LA Clippers @ Charlotte Hornets

47-23, 21-13 Away

113

47-23, 21-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Clippers LAC	31	13	40	29	113
Hornets CHA	23	24	30	13	90

Charlotte HornetsHornetsCHA

33-37, 18-18 Home

LA Clippers

starters
Paul GeorgeP. George#13
Kawhi LeonardK. Leonard#2
Marcus Morris Sr.M. Morris Sr.#8
Ivica ZubacI. Zubac#40
Patrick BeverleyP. Beverley#21
bench
Nicolas BatumN. Batum#33
DeMarcus CousinsD. Cousins#15
Daniel OturuD. Oturu#10
Rajon RondoR. Rondo#4
Reggie JacksonR. Jackson#1
Yogi FerrellY. Ferrell#11
Terance MannT. Mann#14
Luke KennardL. Kennard#5
Jay ScrubbJ. Scrubb#0
Patrick PattersonP. Patterson#54
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	20	7-19	5-13	1-3	10	6	3	1	0	0	10	1	+17
31	16	5-9	2-4	4-5	3	9	3	1	0	0	3	1	+15
24	15	5-8	3-5	2-2	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	+11
35	8	3-4	0-0	2-2	11	1	3	0	2	4	7	4	+15
18	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	11	4-6	2-4	1-2	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	+10
5	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	+4
4	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	+3
20	9	3-3	3-3	0-0	4	5	4	0	0	0	4	0	+14
28	19	7-15	5-12	0-0	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	1	+17
4	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+1
4	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	+3
4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3
4	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	+3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	113	40-75	21-45	12-16	44	28	17	6	6	6	38	17
		53%	47%	75%

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Jalen McDanielsJ. McDaniels#6
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#8
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
LaMelo BallL. Ball#2
bench
Caleb MartinCa. Martin#10
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Vernon Carey Jr.V. Carey Jr.#22
Devonte' GrahamD. Graham#4
Grant RillerG. Riller#7
Malik MonkM. Monk#1
Nick RichardsN. Richards#14
Brad WanamakerB. Wanamaker#9
Nate DarlingN. Darling#30
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
32	10	4-10	1-4	1-1	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	-23
34	7	3-13	1-5	0-0	5	1	1	4	0	1	4	1	-10
26	13	6-9	0-0	1-2	7	1	3	0	0	5	2	3	-5
36	10	3-13	1-7	3-4	4	5	3	2	0	0	4	1	-14
31	18	5-10	3-4	5-6	6	7	0	2	0	0	6	2	-15
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	9	4-7	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-8
18	10	5-7	0-0	0-0	6	1	2	0	0	2	4	2	-17
4	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-1
23	5	1-7	1-6	2-2	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	-16
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
14	7	2-6	1-4	2-2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	90	33-84	9-33	15-19	35	24	10	9	1	8	27	15
		39%	27%	79%

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

Matchups

LAC

LAC win season

2-0

CHA

125

Game 1@ LAC

Final

113

Game 2@ CHA

Final

Game Information

Charlotte, NC

Referee:Pat Fraher

Referee:Bennie Adams

Referee:Dedric Taylor

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

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

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