Davis had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks, shooting 11-of-19 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free throw line, with a plus/minus of +6
James had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists, shooting 7-of-13 from the field, 2-of-5 from three-point range, 1-of-1 from the free-throw line, and a plus/minus of +1
Prince had 3 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, shooting 1-of-7 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range, with a plus/minus of +2
Hachimura had 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, shooting 7-of-12 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, with a team-high plus/minus of +34
Vanderbilt had 7 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, shooting 3-of-8 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range, with a plus/minus of +2
Reaves had 16 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, shooting 6-of-8 from the field, 2-of-3 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, with a plus/minus of +9
Russell had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, shooting 5-of-10 from the field, 4-of-7 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, with a plus/minus of +18
Christie had 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks
Wood had 9 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block
Schiffino had 2 points, 1 assist and 1 steal, and Hayes had 10 points and 2 rebounds
In the NBA regular season on December 29, the Lakers hosted the Eastern underdog Hornets.
Davis scored 10 points in the first quarter, but the Hornets shot 55 percent from the field and hit six three-pointers, and the Lakers trailed 28-31 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Bush scored 8 points, 4 rebounds and contributed 3 blocks, James had 4 assists, Wood hit 2 three-pointers, and the Lakers ended the second quarter 30-26 and led 58-57 at halftime. James had 12 points and 5 assists in the third quarter, and the Lakers ended the third quarter with a 19-point lead at 99-80 after a 41-23 run. The Lakers quickly extended the margin to 27 points in the final quarter, and the Hornets were unable to recover and eventually lost.
At the end of the fourth quarter, the Lakers defeated the Hornets 133-112, and with a record of 17-15, they surpassed the Rockets to rise to eighth in the West, only one win away from the seventh-place Pelicans. The Hornets suffered the league's second-longest losing streak (behind the Pistons' 28-game losing streak) and remain in third from bottom in the East with a 7-22 record.