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Charlotte Hornets vs. LA Clippers

November 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Hornets 131-116 on 2025-11-22 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. The Clippers started James Harden, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, John Collins, and Kobe Sanders. James Harden (Clippers) scored 18 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Sion James as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (2/3) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	34:09	26	1	1	1	0	2	4	9-12	6-9	2-2	-12
Miles Bridges GS	30:20	19	3	2	0	1	0	0	5-12	0-2	9-10	-15
Brandon Miller GS	25:32	21	1	3	1	1	0	3	8-18	2-10	3-3	-3
LaMelo Ball GS	25:06	18	4	7	0	0	3	5	7-14	1-7	3-3	+4
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	10:44	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Moussa Diabaté	24:53	6	7	1	0	0	0	3	2-4	0-0	2-4	-12
Collin Sexton	22:54	18	3	4	0	0	2	1	7-13	0-0	4-4	-18
Sion James	21:27	3	2	3	1	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-16
Liam McNeeley	17:52	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	-5
Mason Plumlee	12:23	0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Drew Peterson	9:00	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4
Pat Connaughton	5:40	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+1
Totals		116	38	24	5	2	10	20	41-85	11-36	23-26

LAC

LA Clippers 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	35:13	55	3	7	1	0	2	1	17-26	10-16	11-14	+22
Kobe Sanders GS	29:55	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	3-7	1-4	4-4	+16
Ivica Zubac GS	29:51	18	9	6	0	1	1	1	9-12	0-0	0-0	+17
Kris Dunn GS	27:24	6	2	6	1	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+8
John Collins GS	25:33	10	7	0	1	0	0	5	4-10	1-4	1-1	+6
Chris Paul	23:05	3	4	8	0	0	1	1	1-5	1-3	0-1	+1
Cam Christie	20:36	8	9	0	1	0	3	3	2-8	0-4	4-4	+7
Nicolas Batum	19:11	9	3	0	2	0	0	1	3-4	3-4	0-0	+18
Brook Lopez	14:53	11	1	1	0	1	0	2	4-10	3-7	0-0	+7
Kobe Brown	7:47	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-9
Jahmyl Telfort	3:16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	3:16	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Totals		131	41	30	8	2	8	19	46-90	19-43	20-24

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel Starter 5.3 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Moussa Diabaté · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 7.0 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 4.8 min
Mason Plumlee · Collin Sexton · Drew Peterson · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 3.7 min
Mason Plumlee · Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.6 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins · Kobe Sanders Starter 21.1 min
Chris Paul · Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Kobe Brown · Cam Christie 4.5 min
Chris Paul · Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Cam Christie · Kobe Sanders 4.3 min
Chris Paul · Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Cam Christie 3.9 min
Chris Paul · James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

James Harden 18 pts (8/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (28 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (23 %, 4 pts) · Miles Bridges (14 %, 6 pts)
John Collins 17 pts (4/9) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (44 %, 5 pts) · Kon Knueppel (13 %, 3 pts) · Drew Peterson (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Kobe Sanders: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · James Harden: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Miles Bridges	John Collins: 21 poss., 5 pts (0/2) · James Harden: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Brandon Miller	James Harden: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Nicolas Batum: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Kris Dunn: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Cam Christie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Moussa Diabaté	Ivica Zubac: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Brook Lopez: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton	Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cam Christie: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Sion James	James Harden: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jahmyl Telfort: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Chris Paul: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mason Plumlee	Brook Lopez: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ivica Zubac: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Ivica Zubac: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brook Lopez: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Peterson	John Collins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chris Paul: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Chris Paul: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (2/3) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (51 %, 2 pts) · Kobe Sanders (16 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (8 %, 2 pts)
Brandon Miller 12 pts (3/7) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (41 %, 7 pts) · Nicolas Batum (16 %, 3 pts) · Kris Dunn (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Sion James: 24 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Brandon Miller: 20 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Ivica Zubac	Moussa Diabaté: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Kobe Sanders	Kon Knueppel: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn	LaMelo Ball: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Collin Sexton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins	Miles Bridges: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Cam Christie	Liam McNeeley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Sexton: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Nicolas Batum	Miles Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Chris Paul	Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Liam McNeeley: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Brook Lopez	Moussa Diabaté: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kobe Brown	Kon Knueppel: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jahmyl Telfort	Drew Peterson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	Mason Plumlee: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Liam McNeeley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)