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Charlotte Hornets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

November 15, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Hornets 109-96 on 2025-11-15 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Cason Wallace. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 9 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Sion James as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Hornets) scored 14 points (6/6) in his matchups, with Cason Wallace 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	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	30:07	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	6-16	3-9	0-0	-20
Collin Sexton GS	29:44	13	4	3	1	0	3	2	5-13	3-6	0-0	-20
Kon Knueppel GS	27:21	8	4	3	0	2	5	2	3-10	2-5	0-0	-16
Sion James GS	26:07	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1-7	1-5	0-0	-10
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	25:42	13	7	0	1	1	0	0	4-6	0-0	5-6	-9
Moussa Diabaté	23:45	13	11	4	1	1	2	2	6-7	0-0	1-1	-2
Tre Mann	20:49	10	2	1	0	1	0	1	4-14	2-6	0-0	-15
KJ Simpson	18:02	9	1	5	2	0	2	0	4-13	1-3	0-0	+7
Antonio Reeves	17:13	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	3-6	3-5	0-0	+10
Pat Connaughton	16:26	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+5
Mason Plumlee	4:44	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		96	42	23	6	5	12	10	37-96	16-42	6-7

Did not play: Grant Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Chet Holmgren GS	32:22	25	8	2	0	1	2	2	10-20	2-4	3-4	+13
Cason Wallace GS	30:25	10	2	4	3	0	3	2	4-7	2-2	0-0	+17
Isaiah Hartenstein GS	30:22	12	12	5	1	0	2	3	6-10	0-0	0-0	-1
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	29:26	33	4	7	2	0	1	1	13-19	3-4	4-5	+21
Luguentz Dort GS	21:54	3	4	1	0	1	1	2	1-4	1-2	0-0	+23
Ajay Mitchell	30:36	14	6	4	1	1	3	2	6-15	1-4	1-1	-4
Isaiah Joe	21:09	3	5	1	2	0	1	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	+2
Branden Carlson	16:36	7	2	0	0	2	1	2	3-5	1-3	0-0	-2
Ousmane Dieng	13:55	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Brooks Barnhizer	11:33	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Alex Caruso	1:42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		109	50	26	9	6	14	15	45-89	11-23	8-10

Did not play: Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James Starter 13.3 min
Mason Plumlee · Pat Connaughton · Moussa Diabaté · Antonio Reeves · KJ Simpson 4.7 min
Miles Bridges · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Antonio Reeves · KJ Simpson 4.2 min
Miles Bridges · Ryan Kalkbrenner · KJ Simpson · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.0 min
Pat Connaughton · Collin Sexton · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.7 min

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace Starter 12.8 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Chet Holmgren · Ousmane Dieng · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 8.7 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Isaiah Joe · Chet Holmgren · Ajay Mitchell · Brooks Barnhizer 5.6 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Isaiah Joe · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson · Brooks Barnhizer 4.5 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Isaiah Joe · Ousmane Dieng · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 9 pts (3/7) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (32 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (30 %, 5 pts) · Antonio Reeves (16 %, 0 pts)
Chet Holmgren 6 pts (2/13) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (39 %, 5 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (12 %, 0 pts) · Pat Connaughton (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	Chet Holmgren: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Collin Sexton	Luguentz Dort: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Cason Wallace: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Cason Wallace: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Ajay Mitchell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Isaiah Hartenstein: 36 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Chet Holmgren: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ousmane Dieng: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Branden Carlson: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Chet Holmgren: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Luguentz Dort: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
KJ Simpson	Cason Wallace: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Ajay Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Antonio Reeves	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Isaiah Joe: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Chet Holmgren: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mason Plumlee	Isaiah Hartenstein: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Branden Carlson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Collin Sexton 14 pts (6/6) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Cason Wallace (27 %, 3 pts) · Ajay Mitchell (18 %, 3 pts) · Luguentz Dort (17 %, 0 pts)
Tre Mann 6 pts (2/3) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (36 %, 0 pts) · Ajay Mitchell (15 %, 0 pts) · Cason Wallace (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Chet Holmgren	Miles Bridges: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Cason Wallace	Collin Sexton: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Sion James: 17 poss., 11 pts (5/7) · Miles Bridges: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Isaiah Hartenstein	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 32 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Mason Plumlee: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ajay Mitchell	Collin Sexton: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sion James: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Luguentz Dort	Tre Mann: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Isaiah Joe	KJ Simpson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Connaughton: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ousmane Dieng	Sion James: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Branden Carlson	Moussa Diabaté: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Mann: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer	Kon Knueppel: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Caruso	Tre Mann: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)