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Charlotte Hornets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

November 10, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Hornets 121-111 on 2025-11-10 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 14 points (3/12) in his matchups, with Sion James as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Hornets) scored 11 points (4/12) in his matchups, with Austin Reaves as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Miles Bridges GS 40:01 34 8 5 1 1 2 4 11-19 7-12 5-6 -15
Kon Knueppel GS 38:04 19 10 9 1 0 3 1 6-11 2-6 5-5 -4
Collin Sexton GS 25:33 13 0 3 1 0 4 4 4-9 1-3 4-4 -16
Sion James GS 24:34 7 1 1 0 1 2 2 2-5 2-3 1-2 -15
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS 19:17 9 4 0 0 0 4 4 3-4 0-0 3-3 -10
Moussa Diabaté 28:43 8 3 1 2 3 0 2 4-4 0-0 0-0 0
KJ Simpson 20:06 8 3 4 0 0 3 3 3-6 2-4 0-0 +4
Tre Mann 18:03 6 2 5 0 0 2 1 2-6 2-5 0-0 +3
Liam McNeeley 17:40 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 2-7 1-3 2-2 -2
Pat Connaughton 7:59 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Totals 111 37 28 6 6 22 25 37-71 17-36 20-22

Did not play: Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision), Antonio Reeves (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Luka Dončić GS 38:25 38 6 7 1 0 2 4 14-28 5-15 5-5 +16
Marcus Smart GS 36:35 13 4 5 7 0 3 1 4-9 3-7 2-2 +15
Rui Hachimura GS 35:36 21 3 2 1 0 1 1 9-12 3-3 0-0 +13
Deandre Ayton GS 32:56 14 6 0 0 0 3 3 7-10 0-0 0-0 +2
Austin Reaves GS 29:25 24 5 7 2 0 1 2 7-17 2-10 8-11 +18
Jake LaRavia 24:53 6 1 3 1 0 0 4 2-8 0-3 2-2 -9
Jarred Vanderbilt 16:10 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Jaxson Hayes 14:53 2 5 0 0 1 0 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 +4
Dalton Knecht 11:07 3 5 0 0 1 0 1 1-4 1-1 0-0 -9
Totals 121 36 25 12 2 11 22 45-90 14-39 17-20

Did not play: Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Defender Guarded most
Miles Bridges Rui Hachimura: 29 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Luka Dončić: 10 poss., 7 pts (1/3)
Kon Knueppel Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Moussa Diabaté Deandre Ayton: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James Luka Dončić: 22 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Sexton Marcus Smart: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner Deandre Ayton: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaxson Hayes: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
KJ Simpson Marcus Smart: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Liam McNeeley Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Marcus Smart: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tre Mann Jake LaRavia: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalton Knecht: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Pat Connaughton Austin Reaves: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Sion James: 24 poss., 10 pts (4/8) · Miles Bridges: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Marcus Smart KJ Simpson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Rui Hachimura Miles Bridges: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Deandre Ayton Moussa Diabaté: 30 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Austin Reaves Collin Sexton: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Jake LaRavia Tre Mann: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt Pat Connaughton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Ryan Kalkbrenner: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dalton Knecht Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Liam McNeeley: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)