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Miami Heat vs. Charlotte Hornets

November 7, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Hornets 126-108 on 2025-11-07 at home. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Kel'el Ware. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Tre Mann, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. Tre Mann (Hornets) scored 20 points (7/9) in his matchups, with Pelle Larsson as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 6 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Kon Knueppel as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 126

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Andrew Wiggins GS 36:28 22 4 4 1 1 2 1 9-16 4-6 0-0 +21
Davion Mitchell GS 32:23 9 5 5 3 0 1 4 4-7 1-3 0-0 -3
Kel'el Ware GS 29:58 7 6 0 1 3 0 2 3-13 1-5 0-0 -3
Norman Powell GS 27:25 25 4 3 0 0 2 2 10-20 2-5 3-3 +6
Pelle Larsson GS 26:48 19 4 2 1 0 0 3 8-11 1-3 2-3 +8
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 32:40 18 8 9 0 2 2 2 8-15 1-1 1-2 +18
Nikola Jović 19:27 10 4 3 3 1 1 2 4-6 0-0 2-2 +15
Simone Fontecchio 19:14 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 3-6 1-3 4-4 +7
Dru Smith 15:37 5 0 3 1 0 0 4 2-5 1-2 0-0 +21
Totals 126 37 31 10 7 8 21 51-99 12-28 12-14

Did not play: Vladislav Goldin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kasparas Jakučionis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Miles Bridges GS 41:00 14 12 7 0 1 4 2 4-16 0-5 6-6 -9
Kon Knueppel GS 40:07 30 8 3 1 1 2 4 9-23 5-13 7-7 -3
Tre Mann GS 35:23 20 9 7 1 0 4 4 7-24 2-8 4-4 0
Sion James GS 32:56 10 2 1 0 0 3 2 4-8 1-5 1-1 -22
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS 27:10 10 5 0 0 4 3 1 5-7 0-1 0-0 -3
Moussa Diabaté 21:33 10 11 0 0 3 1 2 4-6 0-0 2-5 -17
Liam McNeeley 19:18 8 4 1 1 0 0 2 2-6 2-5 2-2 +2
KJ Simpson 12:37 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0-3 0-0 0-0 -18
Pat Connaughton 9:56 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 2-4 0-2 2-2 -20
Totals 108 57 22 4 9 18 18 37-97 10-39 24-27

Did not play: Josh Green (DND - Injury/Illness), Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision), Grant Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Andrew Wiggins Miles Bridges: 35 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Davion Mitchell Sion James: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kon Knueppel: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kel'el Ware Ryan Kalkbrenner: 35 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Miles Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Moussa Diabaté: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Sion James: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Norman Powell Kon Knueppel: 27 poss., 11 pts (4/10) · Miles Bridges: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pelle Larsson Tre Mann: 20 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nikola Jović Miles Bridges: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Simone Fontecchio Liam McNeeley: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dru Smith Tre Mann: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · KJ Simpson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Hornets defense

Defender Guarded most
Miles Bridges Andrew Wiggins: 40 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kon Knueppel Pelle Larsson: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Norman Powell: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tre Mann Davion Mitchell: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Sion James Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Norman Powell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner Kel'el Ware: 36 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Nikola Jović: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté Nikola Jović: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Kel'el Ware: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Liam McNeeley Simone Fontecchio: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Pelle Larsson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
KJ Simpson Davion Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dru Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton Simone Fontecchio: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)