Hornets stun Lakers 100-97 after Luka struggles and LeBron misses 2 late shots to tie it

— Miles Bridges scored 29 points, LaMelo Ball added 27 and the Charlotte Hornets stunned LeBron James and Luka Doncic with a 100-97 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.
Feb 20, 2026, 05:38 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
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--LAL

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Josh Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Josh Green makes two point shot
  • Miles Bridges misses two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Miles Bridges makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point shot
  • LeBron James makes 6-foot dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Josh Green misses running pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Miles Bridges misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 9-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 30-foot three point shot (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • LaMelo Ball makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Miles Bridges misses two point shot
  • Austin Reaves misses two point shot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 3-foot tip shot
  • Miles Bridges misses running pullup jump shot
  • Mark Williams makes two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes layup (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Josh Green misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic misses driving layup
  • Luka Doncic misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Gabe Vincent makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 23-foot three point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
  • Seth Curry misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Gabe Vincent makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • LaMelo Ball makes 9-foot two point shot
  • LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James misses running pullup jump shot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Tidjane Salaun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry makes 27-foot three pointer (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 12-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • LaMelo Ball makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DaQuan Jeffries makes 23-foot three point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes 3-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Seth Curry misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Rui Hachimura misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Austin Reaves makes two point shot (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • Seth Curry makes driving layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • DaQuan Jeffries misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • DaQuan Jeffries blocks Dalton Knecht 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Seth Curry misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Dalton Knecht makes 28-foot three pointer (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • Mark Williams makes 6-foot dunk (Elfrid Payton assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Elfrid Payton misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dalton Knecht misses running pullup jump shot
  • Mark Williams misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Gabe Vincent misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura makes driving layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Miles Bridges makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Miles Bridges misses two point shot
  • Jaxson Hayes makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Mark Williams misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 26-foot three point shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Tidjane Salaun misses 20-foot jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses running pullup jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Gabe Vincent misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • LaMelo Ball misses two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 14-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Miles Bridges misses driving floating jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Reaves blocks Tidjane Salaun 's 3-foot tip shot
  • LeBron James blocks Miles Bridges 's 9-foot driving layup
  • LaMelo Ball makes 31-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Austin Reaves makes 28-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Austin Reaves blocks LaMelo Ball 's 23-foot three point shot
  • Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges misses driving floating jump shot
  • Mark Williams misses 3-foot tip shot
  • Nick Smith Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Mark Williams assists)
  • LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes two point shot
  • DaQuan Jeffries misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three point jumper (Gabe Vincent assists)
  • Miles Bridges makes 6-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 4-foot dunk (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura makes 2-foot layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Smith Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Elfrid Payton misses driving floating jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DaQuan Jeffries makes 6-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Jusuf Nurkic blocks LeBron James 's 10-foot two point shot
  • DaQuan Jeffries misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Miles Bridges makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot (DaQuan Jeffries assists)
  • Jusuf Nurkic blocks LeBron James 's 8-foot driving layup
  • Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three pointer (Elfrid Payton assists)
  • Dalton Knecht misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • DaQuan Jeffries misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Gabe Vincent misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Seth Curry makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Miles Bridges blocks Rui Hachimura's pullup jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball misses 50-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 30-foot three point jumper (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Gabe Vincent misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Dalton Knecht misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 7-foot two point shot
  • LaMelo Ball misses running pullup jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Tidjane Salaun misses two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Josh Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Green makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 29-foot three point jumper (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • LaMelo Ball misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes two point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • Nick Smith Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • LeBron James makes 7-foot driving dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Tidjane Salaun makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
  • LeBron James makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Jaxson Hayes misses 4-foot tip shot
  • Miles Bridges misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (LeBron James assists)
  • LeBron James blocks Miles Bridges 's 8-foot driving layup
  • Miles Bridges makes 27-foot three pointer (Mark Williams assists)
  • LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Mark Williams misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Mark Williams makes 2-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Miles Bridges makes 30-foot three pointer
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 5-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes two point shot
  • Nick Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Green assists)
  • LaMelo Ball makes 11-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 28-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 28-foot three point shot
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