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Charlotte Hornets vs. Miami Heat

March 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Heat 136-106 on 2026-03-17 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Heat started Norman Powell, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Kel'el Ware. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 20 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 8 points (2/4) 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 136

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball GS	33:08	30	6	13	1	0	5	2	11-22	4-12	4-5	+32
Miles Bridges GS	31:27	14	10	2	2	1	1	0	6-12	2-4	0-0	+26
Moussa Diabaté GS	31:09	8	13	4	2	1	2	3	4-6	0-0	0-0	+21
Brandon Miller GS	26:21	16	2	2	1	0	0	4	6-15	4-6	0-0	+25
Kon Knueppel GS	23:37	22	2	2	2	1	0	5	8-14	2-6	4-4	+27
Coby White	20:23	24	3	3	0	0	0	4	8-15	3-9	5-6	+3
Grant Williams	18:52	8	2	2	0	0	1	1	3-3	1-1	1-2	+4
Sion James	17:56	2	4	2	0	0	2	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-8
Josh Green	14:26	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Ryan Kalkbrenner	14:26	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+8
Tre Mann	3:33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	+2
Pat Connaughton	2:21	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	1-2	+4
Xavier Tillman	2:21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		136	48	32	11	3	13	25	51-96	17-42	17-21

MIA

Miami Heat 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyler Herro GS	30:56	20	8	5	1	0	4	0	5-11	1-2	9-9	-18
Norman Powell GS	30:35	17	6	3	0	1	0	3	7-17	1-4	2-6	-23
Kel'el Ware GS	27:51	7	8	1	0	1	0	0	3-10	0-6	1-2	-17
Pelle Larsson GS	27:41	14	2	0	0	0	4	5	3-7	1-2	7-8	-25
Davion Mitchell GS	26:23	4	3	5	0	0	1	2	2-7	0-3	0-0	-19
Simone Fontecchio	23:31	10	2	1	0	0	0	4	3-9	1-6	3-4	-5
Keshad Johnson	20:09	15	5	1	3	1	2	2	6-12	3-9	0-0	-13
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	19:55	6	1	6	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	2-2	-9
Kasparas Jakučionis	14:54	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	2-2	+1
Dru Smith	8:00	4	3	2	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	-10
Myron Gardner	3:52	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Jahmir Young	3:52	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	1-1	-4
Vladislav Goldin	2:21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		106	43	26	4	3	15	22	36-89	7-36	27-34

Did not play: Bam Adebayo (DND - Injury/Illness), Nikola Jović (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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 14.7 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.3 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Sion James 2.5 min
Pat Connaughton · Xavier Tillman · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 2.4 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 2.3 min

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Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Norman Powell · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware Starter 15.1 min
Norman Powell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Keshad Johnson · Kasparas Jakučionis 8.0 min
Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 3.6 min
Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Kel'el Ware 2.8 min
Tyler Herro · Dru Smith · Simone Fontecchio · Keshad Johnson · Kasparas Jakučionis 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Norman Powell 20 pts (8/12) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (30 %, 6 pts) · Kon Knueppel (17 %, 5 pts) · Brandon Miller (14 %, 2 pts)
Tyler Herro 7 pts (3/6) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Green (24 %, 0 pts) · Sion James (13 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LaMelo Ball	Davion Mitchell: 25 poss., 14 pts (5/7) · Pelle Larsson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Kel'el Ware: 35 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keshad Johnson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Miles Bridges	Norman Powell: 19 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Simone Fontecchio: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Brandon Miller	Pelle Larsson: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Norman Powell: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Norman Powell: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Pelle Larsson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Grant Williams	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tyler Herro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Kasparas Jakučionis: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Davion Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sion James	Tyler Herro: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Tyler Herro: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Keshad Johnson: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kel'el Ware: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Jahmir Young: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myron Gardner: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Dru Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myron Gardner: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman	Keshad Johnson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dru Smith: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

LaMelo Ball 8 pts (2/4) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Davion Mitchell (33 %, 0 pts) · Pelle Larsson (15 %, 0 pts) · Simone Fontecchio (12 %, 1 pts)
Coby White 14 pts (3/7) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Kasparas Jakučionis (29 %, 2 pts) · Davion Mitchell (14 %, 0 pts) · Pelle Larsson (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tyler Herro	Josh Green: 16 poss., 4 pts (0/2) · Brandon Miller: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Norman Powell	Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/8) · Miles Bridges: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pelle Larsson	Miles Bridges: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Kel'el Ware	Moussa Diabaté: 38 poss., 1 pts (0/5) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Davion Mitchell	LaMelo Ball: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Simone Fontecchio	LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Grant Williams: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Miles Bridges: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keshad Johnson	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Moussa Diabaté: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Coby White: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Dru Smith	Coby White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner	Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Grant Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jahmir Young	Tre Mann: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Grant Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vladislav Goldin	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)