Miles Bridges scored 26 while Ish Smith scored a season high 22 off the bench as the Charlotte Hornets withstood a 30-point second half from Russell Westbrook to hold of the Los Angeles Lakers, 117-114.
The Hornets got off to a roaring good start. They jumped out to a 9-0 lead to force a Lakers timeout before they could put the ball in the basket. They kept their momentum up out of the break with stifling defense against a very limited Lakers lineup without Anthony Davis and LeBron James. The Hornets started to let up some drives to the basket as the starting lineups were broken.