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Charlotte Hornets vs. Boston Celtics

March 29, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Hornets 114-99 on 2026-03-29 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Celtics started Jayson Tatum, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, and Jordan Walsh. Jayson Tatum (Celtics) scored 4 points (1/5) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 13 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Jordan Walsh as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	31:53	13	4	2	0	0	2	0	5-13	1-6	2-3	-12
Brandon Miller GS	31:51	13	6	4	0	0	0	2	5-13	3-9	0-0	-15
Miles Bridges GS	29:08	14	2	2	0	0	1	3	5-9	0-1	4-4	-25
LaMelo Ball GS	26:26	19	4	3	1	0	4	4	7-19	3-12	2-2	-19
Moussa Diabaté GS	24:49	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-2	-17
Sion James	22:23	11	2	4	0	0	0	3	4-8	3-6	0-0	-2
Coby White	19:46	11	4	1	0	0	2	1	4-11	1-5	2-2	+13
Josh Green	17:58	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Ryan Kalkbrenner	13:16	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Liam McNeeley	10:54	10	6	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-1	5-6	-6
Tre Mann	3:52	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Pat Connaughton	3:52	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Xavier Tillman	3:52	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Totals		99	37	19	2	1	11	17	36-83	12-43	15-19

BOS

Boston Celtics 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard GS	37:14	28	6	6	1	0	2	3	10-18	2-6	6-6	+12
Jordan Walsh GS	33:43	3	7	2	1	0	0	2	1-7	0-4	1-1	+14
Sam Hauser GS	33:34	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	2-4	2-4	1-2	+13
Jayson Tatum GS	30:47	32	5	8	0	1	0	2	12-23	5-10	3-5	+15
Neemias Queta GS	28:45	17	8	1	1	1	0	4	8-13	0-1	1-2	+13
Baylor Scheierman	28:22	14	1	3	0	0	2	1	4-11	3-7	3-4	+6
Ron Harper Jr.	14:16	7	3	1	1	1	0	2	3-3	1-1	0-0	+10
Luka Garza	13:22	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	+8
Hugo González	12:59	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-12
Amari Williams	2:26	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Max Shulga	2:26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Charles Bassey	1:03	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1
John Tonje	1:03	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		114	39	23	6	3	5	18	42-83	14-34	16-22

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 9.9 min
Miles Bridges · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 5.5 min
Pat Connaughton · Josh Green · Xavier Tillman · Tre Mann · Liam McNeeley 3.9 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 3.4 min
Coby White · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.3 min

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Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jayson Tatum · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh Starter 18.6 min
Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 5.1 min
Jayson Tatum · Luka Garza · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh 4.9 min
Jayson Tatum · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 3.9 min
Jayson Tatum · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Jayson Tatum 4 pts (1/5) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (58 %, 4 pts) · Brandon Miller (11 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (8 %, 0 pts)
Payton Pritchard 16 pts (7/10) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (37 %, 6 pts) · Josh Green (16 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Sam Hauser: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Jordan Walsh: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Kon Knueppel	Payton Pritchard: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Baylor Scheierman: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	Jayson Tatum: 30 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
LaMelo Ball	Jordan Walsh: 24 poss., 9 pts (3/9) · Hugo González: 4 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Moussa Diabaté	Luka Garza: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Neemias Queta: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Sion James	Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Payton Pritchard: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Coby White	Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Baylor Scheierman: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Josh Green	Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Neemias Queta: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Payton Pritchard: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ron Harper Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tre Mann	Hugo González: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Shulga: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman	Amari Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Hugo González: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Charles Bassey: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

LaMelo Ball 13 pts (5/10) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (47 %, 0 pts) · Sam Hauser (15 %, 1 pts) · Jayson Tatum (11 %, 3 pts)
Coby White 3 pts (1/3) in 31 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (28 %, 1 pts) · Jordan Walsh (23 %, 0 pts) · Sam Hauser (20 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Payton Pritchard	Josh Green: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Sion James: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Jordan Walsh	LaMelo Ball: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Kon Knueppel: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jayson Tatum	Miles Bridges: 23 poss., 15 pts (5/9) · Sion James: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 17 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Moussa Diabaté: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Coby White: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Ron Harper Jr.	Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Moussa Diabaté: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Coby White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Connaughton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amari Williams	Xavier Tillman: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Liam McNeeley: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Shulga	Josh Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Liam McNeeley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Charles Bassey	Josh Green: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Pat Connaughton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Tonje	Josh Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Connaughton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)