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Charlotte Hornets vs. Philadelphia 76ers

March 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The 76ers beat the Hornets 118-114 on 2026-03-28 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The 76ers started Paul George, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, and VJ Edgecombe. Joel Embiid (76ers) scored 18 points (8/20) in his matchups, with Moussa Diabaté as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 11 points (4/7) in his matchups, with VJ Edgecombe as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball GS	37:10	20	3	8	1	0	2	4	7-26	5-18	1-1	-7
Kon Knueppel GS	36:14	11	11	2	0	0	2	0	3-14	3-10	2-2	-4
Brandon Miller GS	34:19	29	8	0	0	0	0	4	8-17	5-11	8-10	+8
Miles Bridges GS	29:53	11	6	1	0	0	0	2	4-9	1-3	2-2	-16
Moussa Diabaté GS	24:40	10	11	2	1	0	1	4	4-7	0-0	2-3	-7
Grant Williams	25:07	9	8	0	0	0	2	3	2-5	2-4	3-6	+5
Coby White	18:41	16	4	2	1	0	0	1	6-11	1-4	3-4	-14
Ryan Kalkbrenner	17:32	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	+10
Josh Green	10:09	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+5
Sion James	6:15	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	2-2	0
Totals		114	53	18	4	1	9	22	36-96	17-55	25-32

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tre Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyrese Maxey GS	43:00	26	7	8	1	1	3	2	10-18	3-6	3-4	+13
Paul George GS	36:22	26	13	2	4	1	3	5	9-19	4-11	4-5	-5
Joel Embiid GS	35:48	29	6	2	0	2	0	0	8-19	3-6	10-13	+5
VJ Edgecombe GS	30:44	13	5	3	0	0	1	4	5-11	3-4	0-0	+3
Dominick Barlow GS	15:24	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	1-1	0-0	1-2	-16
Quentin Grimes	28:32	8	1	3	1	0	1	3	2-5	2-3	2-2	+13
Kelly Oubre Jr.	27:40	9	5	0	1	0	1	3	3-5	1-3	2-3	-1
Justin Edwards	7:58	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+13
Andre Drummond	6:20	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Adem Bona	5:52	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Cameron Payne	2:19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		118	41	19	7	5	9	25	40-82	16-34	22-29

Did not play: MarJon Beauchamp (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jabari Walker (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trendon Watford (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 10.0 min
Miles Bridges · Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 5.2 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 4.5 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 4.1 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 2.3 min

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Paul George · Joel Embiid · Tyrese Maxey · Dominick Barlow · VJ Edgecombe Starter 12.2 min
Paul George · Joel Embiid · Kelly Oubre Jr. · Tyrese Maxey · VJ Edgecombe 7.0 min
Paul George · Kelly Oubre Jr. · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · Adem Bona 5.9 min
Joel Embiid · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · Justin Edwards · VJ Edgecombe 4.4 min
Paul George · Andre Drummond · Kelly Oubre Jr. · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey 4.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Joel Embiid 18 pts (8/20) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Moussa Diabaté (27 %, 4 pts) · Ryan Kalkbrenner (26 %, 2 pts) · Grant Williams (13 %, 0 pts)
Tyrese Maxey 8 pts (3/13) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (37 %, 3 pts) · Miles Bridges (11 %, 2 pts) · Josh Green (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LaMelo Ball	VJ Edgecombe: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Quentin Grimes: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Tyrese Maxey: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Paul George: 9 poss., 8 pts (2/5)
Brandon Miller	Paul George: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 10 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Paul George: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 11 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Miles Bridges	Paul George: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyrese Maxey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Joel Embiid: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Adem Bona: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Quentin Grimes: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Tyrese Maxey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Joel Embiid: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Andre Drummond: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Tyrese Maxey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cameron Payne: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Tyrese Maxey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Paul George: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

76ers defense

LaMelo Ball 11 pts (4/7) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: VJ Edgecombe (26 %, 2 pts) · Quentin Grimes (24 %, 3 pts) · Kelly Oubre Jr. (19 %, 0 pts)
Coby White 7 pts (2/3) in 35 possessions

Guarded by: Quentin Grimes (51 %, 5 pts) · Tyrese Maxey (13 %, 0 pts) · Justin Edwards (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tyrese Maxey	Kon Knueppel: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Josh Green: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Paul George	Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Joel Embiid	Moussa Diabaté: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Grant Williams: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Quentin Grimes	Coby White: 18 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
VJ Edgecombe	LaMelo Ball: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Kelly Oubre Jr.	LaMelo Ball: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Dominick Barlow	Miles Bridges: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adem Bona	Moussa Diabaté: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Justin Edwards	Coby White: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Drummond	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cameron Payne	Josh Green: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)