San Antonio Spurs – Charlotte Hornets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 7 February 2025

SAS116–117CHA

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 91% of NBA games since 2017

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↑ CHA winsSAS wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when CHA leads and falls when SAS does.

This is how the game was decided.

Miles Bridges decided it, the Charlotte Hornets player with the most points (25, with 7 rebounds and 2 assists; +7 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was LaMelo Ball's (+8). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Charlotte Hornets 117-116 San Antonio Spurs (February 7, 2025) was hit by Miles Bridges: a three-pointer with 1.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Charlotte Hornets up 117-116. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Charlotte Hornets 117-116 San Antonio Spurs (February 7, 2025) was a 12-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets in the first quarter (from 6:33 to 3:31), from 17-10 to 29-10. The San Antonio Spurs' best was a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 6:55 to 5:56), from 95-107 to 104-107.

With 33 points, this is Stephon Castle's highest-scoring game of the 2024‑25 regular season.

What were the keys of the last Charlotte Hornets vs San Antonio Spurs game?

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Play: Miles Bridges makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Miles Bridges decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Bridges decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

7 February 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705300:685; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · SAS

Vassell · Wembanyama · Fox · Paul · Castle

Closing lineup · CHA

Bridges · Smith · Diabate · Salaun · Gibson

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SAS

Devin Vassell

34′ · +19

Victor Wembanyama

34′ · -1

De'Aaron Fox

33′ · -7

Chris Paul

27′ · -5

Harrison Barnes

22′ · -3

Jeremy Sochan

24′ · -1

Julian Champagnie

19′ · -9

Stephon Castle

31′ · +7

Keldon Johnson

16′ · -5

CHA

LaMelo Ball

36′ · +8

Miles Bridges

35′ · +7

Nick Smith Jr.

34′ · +3

Moussa Diabate

33′ · -4

DaQuan Jeffries

30′ · +2

Seth Curry

21′ · +7

KJ Simpson

19′ · -12

Tidjane Salaun

18′ · -10

Taj Gibson

13′ · +4

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. SAS and CHA.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

San Antonio Spurs

Paul, Fox, Vassell, Wembanyama, and Barnes played 11.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Paul, Vassell, Champagnie, Wembanyama, and Castle played 7.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Johnson, Vassell, Sochan, Wembanyama, and Castle played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.

Charlotte Hornets

Bridges, Jeffries, Ball, Diabate, and Smith played 13.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Bridges, Jeffries, Diabate, Smith, and Simpson played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Ball, Salaun, Simpson, Gibson, and Curry played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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San Antonio Spurs

Fox, Vassell, Sochan, Castle, and Barnes played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Paul, Fox, Champagnie, Sochan, and Barnes played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Fox, Johnson, Champagnie, Sochan, and Castle played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Fox, Johnson, Vassell, Wembanyama, and Castle played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Paul, Fox, Vassell, Wembanyama, and Castle played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Johnson, Champagnie, Sochan, Wembanyama, and Castle played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Fox, Johnson, Champagnie, Sochan, and Barnes played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Fox, Johnson, Sochan, Wembanyama, and Castle played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Paul, Fox, Vassell, Sochan, and Castle played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Charlotte Hornets

Bridges, Ball, Smith, Gibson, and Curry played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Jeffries, Ball, Diabate, Salaun, and Curry played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Bridges, Ball, Diabate, Smith, and Salaun played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Bridges, Jeffries, Diabate, Simpson, and Curry played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Jeffries, Ball, Diabate, Smith, and Salaun played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Bridges, Smith, Simpson, Gibson, and Curry played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Bridges, Ball, Salaun, Simpson, and Curry played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

LaMelo Ball covered 4.47 km, more than anyone in the game.

LaMelo Ball touched the ball 101 times, a game high.
LaMelo Ball made 67 passes, a game high.
Moussa Diabaté defended 11 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Moussa Diabaté had 26 rebound chances, a game high.

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San Antonio Spurs

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Devin Vassell	4.05	6.6	38	21
De'Aaron Fox	4.01	6.9	75	50
Stephon Castle	3.64	6.5	60	38
Victor Wembanyama	3.57	5.9	49	27
Jeremy Sochan	2.96	7.0	32	21
Harrison Barnes	2.83	7.1	32	23
Chris Paul	2.78	5.8	55	48
Julian Champagnie	2.49	7.3	25	22
Keldon Johnson	2.01	6.9	17	13

Charlotte Hornets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
LaMelo Ball	4.47	7.0	101	67
Nick Smith Jr.	4.38	7.2	61	44
Miles Bridges	4.18	6.7	71	47
Moussa Diabaté	4.04	6.8	53	39
DaQuan Jeffries	3.64	6.8	26

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

San Antonio Spurs

Victor Wembanyama contested 10.7 shots per game over his 46 games.
He ranks 3 of 388 in the league.
De'Aaron Fox deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 17 of 388 in the league.
Chris Paul recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 26 of 388 in the league.

Charlotte Hornets

LaMelo Ball recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.
Miles Bridges contested 6.3 shots per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 42 of 388 in the league.
Tidjane Salaün drew 0.07 charges per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 57 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Charlotte Hornets have won 14 of their 43 games against the San Antonio Spurs.

14-29record of the Charlotte Hornets · NBA 2004-05 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2004-05 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.290

101.1% of capacity

Spectrum Center · Charlotte

Scoring

233

combined points

5.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

14 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 01:28.2

De'Aaron Fox → LaMelo Ball

Fox (SAS) steps forward into Ball's (CHA) path and delivers body contact during his drive that affects his SQBR. This contact occurs prior to, and causes, the traveling violation committed by Ball.