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January 15, 2026 · crypto.com Arena
Charlotte Hornets vs Los Angeles Lakers · January 15, 2026
The Charlotte Hornets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 135-117 on Thursday, January 15, 2026 on the road. LaMelo Ball led the Hornets with 30 points and 11 assists. Luka Doncic led the Lakers with 39 points. The Hornets are 15-26 and the Lakers 24-15.
Team 1 2 3 4 T
CHA 30 34 40 31 135 LAL 39 16 38 24 117
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Hornets · 50/92 FG
Q1 11:21 · Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 6:36 · Miles Bridges makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Brandon Miller assists)
Q1 5:38 · Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 4:34 · Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 7:32 · Miles Bridges makes 2-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 6:32 · Miles Bridges makes 1-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 10:25 · Miles Bridges makes 25-foot running jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q3 5:29 · Miles Bridges misses 4-foot two point shot
Q3 4:46 · Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Collin Sexton assists)
Q3 4:13 · Miles Bridges misses two point shot
Q4 5:31 · Miles Bridges makes 21-foot running jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q4 2:52 · Miles Bridges misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 2:06 · Miles Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 10:49 · Brandon Miller makes 9-foot two point shot (Miles Bridges assists)
Q1 9:18 · Brandon Miller misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 7:15 · Brandon Miller misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 6:46 · Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 6:08 · Brandon Miller makes dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 11:02 · Brandon Miller makes driving layup
Q2 10:14 · Brandon Miller misses 6-foot two point shot
Q2 4:50 · Brandon Miller misses two point shot
Q2 4:44 · Brandon Miller makes 28-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists)
Q2 2:01 · Brandon Miller makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 1:28 · Brandon Miller makes 13-foot fade away jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q2 52.7 · Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 11:46 · Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 9:09 · Brandon Miller misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 31.2 · Brandon Miller makes 27-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
Q4 11:26 · Brandon Miller misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 9:37 · Brandon Miller makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 3:58 · Brandon Miller makes 13-foot jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q4 2:39 · Brandon Miller misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Q1 9:56 · LeBron James blocks Kon Knueppel 's 4-foot two point shot
Q1 4:38 · Kon Knueppel misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 4:06 · Kon Knueppel makes 3-foot two point shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q1 3:27 · Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)
Q1 3:04 · Kon Knueppel misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 2.0 · Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot three pointer (Miles Bridges assists)
Q3 9:34 · Kon Knueppel makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 6:57 · Kon Knueppel makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q4 7:22 · Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (Brandon Miller assists)
Q4 4:58 · Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 9:33 · Moussa Diabate makes 5-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 5:52 · Moussa Diabate misses 10-foot floating jump shot
Q2 3:56 · Moussa Diabate makes 2-foot dunk (Sion James assists)
Q2 3:09 · Moussa Diabate makes 3-foot hook shot (Brandon Miller assists)
Q4 8:43 · Moussa Diabate makes 3-foot layup (Josh Green assists)
Q1 8:59 · LaMelo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q1 8:38 · LaMelo Ball misses 5-foot two point shot
Q1 6:51 · LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q2 11:40 · LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
Q2 10:30 · LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 31.9 · LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 11:18 · LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 10:46 · LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three pointer
Q3 8:46 · LaMelo Ball makes 2-foot two point shot
Q3 8:19 · LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 7:44 · LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three pointer
Q3 7:18 · LaMelo Ball misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 5:57 · LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 5:06 · LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 8:12 · LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three pointer (Brandon Miller assists)
Q4 6:15 · LaMelo Ball makes 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 5:54 · LaMelo Ball misses two point shot
Q4 2:58 · LaMelo Ball misses 32-foot three point jumper
Q4 2:01 · LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q4 1:30 · LaMelo Ball makes 29-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists)
Q1 2:40 · Collin Sexton makes driving layup
Q3 3:15 · Collin Sexton misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 2:34 · Collin Sexton makes running layup
Q3 1:24 · Deandre Ayton blocks Collin Sexton 's 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 0.7 · Collin Sexton misses driving layup
Q4 10:39 · Collin Sexton makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Green assists)
Q1 2:25 · Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 1:52 · Sion James makes driving layup
Q1 1:17 · Rui Hachimura blocks Sion James 's 4-foot driving layup
Q2 5:21 · Sion James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q2 4:19 · Sion James misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q3 4:08 · Sion James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q3 3:45 · Sion James makes two point shot
Q3 2:51 · Sion James misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 1:36 · Sion James misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 51.1 · Kobe Bufkin blocks Sion James 's 13-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 49.0 · Sion James makes layup
Q1 1:05 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 1-foot dunk (Sion James assists)
Q2 9:12 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot reverse dunk (Brandon Miller assists)
