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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Thunder 124-97 on 2026-01-05 on the road against the Thunder. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (1/6) in his matchups, with Aaron Wiggins as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 13 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Sion James as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	29:34	21	2	6	0	1	2	2	7-21	1-6	6-6	-20
Jalen Williams GS	28:01	16	2	4	2	0	2	3	6-14	1-3	3-5	-23
Chet Holmgren GS	25:56	15	6	2	0	0	0	0	5-11	1-4	4-6	-25
Aaron Wiggins GS	24:43	11	2	0	2	2	0	1	4-8	2-4	1-2	-26
Luguentz Dort GS	20:06	5	4	0	0	2	1	4	2-5	1-4	0-0	-20
Cason Wallace	24:57	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	1-6	0-3	0-0	+4
Ajay Mitchell	24:16	11	3	2	3	0	0	1	4-9	2-4	1-2	-5
Isaiah Joe	22:08	5	4	1	2	0	0	2	1-7	1-5	2-2	-13
Branden Carlson	18:22	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	1-2	+4
Kenrich Williams	16:59	8	3	2	2	0	0	0	3-6	2-3	0-2	-8
Chris Youngblood	4:58	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Totals		97	33	18	14	5	7	14	34-93	11-39	18-27

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

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	33:41	17	11	4	0	1	2	0	6-12	0-6	5-5	+18
Brandon Miller GS	31:04	28	6	1	2	2	3	3	8-16	7-10	5-5	+33
Moussa Diabaté GS	28:30	9	12	5	0	0	0	0	4-5	0-0	1-2	+21
Kon Knueppel GS	27:56	23	5	5	1	0	5	4	8-13	5-7	2-3	+15
LaMelo Ball GS	25:12	16	2	2	0	0	4	5	5-10	4-7	2-2	+10
Collin Sexton	23:11	10	1	1	1	0	2	2	3-9	0-2	4-4	+6
Sion James	20:16	5	3	4	0	2	2	1	1-3	1-1	2-2	+15
PJ Hall	19:30	13	5	1	0	2	0	3	5-6	1-1	2-2	+6
Tidjane Salaün	12:57	0	6	0	0	0	3	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	+12
Josh Green	10:22	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7
Pat Connaughton	3:22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Liam McNeeley	2:00	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3
Tre Mann	2:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3
Totals		124	52	25	4	7	21	23	41-77	19-37	23-25

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams Starter 12.0 min
Kenrich Williams · Isaiah Joe · Aaron Wiggins · Branden Carlson · Chris Youngblood 5.0 min
Isaiah Joe · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 4.7 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Isaiah Joe · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 3.6 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson 3.6 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 13.1 min
LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel 4.1 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Josh Green · PJ Hall · Sion James 3.6 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Sion James 2.5 min
Pat Connaughton · Tre Mann · PJ Hall · Tidjane Salaün · Liam McNeeley 2.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (1/6) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Wiggins (26 %, 1 pts) · Luguentz Dort (15 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Williams (12 %, 1 pts)
Brandon Miller 10 pts (4/12) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (25 %, 6 pts) · Cason Wallace (20 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Joe (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Brandon Miller: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Sion James: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Jalen Williams	Kon Knueppel: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · LaMelo Ball: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Chet Holmgren	Moussa Diabaté: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · PJ Hall: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Cason Wallace	Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Sexton: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Wiggins	LaMelo Ball: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ajay Mitchell	Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Isaiah Joe	Tidjane Salaün: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luguentz Dort	Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Branden Carlson	PJ Hall: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams	Miles Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Chris Youngblood	Collin Sexton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 13 pts (3/8) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (25 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (23 %, 2 pts) · Josh Green (17 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Williams 12 pts (3/5) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (26 %, 3 pts) · Brandon Miller (22 %, 6 pts) · Miles Bridges (18 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jalen Williams: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Brandon Miller	Jalen Williams: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Cason Wallace: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Kon Knueppel	Jalen Williams: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Moussa Diabaté	Chet Holmgren: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Branden Carlson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball	Luguentz Dort: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Jalen Williams: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Collin Sexton	Ajay Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Sion James	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
PJ Hall	Branden Carlson: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Chet Holmgren: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tidjane Salaün	Isaiah Joe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Isaiah Joe: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Kenrich Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Isaiah Joe: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)