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LaMelo Ball hits 9 3-pointers to lead Hornets to surprising 135-117 win over Luka's Lakers

— LaMelo Ball scored 27 of his 30 points in the second half while tying his career high with nine 3-pointers, and the Charlotte Hornets overcame Luka Doncic's 39 points for a 135-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.
Jan 16, 2026, 06:02 am - AP

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  • Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jake LaRavia assists)
  • Brandon Miller makes 9-foot two point shot (Miles Bridges assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes driving layup
  • Marcus Smart makes 23-foot running jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
  • LeBron James blocks Kon Knueppel 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Moussa Diabate makes 5-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Miller misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • LaMelo Ball misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jake LaRavia makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Brandon Miller misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James misses 26-foot running jump shot
  • Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton misses 12-foot two point shot
  • LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Deandre Ayton misses 11-foot jumper
  • Brandon Miller makes dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses 34-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LeBron James makes 17-foot two point shot
  • Kon Knueppel misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kon Knueppel makes 3-foot two point shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes driving layup
  • Kon Knueppel misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Collin Sexton makes driving layup
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes 2-foot layup (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Sion James makes driving layup
  • Grant Williams blocks Gabe Vincent 's 12-foot fade away jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura blocks Sion James 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Luka Doncic misses running pullup jump shot
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 1-foot dunk (Sion James assists)
  • Gabe Vincent misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes 32-foot three pointer
  • LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
  • Gabe Vincent misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Miller makes driving layup
  • LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Miller misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Josh Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Miller blocks LeBron James 's 4-foot running layup
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot
  • Brandon Miller blocks Jake LaRavia 's 4-foot layup
  • LeBron James misses 15-foot fade away jump shot
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot reverse dunk (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses driving floating jump shot
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner misses 2-foot reverse layup
  • LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Miles Bridges makes 2-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Josh Green blocks Marcus Smart 's 8-foot driving layup
  • Miles Bridges makes 1-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Moussa Diabate misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Jake LaRavia misses 9-foot fade away jump shot
  • Sion James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Brandon Miller misses two point shot
  • Brandon Miller makes 28-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists)
  • Sion James misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jake LaRavia makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Moussa Diabate makes 2-foot dunk (Sion James assists)
  • Deandre Ayton misses 1-foot hook shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Moussa Diabate makes 3-foot hook shot (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Jake LaRavia assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 2-foot dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • Brandon Miller makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Miller makes 13-foot fade away jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
  • Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 27-foot three pointer
  • LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot three pointer (Miles Bridges assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses heave jump shot
  • Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jake LaRavia assists)
  • LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic makes 4-foot turnaround jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Luka Doncic misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Miles Bridges makes 25-foot running jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Kon Knueppel makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot layup (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Brandon Miller misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jake LaRavia makes 2-foot running dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • LaMelo Ball makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes alley oop dunk (LeBron James assists)
  • LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes running layup
  • Luka Doncic makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Luka Doncic makes 27-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • LaMelo Ball misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kon Knueppel makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Jake LaRavia makes 2-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (LeBron James assists)
  • LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Miles Bridges misses 4-foot two point shot
  • LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Collin Sexton assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Miles Bridges misses two point shot
  • Sion James misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Sion James makes two point shot
  • Jake LaRavia misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Collin Sexton misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Sion James misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Collin Sexton makes running layup
  • Rui Hachimura misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Sion James misses driving floating jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton blocks Collin Sexton 's 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner misses two point shot
  • Josh Green misses two point shot
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot dunk
  • Gabe Vincent misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Miller makes 27-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
  • LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
  • Gabe Vincent misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Collin Sexton misses driving layup
  • LeBron James misses driving layup
  • Deandre Ayton misses two point shot
  • Brandon Miller misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kobe Bufkin misses 26-foot running jump shot
  • Kobe Bufkin misses running layup
  • Collin Sexton makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Green assists)
  • Jake LaRavia makes 25-foot three pointer (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Brandon Miller makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Smart makes driving layup
  • LeBron James makes running layup
  • Moussa Diabate makes 3-foot layup (Josh Green assists)
  • LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three pointer (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 23-foot three point jumper
  • LaMelo Ball misses two point shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 30-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges makes 21-foot running jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 16-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • LaMelo Ball blocks Jake LaRavia 's 9-foot two point shot
  • Gabe Vincent misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jake LaRavia misses tip shot
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Brandon Miller makes 13-foot jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes tip shot
  • LeBron James makes running layup
  • LaMelo Ball misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Miller misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James makes 5-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Miles Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)
  • LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 29-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists)
  • Dalton Knecht misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kobe Bufkin blocks Sion James 's 13-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Sion James makes layup
  • Nick Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
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