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Charlotte Hornets vs. Golden State Warriors

December 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Warriors beat the Hornets 132-125 on 2025-12-31 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Collin Sexton, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Moses Moody, and Quinten Post. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 16 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Collin Sexton as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 14 points (5/6) in his matchups, with Moses Moody as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	36:21	33	2	2	1	0	3	4	14-29	3-12	2-3	-7
Kon Knueppel GS	32:20	20	5	8	0	0	1	4	7-11	4-7	2-2	-4
LaMelo Ball GS	30:18	27	5	5	3	0	5	1	9-13	7-10	2-2	-3
Moussa Diabaté GS	27:53	0	8	3	1	1	2	4	0-3	0-0	0-0	-8
Collin Sexton GS	27:25	16	5	8	3	0	4	5	6-16	0-5	4-5	+1
Sion James	25:45	9	1	3	1	0	0	3	3-4	1-1	2-3	+1
Tidjane Salaün	16:46	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	3-5	0-2	0-0	-7
Josh Green	16:44	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-2	0-0	-1
PJ Hall	15:39	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	4-6	0-0	1-2	-1
Liam McNeeley	10:50	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6
Totals		125	37	35	11	1	15	23	48-93	16-40	13-17

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

GSW

Golden State Warriors 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Stephen Curry GS	33:07	26	2	4	0	1	5	4	9-16	5-10	3-3	+11
Jimmy Butler III GS	30:52	19	5	7	1	0	3	1	4-8	0-1	11-12	+8
Draymond Green GS	28:12	10	8	12	1	0	4	2	4-6	2-4	0-0	+18
Moses Moody GS	18:53	7	5	2	1	1	0	1	3-7	1-3	0-0	0
Quinten Post GS	14:18	9	1	0	1	0	1	1	3-7	3-7	0-0	+6
Brandin Podziemski	23:18	19	3	3	0	0	1	1	6-9	5-7	2-2	-6
De'Anthony Melton	22:55	7	3	2	2	0	3	3	3-8	1-3	0-0	+2
Will Richard	16:59	5	2	3	1	0	2	3	2-3	1-2	0-0	+1
Gui Santos	16:50	13	5	2	0	1	0	0	5-6	3-4	0-0	+15
Al Horford	13:04	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	3-7	2-6	0-0	-6
Gary Payton II	10:02	9	1	0	0	0	0	4	4-4	1-1	0-0	-9
Pat Spencer	6:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+3
Trayce Jackson-Davis	5:27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Totals		132	37	35	7	3	19	20	46-83	24-49	16-17

Did not play: Buddy Hield (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Kuminga (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 9.0 min
Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 5.0 min
LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.5 min
Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Kon Knueppel 2.7 min
Collin Sexton · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 2.6 min

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Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Stephen Curry · Jimmy Butler III · Draymond Green · Moses Moody · Quinten Post Starter 9.1 min
Stephen Curry · Draymond Green · Gary Payton II · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski 6.3 min
Stephen Curry · Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski 4.8 min
Stephen Curry · Jimmy Butler III · Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Will Richard 3.8 min
Stephen Curry · Gary Payton II · De'Anthony Melton · Trayce Jackson-Davis · Brandin Podziemski 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Stephen Curry 16 pts (6/8) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Sexton (20 %, 1 pts) · Sion James (19 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (15 %, 4 pts)
De'Anthony Melton 10 pts (3/8) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (24 %, 3 pts) · LaMelo Ball (19 %, 3 pts) · Josh Green (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Draymond Green: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jimmy Butler III: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
LaMelo Ball	Moses Moody: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Stephen Curry: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Jimmy Butler III: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Quinten Post: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Draymond Green: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Quinten Post: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Sexton	Stephen Curry: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Sion James	Stephen Curry: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jimmy Butler III: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Josh Green	Gui Santos: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Anthony Melton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
PJ Hall	Draymond Green: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Quinten Post: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tidjane Salaün	Gui Santos: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Stephen Curry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Warriors defense

LaMelo Ball 14 pts (5/6) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Moses Moody (27 %, 0 pts) · Will Richard (23 %, 0 pts) · Brandin Podziemski (11 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 20 pts (7/14) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Jimmy Butler III (29 %, 4 pts) · Stephen Curry (14 %, 0 pts) · De'Anthony Melton (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Stephen Curry	Collin Sexton: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Sion James: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jimmy Butler III	Brandon Miller: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 5 pts (0/2)
Draymond Green	Moussa Diabaté: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · PJ Hall: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandin Podziemski	Josh Green: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moses Moody	LaMelo Ball: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Sexton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
De'Anthony Melton	Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Collin Sexton: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Will Richard	LaMelo Ball: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gui Santos	Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tidjane Salaün: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Quinten Post	Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Brandon Miller: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Al Horford	Tidjane Salaün: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Gary Payton II	LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandon Miller: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Spencer	Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trayce Jackson-Davis	PJ Hall: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)