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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 15, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Lakers 135-117 on 2026-01-15 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 14 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 11 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jake LaRavia GS	37:07	18	3	3	2	0	2	2	5-10	3-4	5-5	-6
Luka Dončić GS	35:38	39	3	4	0	0	1	3	15-26	6-11	3-7	-13
LeBron James GS	32:43	29	9	6	2	1	3	0	10-19	3-6	6-7	-7
Marcus Smart GS	32:10	10	4	3	2	0	0	3	3-9	1-5	3-4	-1
Deandre Ayton GS	31:46	12	6	1	1	1	1	1	6-10	0-0	0-0	-4
Rui Hachimura	17:39	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	1-4	1-4	0-0	-17
Kobe Bufkin	16:52	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7
Gabe Vincent	15:21	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0-7	0-5	0-0	-15
Jarred Vanderbilt	14:44	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	0-0	-12
Nick Smith Jr.	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Dalton Knecht	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Drew Timme	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Bronny James	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		117	35	18	8	4	9	17	43-93	14-38	17-23

Did not play: Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	39:32	26	2	5	1	2	3	3	9-19	2-6	6-6	+17
Miles Bridges GS	33:05	25	8	4	0	0	1	1	9-13	5-7	2-2	+6
Kon Knueppel GS	32:33	19	7	4	0	0	0	2	7-10	3-5	2-2	+2
Moussa Diabaté GS	30:08	8	6	2	0	0	3	3	4-5	0-0	0-0	+9
LaMelo Ball GS	28:36	30	6	11	0	1	2	4	10-20	9-17	1-1	+5
Sion James	16:50	9	8	2	0	0	0	4	4-10	1-4	0-0	+11
Ryan Kalkbrenner	15:13	9	6	1	0	0	1	1	4-6	0-0	1-2	+7
Collin Sexton	13:58	6	0	3	1	0	2	1	3-6	0-2	0-0	+5
Josh Green	13:39	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+14
Grant Williams	13:25	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	0-1	0-1	3-3	+10
Pat Connaughton	1:30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Tidjane Salaün	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		135	50	34	3	5	12	21	50-92	20-43	15-16

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

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 17.3 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Jake LaRavia · Kobe Bufkin 5.3 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Kobe Bufkin 4.5 min
Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Jake LaRavia 3.1 min
Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 3.0 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 17.9 min
Miles Bridges · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 5.1 min
Collin Sexton · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 4.1 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 3.5 min
Collin Sexton · Grant Williams · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

LaMelo Ball 14 pts (5/9) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (38 %, 4 pts) · Jake LaRavia (24 %, 0 pts) · Luka Dončić (13 %, 6 pts)
Brandon Miller 23 pts (8/19) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Jake LaRavia (34 %, 9 pts) · Marcus Smart (17 %, 5 pts) · LeBron James (10 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jake LaRavia	Brandon Miller: 26 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luka Dončić	Kon Knueppel: 27 poss., 15 pts (6/10) · Sion James: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
LeBron James	Miles Bridges: 27 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Grant Williams: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Marcus Smart	LaMelo Ball: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Deandre Ayton	Moussa Diabaté: 27 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Miles Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Bufkin	Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura	Miles Bridges: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sion James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent	Kon Knueppel: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Pat Connaughton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Sexton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Smith Jr.	Josh Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Tidjane Salaün: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Pat Connaughton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Luka Dončić 11 pts (4/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (20 %, 2 pts) · Kon Knueppel (19 %, 0 pts) · Sion James (16 %, 2 pts)
LeBron James 17 pts (7/12) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (46 %, 5 pts) · Grant Williams (12 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (12 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Jake LaRavia: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Luka Dončić: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Kon Knueppel	Jake LaRavia: 28 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Luka Dončić: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	LeBron James: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Rui Hachimura: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Deandre Ayton: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Marcus Smart: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/6)
Sion James	Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Rui Hachimura: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Deandre Ayton: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton	Kobe Bufkin: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luka Dončić: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Grant Williams	LeBron James: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LeBron James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Bronny James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Timme: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Dalton Knecht: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)