Charlotte Hornets @ Los Angeles Lakers

20-20, 8-12 Away

105

20-20, 8-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets CHA	24	21	34	26	105
Lakers LAL	31	29	23	33	116

Los Angeles LakersLakersLAL

28-13, 14-8 Home

116

28-13, 14-8 Home

Charlotte Hornets

starters
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
Gordon HaywardG. Hayward#20
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
LaMelo BallL. Ball#2
bench
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Cody MartinCo. Martin#11
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#8
Devonte' GrahamD. Graham#4
Malik MonkM. Monk#1
Caleb MartinCa. Martin#10
Jalen McDanielsJ. McDaniels#6
Nick RichardsN. Richards#14
Vernon Carey Jr.V. Carey Jr.#22
Nate DarlingN. Darling#30
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
39	18	7-12	3-4	1-1	9	1	3	0	4	2	7	3	-6
37	7	3-8	0-1	1-1	9	10	4	1	0	2	7	3	-2
11	4	2-2	0-0	0-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-15
38	20	8-19	2-6	2-2	5	3	2	1	0	0	5	1	-15
33	26	10-18	2-5	4-5	5	7	6	1	0	0	5	5	-15
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	6	3-6	0-2	0-1	9	2	0	1	0	3	6	1	-1
7	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	+2
14	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	2	0	2	0	4	1	1	3	-2
22	12	3-8	3-8	3-4	2	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	+4
14	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	-5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	105	41-83	11-29	12-20	43	26	19	8	8	8	35	19
		49%	38%	60%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Markieff MorrisM. Morris#88
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Damian JonesD. Jones#30
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#1
Dennis SchroderD. Schroder#17
bench
Kyle KuzmaK. Kuzma#0
Talen Horton-TuckerT. Horton-Tucker#5
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#15
Wesley MatthewsW. Matthews#9
Alex CarusoA. Caruso#4
Devontae CacokD. Cacok#12
Alfonzo McKinnieA. McKinnie#28
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	7	3-5	1-2	0-0	6	2	0	0	1	0	6	1	-1
37	37	14-23	4-9	5-6	8	6	3	1	1	1	7	2	+7
12	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	0	1	1	3	4	-3
29	7	3-6	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	-2
33	22	9-19	2-7	2-2	4	7	2	1	0	0	4	3	-6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
32	12	4-12	4-10	0-0	5	3	2	0	1	1	4	1	+5
19	12	5-9	0-2	2-2	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	+16
22	7	2-6	0-1	3-6	11	0	1	0	0	5	6	1	+16
12	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	+13
24	5	1-7	0-2	3-4	5	3	0	2	0	2	3	2	+10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	116	44-91	13-39	15-20	48	23	12	7	6	11	37	19
		48%	33%	75%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

CHA

LAL lead season

1-0

LAL

105

Game 1@ LAL

Final

116

Game 2@ CHA

Final

101

Game Information

Los Angeles, CA

Referee:Mark Ayotte

Referee:Haywoode Workman

Referee:Josh Tiven

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

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