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Charlotte Hornets vs. Toronto Raptors

January 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Raptors beat the Hornets 97-96 on 2026-01-07 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. The Raptors started Brandon Ingram, RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, Scottie Barnes, and Collin Murray-Boyles. Brandon Ingram (Raptors) scored 8 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Sion James as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 2 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Immanuel Quickley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 96

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	32:50	11	8	3	0	1	1	3	4-17	3-11	0-0	+3
Moussa Diabaté GS	30:28	6	11	1	2	2	2	1	2-4	0-0	2-2	0
Miles Bridges GS	29:59	12	3	5	0	1	2	4	4-9	2-5	2-2	+9
Sion James GS	27:47	8	2	3	0	0	0	1	2-4	2-2	2-2	0
LaMelo Ball GS	25:08	15	7	7	1	0	1	1	7-20	1-7	0-0	+17
Collin Sexton	23:42	22	2	0	0	0	3	3	7-13	3-5	5-5	-3
Liam McNeeley	21:19	7	2	0	0	1	2	2	1-4	1-4	4-6	-2
Tidjane Salaün	20:45	4	6	0	0	0	3	1	1-4	1-2	1-2	-15
PJ Hall	14:50	8	7	0	0	1	2	2	3-5	0-0	2-3	+1
Josh Green	13:12	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-15
Totals		96	50	19	3	6	18	19	32-82	14-38	18-22

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

TOR

Toronto Raptors 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett GS	35:08	28	7	1	1	0	0	2	12-25	1-7	3-5	-1
Immanuel Quickley GS	33:13	21	4	2	1	0	0	0	8-18	3-11	2-4	+3
Collin Murray-Boyles GS	32:17	4	15	3	1	0	1	1	1-3	0-1	2-2	+2
Scottie Barnes GS	29:05	17	4	0	1	1	2	2	6-14	0-2	5-6	-2
Brandon Ingram GS	10:57	6	0	2	0	3	0	0	2-7	0-2	2-2	-5
Sandro Mamukelashvili	24:45	10	3	2	1	0	0	5	4-8	2-4	0-0	+10
Jamal Shead	24:14	4	1	6	1	0	0	5	2-7	0-2	0-0	+8
Ja'Kobe Walter	19:26	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	+1
Ochai Agbaji	11:48	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Gradey Dick	11:33	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Jamison Battle	7:34	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		97	42	18	6	4	5	19	38-92	7-34	14-19

Did not play: Jonathan Mogbo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Garrett Temple (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James Starter 13.0 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 4.5 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · PJ Hall · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.4 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Liam McNeeley 3.8 min
Collin Sexton · Josh Green · PJ Hall · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel 2.9 min

TOR

Toronto Raptors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brandon Ingram · RJ Barrett · Immanuel Quickley · Scottie Barnes · Collin Murray-Boyles Starter 5.9 min
RJ Barrett · Immanuel Quickley · Scottie Barnes · Ja'Kobe Walter · Collin Murray-Boyles 8.2 min
RJ Barrett · Immanuel Quickley · Sandro Mamukelashvili · Jamal Shead · Collin Murray-Boyles 5.4 min
Ochai Agbaji · Sandro Mamukelashvili · Gradey Dick · Jamal Shead · Jamison Battle 4.5 min
RJ Barrett · Immanuel Quickley · Sandro Mamukelashvili · Ja'Kobe Walter · Collin Murray-Boyles 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Brandon Ingram 8 pts (3/5) in 22 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (41 %, 6 pts) · Kon Knueppel (16 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (11 %, 2 pts)
RJ Barrett 11 pts (4/12) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (26 %, 5 pts) · Kon Knueppel (23 %, 3 pts) · Liam McNeeley (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Scottie Barnes: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · RJ Barrett: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Moussa Diabaté	Collin Murray-Boyles: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Scottie Barnes: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Collin Sexton	Immanuel Quickley: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Jamal Shead: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LaMelo Ball	Immanuel Quickley: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Ja'Kobe Walter: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Miles Bridges	RJ Barrett: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Scottie Barnes: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tidjane Salaün	Sandro Mamukelashvili: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamison Battle: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sion James	Brandon Ingram: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Immanuel Quickley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Gradey Dick: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · RJ Barrett: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Green	Ja'Kobe Walter: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Immanuel Quickley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
PJ Hall	Collin Murray-Boyles: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sandro Mamukelashvili: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Raptors defense

LaMelo Ball 2 pts (1/4) in 40 possessions

Guarded by: Immanuel Quickley (25 %, 0 pts) · Ja'Kobe Walter (16 %, 0 pts) · Ochai Agbaji (13 %, 0 pts)
Collin Sexton 16 pts (5/12) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Shead (25 %, 0 pts) · Immanuel Quickley (24 %, 1 pts) · Sandro Mamukelashvili (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
RJ Barrett	Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Miles Bridges: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Collin Murray-Boyles	Moussa Diabaté: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Immanuel Quickley	Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Scottie Barnes	Moussa Diabaté: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Miles Bridges: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Tidjane Salaün: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jamal Shead	Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ja'Kobe Walter	Josh Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Ingram	Sion James: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gradey Dick	Liam McNeeley: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ochai Agbaji	LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · PJ Hall: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamison Battle	Tidjane Salaün: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)