 98, CHA 95).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIL	25	38	32	28		123
CHA	26	40	23	24		113

🧮 How They Scored

MILCHA

48Points in the paint44

18Fast-break points18

12Second-chance points24

20Points off turnovers14

43Bench points39

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.9%Effective FG%52.2%

7.9%Turnover %11.3%

14.3%Offensive rebound %39.5%

0.262Free-throw rate0.215

Box Score

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G	38	15	5	11	2	1	1	6-13	1-3	2-2	+5
Myles Turner C-F	31	23	6	1	0	4	0	7-12	3-5	6-6	+7
Ryan Rollins G	31	13	3	4	2	0	3	3-10	2-4	5-6	+7
A.J. Green G	27	5	3	2	1	0	0	2-6	1-5	0-0	+16
Kyle Kuzma F	26	6	5	2	2	0	1	3-7	0-2	0-0	+13
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	25	24	4	7	1	0	2	11-16	0-1	2-4	+4
Bobby Portis F	23	25	2	1	0	0	1	8-12	5-7	4-4	-5
Gary Trent Jr. G	20	9	1	1	1	0	0	3-6	3-5	0-0	+2
Gary Harris G	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Jericho Sims F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	38	31	8	5	1	1	1	9-22	3-12	10-12	-8
Moussa Diabate F	35	14	9	3	2	1	2	6-9	0-0	2-2	-12
LaMelo Ball G	29	26	2	7	1	0	6	9-23	6-13	2-2	-19
Sion James G	29	0	4	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-22
Tidjane Salaun F	28	3	11	1	1	0	2	1-4	1-2	0-0	+3
Josh Green G	23	10	2	1	0	0	0	4-10	2-7	0-0	-10
Collin Sexton G	19	16	1	8	0	0	1	6-12	3-4	1-2	+12
PJ Hall C	16	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	1-2	+8
Liam McNeeley F	12	7	5	2	0	0	0	3-6	1-4	0-0	+2
Miles Bridges F	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-7
Tre Mann G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Starter	25	24	67.6	32.2	+2.7	19.1
Myles Turner	Starter	31	23	78.6	21.4	+11.3	19.2
Kevin Porter Jr.	Starter	38	15	54.0	17.9	+5.1	14.2
Ryan Rollins	Starter	31	13	51.4	22.9	+11.3	5.3
A.J. Green	Starter	27	5	41.7	9.8	+27.9	4.6
Bobby Portis	Bench	23	25	90.8	30.0	-10.6	18.3
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	20	9	75.0	13.3	+2.0	8.7
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	26	6	42.9	14.5	+21.1	6.6
Gary Harris	Bench	17	3	75.0	5.3	+10.0	3.3
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amir Coffey	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cole Anthony	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jericho Sims	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-83.3	0.0
Andre Jackson Jr.	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
Brandon Miller	Starter	38	31	56.8	30.0	-7.6	15.6
LaMelo Ball	Starter	29	26	54.4	43.5	-34.6	9.9
Moussa Diabate	Starter	35	14	70.9	14.5	-13.8	10.2
Miles Bridges	Starter	07	3	75.0	11.8	-60.4	15.1
Sion James	Starter	29	0	0.0	4.5	-37.5	0.0
Collin Sexton	Bench	19	16	62.1	29.2	+33.7	15.5
Josh Green	Bench	23	10	50.0	17.5	-20.1	6.0
Liam McNeeley	Bench	12	7	58.3	20.0	+8.3	10.7
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	28	3	37.5	9.2	+13.7	6.4
PJ Hall	Bench	16	3	52.1	10.5	+39.4	0.6
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	+20.8	0.0