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Charlotte Hornets vs. Miami Heat

March 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Hornets 128-120 on 2026-03-06 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Heat started Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Myron Gardner. Tyler Herro (Heat) scored 30 points (9/16) in his matchups, with LaMelo Ball as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 14 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Davion Mitchell as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	33:52	27	2	4	0	0	2	2	9-14	6-10	3-3	-15
Brandon Miller GS	33:42	22	13	5	2	1	3	3	7-12	3-5	5-5	-1
LaMelo Ball GS	32:58	21	2	5	1	0	3	2	7-22	5-15	2-2	-15
Moussa Diabaté GS	31:07	6	14	1	0	2	0	2	3-6	0-0	0-0	-1
Miles Bridges GS	27:52	12	2	1	2	0	1	0	5-13	0-3	2-2	-4
Grant Williams	18:53	12	6	4	0	0	0	3	4-8	3-7	1-1	+3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	17:00	2	3	0	0	4	0	1	0-3	0-0	2-2	-5
Coby White	16:57	13	5	3	0	0	2	1	4-11	1-6	4-5	+8
Josh Green	13:52	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	-7
Sion James	13:48	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	1-4	1-4	0-0	-3
Totals		120	48	24	5	9	12	18	41-96	19-52	19-20

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

MIA

Miami Heat 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bam Adebayo GS	38:32	24	12	4	1	1	0	2	10-26	0-5	4-5	+9
Tyler Herro GS	37:20	33	9	9	1	0	0	3	11-20	8-10	3-3	+19
Pelle Larsson GS	28:32	11	4	2	0	0	2	0	3-8	0-1	5-5	+3
Davion Mitchell GS	26:57	13	2	7	0	0	1	2	5-9	3-4	0-0	+8
Myron Gardner GS	16:03	6	5	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	1-2	+9
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	31:19	21	2	4	0	0	2	2	8-13	4-6	1-2	-1
Kel'el Ware	30:48	10	4	0	1	4	0	1	4-8	1-5	1-2	+1
Dru Smith	17:31	4	4	1	4	0	0	3	1-5	0-1	2-2	+2
Kasparas Jakučionis	12:58	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-4	1-4	3-4	-10
Totals		128	44	31	7	5	6	14	45-97	18-38	20-25

Did not play: Simone Fontecchio (NWT - Injury/Illness), Vladislav Goldin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Jović (NWT - Injury/Illness), Trevor Keels (DNP - Coach's Decision), Norman Powell (NWT - Injury/Illness), Andrew Wiggins (DND - Injury/Illness)

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 12.3 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 5.4 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.9 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 2.8 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 2.7 min

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Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Myron Gardner Starter 13.0 min
Bam Adebayo · Dru Smith · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis 9.4 min
Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Dru Smith · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kel'el Ware 8.1 min
Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 5.4 min
Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson 4.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Tyler Herro 30 pts (9/16) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: LaMelo Ball (19 %, 5 pts) · Brandon Miller (18 %, 5 pts) · Kon Knueppel (16 %, 8 pts)
Bam Adebayo 7 pts (2/11) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Moussa Diabaté (30 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (12 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LaMelo Ball	Davion Mitchell: 20 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Tyler Herro: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/7)
Kon Knueppel	Pelle Larsson: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyler Herro: 12 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Brandon Miller	Pelle Larsson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tyler Herro: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Bam Adebayo: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kel'el Ware: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Miles Bridges	Myron Gardner: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Pelle Larsson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White	Kasparas Jakučionis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Pelle Larsson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Kel'el Ware: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bam Adebayo: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Grant Williams	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bam Adebayo: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Green	Tyler Herro: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Davion Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sion James	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Heat defense

LaMelo Ball 14 pts (5/9) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Davion Mitchell (44 %, 6 pts) · Tyler Herro (16 %, 3 pts) · Myron Gardner (14 %, 2 pts)
Coby White 2 pts (1/4) in 32 possessions

Guarded by: Dru Smith (28 %, 0 pts) · Kasparas Jakučionis (18 %, 0 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bam Adebayo	Moussa Diabaté: 27 poss., 9 pts (4/8) · Grant Williams: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Tyler Herro	Brandon Miller: 26 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Josh Green: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/6)
Pelle Larsson	Miles Bridges: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Sion James: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Kel'el Ware	Moussa Diabaté: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Davion Mitchell	LaMelo Ball: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Myron Gardner	Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dru Smith	Coby White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Coby White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)