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Miami Heat vs. Charlotte Hornets

October 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Hornets 144-117 on 2025-10-28 at home. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Kel'el Ware. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, LaMelo Ball, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 27 points (9/12) in his matchups, with Pelle Larsson as his primary defender. Bam Adebayo (Heat) scored 12 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Ryan Kalkbrenner as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA

Miami Heat 144

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pelle Larsson GS	30:44	17	5	3	1	0	0	0	6-10	3-6	2-2	+7
Bam Adebayo GS	30:16	26	6	2	0	0	1	2	10-16	3-5	3-4	+29
Andrew Wiggins GS	29:41	21	2	2	3	1	2	1	8-15	3-6	2-2	+13
Davion Mitchell GS	29:41	8	4	9	0	0	1	2	4-10	0-5	0-0	+13
Kel'el Ware GS	26:43	14	9	1	0	0	2	1	4-13	2-8	4-5	-14
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	28:14	28	4	5	1	0	3	2	9-14	2-4	8-8	+43
Nikola Jović	21:58	10	6	2	0	0	0	2	4-7	2-4	0-0	+9
Simone Fontecchio	18:56	10	0	3	1	1	1	2	3-5	3-4	1-1	+21
Dru Smith	15:35	5	0	5	2	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	+14
Myron Gardner	2:44	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	0
Jahmir Young	2:44	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Keshad Johnson	2:44	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		144	37	34	8	2	11	16	52-96	20-45	20-22

Did not play: Norman Powell (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	31:00	17	4	1	1	1	2	2	6-16	2-7	3-4	-10
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	30:54	10	6	0	3	1	0	2	5-5	0-0	0-0	-10
LaMelo Ball GS	28:29	20	8	9	1	0	5	4	6-18	4-12	4-5	-19
Kon Knueppel GS	27:14	19	3	4	1	0	1	1	7-15	5-11	0-0	-9
Collin Sexton GS	26:54	18	5	6	0	0	4	2	7-11	2-2	2-2	+6
Tre Mann	26:53	8	3	5	2	0	3	1	3-15	2-8	0-0	-31
Sion James	23:16	8	3	0	1	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	2-2	-18
Moussa Diabaté	19:11	8	2	0	0	1	1	3	3-4	0-0	2-2	-22
Tidjane Salaün	15:14	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	0-3	0-2	3-4	-14
Liam McNeeley	10:54	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	1-1	1-1	3-4	-8
Totals		117	41	26	9	3	17	18	40-90	18-45	19-23

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware Starter 9.0 min
Andrew Wiggins · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson 9.8 min
Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Kel'el Ware 7.4 min
Bam Adebayo · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio 6.5 min
Pelle Larsson · Myron Gardner · Kel'el Ware · Keshad Johnson · Jahmir Young 2.7 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel Starter 13.2 min
Collin Sexton · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 4.6 min
Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Tidjane Salaün · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 4.5 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 4.3 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Liam McNeeley 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Heat defense

LaMelo Ball 27 pts (9/12) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Pelle Larsson (42 %, 10 pts) · Andrew Wiggins (15 %, 2 pts) · Davion Mitchell (13 %, 4 pts)
Collin Sexton 4 pts (2/6) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Davion Mitchell (28 %, 0 pts) · Pelle Larsson (16 %, 0 pts) · Simone Fontecchio (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pelle Larsson	LaMelo Ball: 23 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Liam McNeeley: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bam Adebayo	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 22 poss., 18 pts (7/10) · Miles Bridges: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Andrew Wiggins	Kon Knueppel: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Kel'el Ware	Moussa Diabaté: 20 poss., 10 pts (2/4) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/7)
Davion Mitchell	Collin Sexton: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tre Mann: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Miles Bridges: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Sion James: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nikola Jović	Sion James: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tidjane Salaün: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Simone Fontecchio	Tre Mann: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Collin Sexton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dru Smith	Tre Mann: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keshad Johnson	Tidjane Salaün: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Liam McNeeley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jahmir Young	Tre Mann: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner	Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Hornets defense

Bam Adebayo 12 pts (4/9) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Kalkbrenner (41 %, 2 pts) · Miles Bridges (25 %, 1 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (10 %, 0 pts)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 20 pts (7/11) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (18 %, 2 pts) · Sion James (18 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (16 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	Bam Adebayo: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bam Adebayo: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kel'el Ware: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
LaMelo Ball	Davion Mitchell: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Andrew Wiggins: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Andrew Wiggins: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton	Pelle Larsson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dru Smith: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Davion Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pelle Larsson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Sion James	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Kel'el Ware: 20 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Bam Adebayo: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Nikola Jović: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Pelle Larsson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0)