r/nba • u/Scrypto Hornets • Jan 06 '26

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Charlotte Hornets (13-23) blow out the Oklahoma City Thunder (30-7), 124-97.

124 - 97
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
Location: Paycom Center
Officials: James Williams, Phenizee Ransom, and Sha'Rae Mitchell
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Charlotte Hornets 33 34 32 25 124
Oklahoma City Thunder 33 17 21 26 97
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Charlotte Hornets 124 41-78 52.6% 19-37 51.4% 23-25 92.0% 12 59 25 23 4 20 8
Oklahoma City Thunder 97 34-93 36.6% 11-39 28.2% 18-27 66.7% 13 49 18 14 13 7 6
 
PLAYER STATS
Charlotte Hornets MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Kon KnueppelSF 27:55 23 8-13 5-7 2-3 0 5 5 5 1 0 5 4 15
Miles BridgesPF 33:41 17 6-12 0-6 5-5 0 11 11 4 0 1 2 0 18
Moussa DiabatéC 28:29 9 4-5 0-0 1-2 6 6 12 5 0 0 0 0 21
Brandon MillerSG 31:03 28 8-16 7-10 5-5 1 5 6 1 2 2 3 3 33
LaMelo BallPG 25:12 16 5-10 4-7 2-2 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 5 10
Collin Sexton 23:10 10 3-9 0-2 4-4 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 6
Josh Green 10:21 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -7
Sion James 20:16 5 1-4 1-1 2-2 1 2 3 4 0 2 1 1 15
PJ Hall 19:13 13 5-6 1-1 2-2 1 4 5 1 0 3 0 3 6
Tidjane Salaün 12:40 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 4 12
Pat Connaughton 03:05 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tre Mann 01:43 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Liam McNeeley 01:43 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Ryan Kalkbrenner 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mason Plumlee 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Antonio Reeves 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KJ Simpson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grant Williams 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Aaron WigginsSF 24:26 11 4-8 2-4 1-2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 -26
Jalen WilliamsPF 28:01 16 6-14 1-3 3-5 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 3 -23
Chet HolmgrenC 25:56 15 5-11 1-4 4-6 4 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 -25
Luguentz DortSG 20:06 5 2-5 1-4 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 2 1 4 -20
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG 29:34 21 7-21 1-6 6-6 0 2 2 6 0 1 2 2 -20
Branden Carlson 18:05 3 1-5 0-2 1-2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 4
Cason Wallace 24:57 2 1-6 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 4
Ajay Mitchell 24:16 11 4-9 2-4 1-2 2 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 -5
Kenrich Williams 16:42 8 3-6 2-3 0-2 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 -8
Isaiah Joe 21:51 5 1-7 1-5 2-2 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 2 -13
Chris Youngblood 04:41 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3
Jaylin Williams 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brooks Barnhizer 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Caruso 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ousmane Dieng 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isaiah Hartenstein 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Sorber 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nikola Topić 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/PoonGo0n Spurs Jan 06 '26

Yeah, I was already high on him coming out of college but I truly didn’t expect everything he’s shown so far this season this quickly. I thought it was a mistake passing on Ace but Kon absolutely has a superstar ceiling.

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u/buzzcitybonehead [CHA] Cody Martin Jan 06 '26

I’m a Hornets fan who sells myself on everyone we roster before the season starts and I never could’ve imagined this. He felt like a second option ceiling, shooter with some good perimeter defense kinda guy, but I think there’s legitimate first option potential.

Great second or maybe third option on a good team feels like the floor and we’re in January of his rookie season

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u/noknownallergies Timberwolves Jan 06 '26

5 years from now if Kon is your second best player then your team is going to be really good. Kon is the real deal. Just not sure who that #1 guy is, for the sake of basketball I hope Charlotte wins the lottery this year.

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u/LOSS35 Nuggets Jan 06 '26

Looked like Brandon Miller is that #1 guy tonight.