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LA Clippers vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Hornets 117-109 on 2026-01-12 at home. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 10 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 3 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC

LA Clippers 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	37:32	32	4	10	4	1	2	11-28	3-11	7-8	+1
Kawhi Leonard GS	30:36	35	5	3	0	1	0	11-19	5-9	8-9	+8
John Collins GS	30:19	3	5	1	0	1	5	1-4	1-2	0-0	+16
Ivica Zubac GS	27:11	9	11	2	0	0	2	4-6	0-0	1-2	+3
Kris Dunn GS	20:33	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-6	0-6	0-0	+7
Jordan Miller	27:27	14	1	2	0	0	1	6-11	2-6	0-0	+1
Kobe Sanders	22:46	8	3	1	0	0	3	3-10	2-7	0-0	+6
Nicolas Batum	21:57	7	2	2	2	1	0	2-2	2-2	1-2	-3
Brook Lopez	20:24	9	4	1	1	1	2	3-6	3-6	0-0	+7
Cam Christie	0:26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	0:26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Kobe Brown	0:26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		117	37	22	7	5	15	41-92	18-49	17-21

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	35:14	18	5	4	0	0	2	1	8-12	0-3	2-2	-9
Moussa Diabaté GS	35:07	13	15	4	1	4	1	3	6-10	0-0	1-2	-4
Miles Bridges GS	34:28	11	6	1	0	0	1	3	3-10	1-4	4-4	-15
Brandon Miller GS	32:52	13	6	5	1	0	2	3	5-11	1-3	2-4	-7
LaMelo Ball GS	32:15	25	9	5	1	0	3	1	11-24	3-11	0-0	-6
Sion James	18:33	8	3	3	0	0	1	2	2-6	2-4	2-2	-6
Grant Williams	13:14	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	2-3	+3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	12:53	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Josh Green	12:51	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+9
Tre Mann	12:33	9	1	1	0	0	0	3	4-6	1-2	0-0	-1
Totals		109	49	24	3	4	10	17	43-88	10-33	13-17

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Injury/Illness), Tidjane Salaün (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 8.5 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 8.2 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac 7.0 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · John Collins · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 5.8 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins 4.7 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 13.6 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 5.6 min
Miles Bridges · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.4 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 3.9 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Sion James 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Clippers defense

LaMelo Ball 10 pts (4/11) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (38 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Miller (20 %, 2 pts) · John Collins (10 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 17 pts (5/11) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (24 %, 9 pts) · John Collins (21 %, 0 pts) · Nicolas Batum (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Kon Knueppel: 25 poss., 10 pts (3/8) · Brandon Miller: 15 poss., 9 pts (2/4)
Kawhi Leonard	Miles Bridges: 37 poss., 19 pts (6/10) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
John Collins	Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ivica Zubac	Moussa Diabaté: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Miller	LaMelo Ball: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nicolas Batum	Josh Green: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn	LaMelo Ball: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Brandon Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Sanders	Grant Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brook Lopez	Moussa Diabaté: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Hornets defense

Kawhi Leonard 3 pts (1/3) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (42 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (21 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (14 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 12 pts (5/10) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (27 %, 4 pts) · Brandon Miller (23 %, 4 pts) · Grant Williams (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Moussa Diabaté	Ivica Zubac: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Brook Lopez: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	James Harden: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	Kawhi Leonard: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Brandon Miller	James Harden: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · John Collins: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Kris Dunn: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kobe Sanders: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Sion James	Jordan Miller: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nicolas Batum: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Ivica Zubac: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Nicolas Batum: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Grant Williams	James Harden: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Jordan Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)