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Charlotte Hornets vs. Milwaukee Bucks

December 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bucks beat the Hornets 123-113 on 2025-12-29 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Sion James. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Kevin Porter Jr., Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 12 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Tidjane Salaün as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 9 points (3/5) in his matchups, with AJ Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	37:31	31	8	5	1	1	1	4	9-22	3-12	10-12	-8
Moussa Diabaté GS	34:52	14	9	3	2	1	2	4	6-9	0-0	2-2	-12
LaMelo Ball GS	29:06	26	2	7	1	0	6	2	9-23	6-13	2-2	-19
Sion James GS	28:42	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	0-3	0-2	0-0	-22
Miles Bridges GS	7:06	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-7
Tidjane Salaün	27:49	3	11	1	1	0	2	2	1-4	1-2	0-0	+3
Josh Green	22:57	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	4-10	2-7	0-0	-10
Collin Sexton	19:16	16	1	8	0	0	1	2	6-12	3-4	1-2	+12
PJ Hall	16:14	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	1-2	+8
Liam McNeeley	12:02	7	5	2	0	0	0	2	3-6	1-4	0-0	+2
Tre Mann	4:25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		113	47	28	5	3	13	21	40-93	17-46	16-20

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

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. GS	37:37	15	5	11	2	1	1	1	6-13	1-3	2-2	+5
Myles Turner GS	30:52	23	6	1	0	4	0	1	7-12	3-5	6-6	+7
Ryan Rollins GS	30:52	13	3	4	2	0	3	4	3-10	2-4	5-6	+7
AJ Green GS	26:36	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-5	0-0	+16
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS	25:17	24	4	7	1	0	2	3	11-16	0-1	2-4	+4
Kyle Kuzma	25:42	6	5	2	2	0	1	2	3-7	0-2	0-0	+13
Bobby Portis	23:17	25	2	1	0	0	1	3	8-12	5-7	4-4	-5
Gary Trent Jr.	19:58	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	3-6	3-5	0-0	+2
Gary Harris	17:21	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Jericho Sims	2:28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		123	31	29	9	5	8	17	44-84	16-34	19-22

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)

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James Starter 4.5 min
LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 9.5 min
Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Liam McNeeley 4.7 min
Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 3.3 min
LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 3.0 min

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Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Giannis Antetokounmpo · Myles Turner · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green Starter 16.1 min
Gary Harris · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. 6.4 min
Myles Turner · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 6.0 min
Giannis Antetokounmpo · Gary Harris · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. 4.9 min
Myles Turner · Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Gary Trent Jr. · Ryan Rollins 4.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Giannis Antetokounmpo 12 pts (4/8) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Tidjane Salaün (37 %, 0 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (16 %, 4 pts) · Miles Bridges (14 %, 0 pts)
Kevin Porter Jr. 16 pts (5/15) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (26 %, 10 pts) · Sion James (15 %, 0 pts) · LaMelo Ball (14 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Kevin Porter Jr.: 18 poss., 10 pts (3/9) · Ryan Rollins: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Myles Turner: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
LaMelo Ball	Ryan Rollins: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Gary Harris: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Sion James	AJ Green: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Giannis Antetokounmpo: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton	Gary Trent Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Rollins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Josh Green	Kyle Kuzma: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · AJ Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
PJ Hall	Myles Turner: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Gary Trent Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Green: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	Giannis Antetokounmpo: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myles Turner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Ryan Rollins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gary Trent Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

LaMelo Ball 9 pts (3/5) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: AJ Green (24 %, 5 pts) · Gary Harris (18 %, 0 pts) · Ryan Rollins (17 %, 2 pts)
Brandon Miller 16 pts (5/9) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Rollins (26 %, 1 pts) · Kyle Kuzma (15 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Porter Jr. (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Porter Jr.	Sion James: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/5) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Rollins	Brandon Miller: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Myles Turner	Moussa Diabaté: 24 poss., 9 pts (2/4) · PJ Hall: 11 poss., 8 pts (2/4)
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Moussa Diabaté: 15 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Tidjane Salaün: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
AJ Green	LaMelo Ball: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Brandon Miller: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Kuzma	Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tidjane Salaün: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bobby Portis Jr.	Tidjane Salaün: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Gary Trent Jr.	Liam McNeeley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Harris	LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jericho Sims	PJ Hall: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)