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Charlotte Hornets vs. Memphis Grizzlies

March 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Grizzlies 124-101 on 2026-03-21 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Grizzlies started GG Jackson, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Jaylen Wells, Walter Clayton Jr., and Javon Small. GG Jackson (Grizzlies) scored 8 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Jaylen Wells as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 124

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Moussa Diabaté GS 32:47 11 14 3 1 2 3 1 5-6 0-0 1-2 +21
Brandon Miller GS 30:16 22 5 3 0 1 2 1 8-12 5-9 1-2 +20
LaMelo Ball GS 28:43 29 3 4 3 1 3 4 9-19 7-14 4-5 +12
Miles Bridges GS 26:30 13 4 1 1 0 1 1 6-8 0-0 1-3 +22
Kon Knueppel GS 21:21 9 3 5 0 0 1 2 3-9 1-6 2-4 +7
Sion James 21:28 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 3-5 2-4 0-0 +6
Josh Green 20:07 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 1-5 1-3 2-2 +14
Coby White 19:12 12 8 7 0 0 5 4 4-11 1-4 3-4 +13
Grant Williams 18:37 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 2-3 1-2 0-0 +4
Ryan Kalkbrenner 15:13 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 4-5 0-0 2-2 +2
Pat Connaughton 2:53 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Tre Mann 2:53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -3
Totals 124 49 25 7 4 17 17 45-85 18-43 16-24

Did not play: Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Javon Small GS 28:50 17 7 3 1 0 5 1 7-12 3-6 0-0 -10
Olivier-Maxence Prosper GS 27:16 10 7 1 1 0 1 1 3-8 1-3 3-4 -21
Jaylen Wells GS 24:37 9 0 1 1 0 2 1 3-12 3-10 0-1 -16
GG Jackson GS 23:35 19 3 1 0 0 0 2 7-14 0-5 5-6 -14
Walter Clayton Jr. GS 21:56 11 4 2 2 0 1 4 4-9 3-6 0-0 -19
Tyler Burton 28:42 10 4 1 0 0 0 3 3-8 2-5 2-2 -8
Cam Spencer 26:04 0 1 4 2 0 1 4 0-7 0-4 0-0 -4
Taylor Hendricks 24:59 14 2 3 3 1 0 0 4-7 3-4 3-4 -10
DeJon Jarreau 22:03 4 3 4 0 0 3 2 1-5 0-1 2-2 -10
Taj Gibson 11:58 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 3-4 1-2 0-0 -3
Totals 101 34 20 10 1 13 20 35-86 16-46 15-19

Did not play: Brandon Clarke (DND - Injury/Illness), Ty Jerome (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

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.

Hornets defense

Defender Guarded most
Moussa Diabaté Taylor Hendricks: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Miller Tyler Burton: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Wells: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball Jaylen Wells: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Javon Small: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Miles Bridges GG Jackson: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tyler Burton: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Kon Knueppel Walter Clayton Jr.: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Javon Small: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sion James Cam Spencer: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Javon Small: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green Cam Spencer: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeJon Jarreau: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White DeJon Jarreau: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Cam Spencer: 6 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Grant Williams Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeJon Jarreau: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner Taj Gibson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann Javon Small: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Burton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton Walter Clayton Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Burton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Grizzlies defense

  • LaMelo Ball 6 pts (2/6) in 51 possessions

    Guarded by: Jaylen Wells (46 %, 3 pts) · Tyler Burton (12 %, 0 pts) · Javon Small (10 %, 3 pts)

  • Coby White 10 pts (2/8) in 34 possessions

    Guarded by: DeJon Jarreau (25 %, 0 pts) · Cam Spencer (21 %, 0 pts) · Tyler Burton (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender Guarded most
Tyler Burton Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper Moussa Diabaté: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Javon Small Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cam Spencer Sion James: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Green: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Taylor Hendricks Moussa Diabaté: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
GG Jackson Miles Bridges: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Moussa Diabaté: 6 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Jaylen Wells LaMelo Ball: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Sion James: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
DeJon Jarreau Coby White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Walter Clayton Jr. Kon Knueppel: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Taj Gibson Ryan Kalkbrenner: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Moussa Diabaté: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)