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Boston Celtics vs. Charlotte Hornets

March 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Celtics 118-89 on 2026-03-04 on the road against the Celtics. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 4 points (0/0) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 11 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BOS

Boston Celtics 89

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	33:42	20	11	7	0	0	3	1	7-19	1-4	5-6	-20
Baylor Scheierman GS	31:30	9	4	5	0	0	3	1	3-4	1-2	2-2	-10
Derrick White GS	29:19	29	2	3	1	0	1	1	9-17	3-9	8-8	-18
Sam Hauser GS	25:19	3	7	1	0	0	0	2	1-5	1-5	0-0	-21
Neemias Queta GS	16:14	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Hugo González	25:19	8	6	1	0	0	1	1	3-8	2-4	0-0	-19
Payton Pritchard	24:12	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0-6	0-5	0-0	-14
Nikola Vučević	16:46	7	4	1	0	1	0	1	2-10	1-3	2-2	-9
Jordan Walsh	15:37	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Luka Garza	15:00	9	2	0	0	1	2	3	3-5	1-3	2-2	-8
Ron Harper Jr.	7:02	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		89	45	18	1	3	15	14	30-79	10-36	19-20

Did not play: Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	30:57	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	3-10	2-7	1-2	+21
Kon Knueppel GS	30:48	20	4	0	0	1	1	2	7-14	4-8	2-3	+22
Moussa Diabaté GS	29:05	9	9	6	2	0	0	5	2-4	0-0	5-6	+11
Brandon Miller GS	27:03	18	5	2	3	0	1	4	8-13	2-5	0-0	+12
LaMelo Ball GS	23:18	18	7	4	0	0	0	4	7-17	4-10	0-0	+9
Josh Green	20:36	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	3-3	+10
Coby White	19:48	17	1	6	1	0	0	1	6-9	2-3	3-4	+17
Sion James	17:01	6	4	3	0	0	1	1	1-4	1-4	3-3	+11
Ryan Kalkbrenner	14:20	6	2	1	1	2	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	+13
Pat Connaughton	13:38	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	2-7	2-6	0-0	+7
Antonio Reeves	4:36	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+5
Xavier Tillman	4:36	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Tre Mann	4:17	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+2
Totals		118	43	26	10	4	4	19	41-89	19-49	17-21

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman Starter 10.9 min
Luka Garza · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 5.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 5.9 min
Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 3.5 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 10.8 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 5.6 min
Pat Connaughton · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.5 min
Pat Connaughton · Xavier Tillman · Tre Mann · Antonio Reeves · Sion James 4.3 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Celtics defense

LaMelo Ball 4 pts (0/0) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (39 %, 0 pts) · Sam Hauser (14 %, 0 pts) · Hugo González (12 %, 0 pts)
Coby White 6 pts (2/5) in 32 possessions

Guarded by: Payton Pritchard (23 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Walsh (23 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Brown (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Miles Bridges: 25 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman	LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick White	Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 11 pts (4/9) · Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Sam Hauser	Kon Knueppel: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González	Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard	Josh Green: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević	Moussa Diabaté: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Luka Garza	Moussa Diabaté: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jordan Walsh	Coby White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Moussa Diabaté: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr.	Xavier Tillman: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Green: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Jaylen Brown 11 pts (4/7) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (37 %, 0 pts) · LaMelo Ball (14 %, 3 pts) · Sion James (11 %, 0 pts)
Derrick White 11 pts (5/12) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (24 %, 0 pts) · Josh Green (16 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Sam Hauser: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Hugo González: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Miles Bridges	Jaylen Brown: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Brandon Miller	Baylor Scheierman: 17 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Nikola Vučević: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Neemias Queta: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Baylor Scheierman: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Hugo González: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Coby White	Jordan Walsh: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Green	Payton Pritchard: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/2) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Jaylen Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Luka Garza: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Vučević: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Baylor Scheierman: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Antonio Reeves	Hugo González: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman	Luka Garza: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Luka Garza: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ron Harper Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)