Q2 8:38 · Ryan Kalkbrenner misses 2-foot reverse layup
Q2 6:49 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 1:19 · Ryan Kalkbrenner misses two point shot
Q3 50.0 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot dunk
Q2 10:11 · Josh Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 50.6 · Josh Green misses two point shot
Paint 23/37 62% Mid-range 7/12 58% 3PT 20/43 47%
Lakers · 43/94 FG
Q1 11:44 · Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 9:46 · Luka Doncic makes 28-foot three pointer
Q1 9:28 · Luka Doncic makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 9:07 · Luka Doncic misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 8:26 · Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 7:03 · Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 5:50 · Luka Doncic makes 2-foot two point shot
Q1 3:42 · Luka Doncic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Q1 3:14 · Luka Doncic makes driving layup
Q1 2:09 · Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 1:11 · Luka Doncic misses running pullup jump shot
Q1 3.0 · Luka Doncic makes 32-foot three pointer
Q2 5:04 · Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 10:58 · Luka Doncic makes 4-foot turnaround jump shot
Q3 10:32 · Luka Doncic misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 10:01 · Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 9:50 · Luka Doncic makes 4-foot two point shot
Q3 7:53 · Luka Doncic makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot
Q3 7:29 · Luka Doncic makes 27-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Q3 6:18 · Luka Doncic makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
Q3 4:00 · Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three pointer
Q4 7:07 · Luka Doncic misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 6:37 · Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 5:45 · Luka Doncic misses 30-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 5:12 · Luka Doncic makes 16-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 3:45 · Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 11:00 · LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jake LaRavia assists)
Q1 7:11 · LeBron James misses 26-foot running jump shot
Q1 5:03 · LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot
Q2 10:02 · Brandon Miller blocks LeBron James 's 4-foot running layup
Q2 9:23 · LeBron James misses 15-foot fade away jump shot
Q2 8:15 · LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
Q2 44.4 · LeBron James makes 27-foot three pointer
Q2 14.8 · LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q3 11:40 · LeBron James misses two point shot
Q3 11:34 · LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jake LaRavia assists)
Q3 8:13 · LeBron James makes running layup
Q3 1:57 · LeBron James makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
Q3 15.6 · LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 11:41 · LeBron James misses driving layup
Q4 9:06 · LeBron James makes running layup
Q4 4:17 · LeBron James makes driving layup
Q4 3:20 · LeBron James makes running layup
Q4 2:30 · LeBron James makes 5-foot running pullup jump shot
Q4 1:51 · LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 10:36 · Marcus Smart makes driving layup
Q1 10:19 · Marcus Smart makes 23-foot running jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
Q1 5:09 · Marcus Smart misses 34-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 9:01 · Marcus Smart misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 7:11 · Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 6:36 · Josh Green blocks Marcus Smart 's 8-foot driving layup
Q2 0.2 · Marcus Smart misses heave jump shot
Q3 5:40 · Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 9:21 · Marcus Smart makes driving layup
Q4 7:42 · Marcus Smart misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q1 8:03 · Jake LaRavia makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists)
Q2 9:26 · Brandon Miller blocks Jake LaRavia 's 4-foot layup
Q2 5:32 · Jake LaRavia misses 9-foot fade away jump shot
Q2 4:05 · Jake LaRavia makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
Q3 9:05 · Jake LaRavia makes 2-foot running dunk (LeBron James assists)
Q3 6:41 · Jake LaRavia makes 2-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
Q3 3:27 · Jake LaRavia misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 9:54 · Jake LaRavia makes 25-foot three pointer (Marcus Smart assists)
Q4 4:44 · LaMelo Ball blocks Jake LaRavia 's 9-foot two point shot
Q4 4:21 · Jake LaRavia misses tip shot
Q1 7:47 · Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
Q1 6:59 · Deandre Ayton misses 12-foot two point shot
Q1 6:17 · Deandre Ayton misses 11-foot jumper
Q2 3:40 · Deandre Ayton misses 1-foot hook shot
Q2 2:46 · Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Jake LaRavia assists)
Q2 2:21 · Deandre Ayton makes 2-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
Q3 9:20 · Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot layup (Luka Doncic assists)
Q3 8:31 · Deandre Ayton makes alley oop dunk (LeBron James assists)
Q3 4:30 · Deandre Ayton makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
Q4 11:39 · Deandre Ayton misses two point shot
Q1 2:55 · Rui Hachimura makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
Q1 11.8 · Rui Hachimura misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q2 3:17 · Rui Hachimura misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q3 2:19 · Rui Hachimura misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q1 2:32 · Jarred Vanderbilt makes 2-foot layup (Rui Hachimura assists)
Q2 10:01 · Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot
Q3 3:06 · Jarred Vanderbilt misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 3:41 · Jarred Vanderbilt makes tip shot
Q1 1:34 · Grant Williams blocks Gabe Vincent 's 12-foot fade away jump shot
Q1 52.9 · Gabe Vincent misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q2 11:24 · Gabe Vincent misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 40.3 · Gabe Vincent misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q3 10.1 · Gabe Vincent misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q4 5:40 · Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 4:24 · Gabe Vincent misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 11:18 · Kobe Bufkin misses 26-foot running jump shot
Q4 10:48 · Kobe Bufkin misses running layup
Q4 1:16 · Dalton Knecht misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 39.2 · Nick Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Paint 25/37 68% Mid-range 4/18 22% 3PT 14/39 36%
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