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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bucks beat the Hornets 122-121 on 2026-01-02 at home. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Kevin Porter Jr., Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, PJ Hall, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 7 points (3/6) in his matchups, with AJ Green as his primary defender. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 8 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
AJ Green GS	40:43	12	0	3	1	0	1	4	4-13	3-10	1-2	+4
Ryan Rollins GS	36:57	29	4	8	3	1	1	3	11-13	6-7	1-1	+12
Kevin Porter Jr. GS	36:01	10	4	10	2	0	1	4	4-14	0-4	2-2	+1
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS	29:50	30	10	5	1	0	3	1	11-18	0-0	8-8	+21
Myles Turner GS	22:24	1	4	2	0	2	0	1	0-4	0-2	1-2	+6
Kyle Kuzma	31:59	18	6	1	0	0	2	6	7-10	3-5	1-1	-7
Bobby Portis	22:25	20	6	1	0	1	2	1	7-11	4-6	2-2	-8
Gary Trent Jr.	17:22	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	-17
Jericho Sims	2:20	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		122	36	31	7	4	11	23	45-87	16-37	16-18

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cole Anthony (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amir Coffey (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andre Jackson Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	36:37	25	6	2	1	0	3	3	8-17	5-10	4-5	-22
Kon Knueppel GS	33:45	26	4	3	0	0	3	2	9-16	3-8	5-7	-2
Brandon Miller GS	30:17	19	7	4	0	0	5	4	6-15	4-7	3-4	-7
LaMelo Ball GS	25:55	12	2	7	2	0	0	0	4-12	2-7	2-2	-9
PJ Hall GS	18:53	4	8	1	0	2	1	2	1-4	0-0	2-2	-22
Collin Sexton	27:20	16	0	6	1	0	2	2	5-8	1-2	5-6	+10
Sion James	27:13	7	6	3	1	0	0	1	3-4	1-2	0-0	+6
Tidjane Salaün	22:04	12	4	1	0	1	0	3	4-5	2-3	2-2	+26
Josh Green	12:46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+11
Liam McNeeley	5:10	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		121	39	27	5	3	14	18	40-82	18-40	23-28

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tre Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Giannis Antetokounmpo · Myles Turner · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green Starter 13.0 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. · AJ Green 6.6 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Ryan Rollins 5.0 min
Myles Turner · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 4.6 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 3.2 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Kon Knueppel Starter 9.8 min
Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 6.0 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 5.3 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.3 min
Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bucks defense

LaMelo Ball 7 pts (3/6) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: AJ Green (40 %, 2 pts) · Ryan Rollins (19 %, 0 pts) · Gary Trent Jr. (10 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 28 pts (10/13) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Rollins (35 %, 11 pts) · Kyle Kuzma (15 %, 3 pts) · Kevin Porter Jr. (14 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
AJ Green	LaMelo Ball: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Kon Knueppel: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Porter Jr.	Kon Knueppel: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sion James: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Rollins	Brandon Miller: 21 poss., 11 pts (4/4) · Collin Sexton: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Miles Bridges: 27 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Sion James: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Kyle Kuzma	Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Myles Turner	PJ Hall: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bobby Portis Jr.	Tidjane Salaün: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandon Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Gary Trent Jr.	Collin Sexton: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jericho Sims	Tidjane Salaün: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Giannis Antetokounmpo 8 pts (3/6) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (52 %, 6 pts) · Sion James (14 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (8 %, 0 pts)
Kevin Porter Jr. 21 pts (7/13) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (42 %, 6 pts) · Brandon Miller (14 %, 5 pts) · Tidjane Salaün (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	Giannis Antetokounmpo: 30 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kyle Kuzma: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Kon Knueppel	Kevin Porter Jr.: 29 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Kyle Kuzma: 13 poss., 10 pts (3/3)
Brandon Miller	AJ Green: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Kyle Kuzma: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Collin Sexton	Ryan Rollins: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Gary Trent Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Sion James	AJ Green: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball	Ryan Rollins: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · AJ Green: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tidjane Salaün	Myles Turner: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
PJ Hall	Myles Turner: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	AJ Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kyle Kuzma: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Gary Trent Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)