The Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night in their final home game of 2023.
The Lakers were looking to get back on track after a tough loss to the Boston Celtics on Christmas Day, and they did exactly that by earning an easy 133-112 victory over the Hornets to improve to 17-15 on the season.
With Cam Reddish out due to a groin injury, Darvin Ham went with a huge starting lineup with Rui Hachimura taking his place, joining LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Jarred Vanderbilt and Taurean Prince.
Of course it was Hachimura that got the scoring started, coming up with a steal and then a dunk in transition.