Ball back in starting lineup, helps spark fast start as the Hornets beat Magic 124-97

— LaMelo Ball returned to Charlotte's starting lineup and had 16 points, seven assists and six rebounds as the Hornets beat the Orlando Magic 124-97 on Thursday night.
Jan 22, 2026, 09:41 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
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0%
--ORL

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Desmond Bane makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Black assists)
  • Kon Knueppel misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Miller makes 29-foot three point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Paolo Banchero misses 13-foot two point shot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 6-foot two point shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
  • Anthony Black misses two point shot
  • Desmond Bane misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Miller misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Moussa Diabate blocks Desmond Bane 's 4-foot driving layup
  • LaMelo Ball makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Paolo Banchero misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brandon Miller misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tristan da Silva misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Goga Bitadze blocks Miles Bridges 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Jase Richardson misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Jase Richardson misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Miles Bridges misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Miles Bridges makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Black makes 23-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Sion James makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
  • Josh Green blocks Anthony Black 's 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Josh Green misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kon Knueppel misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Kon Knueppel makes 22-foot three point jumper
  • Desmond Bane makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Desmond Bane makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Noah Penda makes running dunk
  • Kon Knueppel misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tyus Jones makes 26-foot three pointer (Wendell Carter Jr. assists)
  • Collin Sexton makes driving layup
  • Moritz Wagner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moritz Wagner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tidjane Salaun makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Collin Sexton assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes layup
  • Collin Sexton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Collin Sexton makes 25-foot three pointer (Sion James assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kon Knueppel makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moussa Diabate makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Noah Penda misses driving layup
  • Brandon Miller misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Miller misses driving floating jump shot
  • Noah Penda makes 1-foot running dunk (Desmond Bane assists)
  • LaMelo Ball misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Desmond Bane makes 26-foot three point jumper (Moritz Wagner assists)
  • Tidjane Salaun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 14-foot fade away jump shot
  • Desmond Bane misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Moussa Diabate makes 3-foot hook shot (Collin Sexton assists)
  • Noah Penda misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Noah Penda makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Moritz Wagner misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Miller makes running dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • LaMelo Ball blocks Anthony Black 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Miles Bridges misses two point shot
  • Paolo Banchero makes running layup
  • LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Brandon Miller makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Black misses driving floating jump shot
  • Tristan da Silva misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Paolo Banchero misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Collin Sexton makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Paolo Banchero makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Anthony Black assists)
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tristan da Silva misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges makes dunk (Collin Sexton assists)
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner blocks Tristan da Silva 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Collin Sexton makes running layup (Miles Bridges assists)
  • Miles Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges misses driving floating jump shot
  • Desmond Bane misses driving floating jump shot
  • Josh Green misses running layup
  • Kon Knueppel makes tip shot
  • Desmond Bane makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paolo Banchero misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jase Richardson makes 3-foot two point shot (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Paolo Banchero makes 26-foot three point jumper (Wendell Carter Jr. assists)
  • Desmond Bane misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Brandon Miller makes driving layup
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes alley oop dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Desmond Bane makes driving layup
  • LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Desmond Bane makes 2-foot layup (Wendell Carter Jr. assists)
  • Miles Bridges makes 22-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Paolo Banchero misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot running jump shot (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Anthony Black makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Black misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Desmond Bane makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Black blocks LaMelo Ball 's 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Moussa Diabate makes two point shot
  • Moussa Diabate misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Tristan da Silva makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Miles Bridges misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Miles Bridges makes dunk (Kon Knueppel assists)
  • Desmond Bane makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tristan da Silva assists)
  • Miles Bridges misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses dunk
  • Kon Knueppel makes driving layup (Miles Bridges assists)
  • Paolo Banchero misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kon Knueppel makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kon Knueppel makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LaMelo Ball misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes alley oop dunk (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Brandon Miller makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Green makes 24-foot running jump shot (Brandon Miller assists)
  • Paolo Banchero misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Brandon Miller makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brandon Miller makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero makes 3-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Brandon Miller makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Paolo Banchero makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Goga Bitadze assists)
  • Collin Sexton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Collin Sexton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Black misses 20-foot jumper
  • Brandon Miller makes running layup (Collin Sexton assists)
  • Jase Richardson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Collin Sexton misses running layup
  • Anthony Black misses two point shot
  • Paolo Banchero misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Paolo Banchero misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sion James misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Bridges misses 3-foot reverse layup
  • Miles Bridges makes two point shot
  • Desmond Bane makes driving layup (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Collin Sexton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Collin Sexton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brandon Miller makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Paolo Banchero makes 23-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 6-foot floating jump shot
  • Kon Knueppel makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Jett Howard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Noah Penda assists)
  • LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Moritz Wagner makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Noah Penda assists)
  • Jett Howard misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Kon Knueppel misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Jett Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jett Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moussa Diabate makes 3-foot layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Moussa Diabate makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Noah Penda makes 23-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Jett Howard makes running layup (Noah Penda assists)
  • LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
  • Moritz Wagner makes 26-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Tidjane Salaun misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Moussa Diabate makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Collin Sexton makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Tyus Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • LaMelo Ball makes driving layup
  • Moritz Wagner misses driving layup
  • Noah Penda blocks Kon Knueppel 's 2-foot running layup
  • Moritz Wagner makes running layup (Jett Howard assists)
  • Kon Knueppel misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Moritz Wagner makes 25-foot running jump shot (Noah Penda assists)
  • Tidjane Salaun makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sion James assists)
  • Moritz Wagner makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 5-foot floating jump shot (Kon Knueppel assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tidjane Salaun makes layup (Sion James assists)
  • Jett Howard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sion James misses driving layup
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner makes dunk (Pat Connaughton assists)
  • Noah Penda makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Jonathan Isaac assists)
  • Sion James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sion James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Noah Penda makes 25-foot three pointer (Jonathan Isaac assists)
  • Jase Richardson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jonathan Isaac blocks Pat Connaughton 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Tidjane Salaun misses 3-foot floating jump shot
  • Jamal Cain misses driving floating jump shot
  • Tidjane Salaun makes running layup
  • Jett Howard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sion James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Sion James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jett Howard makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Charlotte HornetsHornetsCHA
(17-28)
(17-28, 10-15 Away)
o230.5
-110
+3.5
-108
o224.5
-108
+140
Orlando MagicMagicORL
(23-20)
(23-20, 14-8 Home)
-6.5
-110
-3.5
-112
u224.5
-112
-166
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