Los Angeles Lakers @ Charlotte Hornets

26-18, 10-12 Away

112

26-18, 10-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	39	20	27	26	112
Hornets CHA	19	32	26	30	107

Charlotte HornetsHornetsCHA

12-31, 8-15 Home

107

12-31, 8-15 Home

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
Dorian Finney-SmithD. Finney-Smith#17
Austin ReavesA. Reaves#15
Max ChristieM. Christie#12
bench
Jarred VanderbiltJ. Vanderbilt#2
Dalton KnechtD. Knecht#4
Jaxson HayesJ. Hayes#11
Shake MiltonS. Milton#20
Rui HachimuraR. Hachimura#28
Cam ReddishC. Reddish#5
Christian KolokoC. Koloko#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	22	9-17	1-8	3-5	7	8	5	0	0	0	7	0	-1
37	42	17-28	0-2	8-10	23	2	4	0	2	8	15	4	+16
27	6	3-4	0-1	0-0	5	0	1	1	0	1	4	2	+13
38	17	5-14	2-8	5-7	5	6	1	3	0	1	4	1	0
39	10	3-8	3-6	1-1	2	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	+14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
13	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	+3
21	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	-5
17	9	4-5	0-1	1-1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	-9
12	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	-6
DNP-LEFT CALF TIGHTNESS
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	112	44-86	6-28	18-24	48	22	16	9	5	12	36	18
		51%	21%	75%

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Mark WilliamsM. Williams#5
Josh GreenJ. Green#10
LaMelo BallL. Ball#1
Nick Smith Jr.N. Smith Jr.#8
bench
Taj GibsonT. Gibson#67
Moussa DiabateM. Diabate#14
Seth CurryS. Curry#30
Vasilije MicicV. Micic#22
DaQuan JeffriesD. Jeffries#3
Josh OkogieJ. Okogie#12
Isaiah WongI. Wong#21
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	26	10-23	2-11	4-4	8	4	2	1	1	1	7	1	-2
33	11	5-13	0-0	1-2	8	5	1	1	1	3	5	4	-10
33	15	4-6	4-6	3-3	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	3	-16
9	7	2-5	2-3	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-13
25	4	2-8	0-4	0-0	1	6	1	0	1	0	1	3	-4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3
11	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	+8
12	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-6
33	11	5-11	1-3	0-0	2	4	5	0	0	0	2	2	+1
13	5	1-2	1-2	2-2	5	2	0	0	0	3	2	3	+5
25	19	6-11	3-6	4-5	2	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	+8
6	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	+7
	107	39-87	14-36	15-18	34	26	14	11	3	10	24	19
		45%	39%	83%

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

Matchups

LAL

LAL lead season

1-0

CHA

Game 1@ LAL

Postponed

112

Game 1@ CHA

Final

107

Game 2@ LAL

Final

100

Game Information

Charlotte, NC

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Referee:Eric Dalen

Referee:Gediminas Petraitis

Referee:Tyler Ricks

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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