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Charlotte Hornets vs. New York Knicks

November 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Hornets 129-101 on 2025-11-26 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Miles McBride. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 18 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Kon Knueppel as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 21 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Josh Hart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Miles Bridges GS 33:49 17 4 1 0 0 3 1 6-14 3-6 2-5 -25
Kon Knueppel GS 29:34 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 2-12 0-7 2-3 -12
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS 27:49 8 6 0 1 0 1 0 4-5 0-0 0-1 -23
Brandon Miller GS 27:46 18 4 3 2 0 4 2 5-12 4-9 4-4 -14
LaMelo Ball GS 26:49 11 6 4 1 0 4 5 4-14 2-7 1-1 -22
Sion James 25:31 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0-4 0-4 4-4 -12
Tre Mann 20:50 15 3 3 0 0 2 2 6-13 3-7 0-0 -18
Collin Sexton 17:26 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 5-6 0-1 5-6 -4
Moussa Diabaté 15:24 4 4 0 0 2 1 4 2-2 0-0 0-0 -4
Liam McNeeley 15:02 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1-3 1-2 0-0 -6
Totals 101 35 15 5 3 17 16 35-85 13-43 18-24

Did not play: Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision), Grant Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 129

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Miles McBride GS 39:06 19 3 3 2 0 2 3 6-8 5-5 2-2 +27
Mikal Bridges GS 35:39 18 5 3 3 2 2 2 8-11 0-1 2-2 +23
Jalen Brunson GS 33:58 33 2 3 0 0 3 2 14-28 2-6 3-5 +16
Josh Hart GS 33:45 22 8 7 3 0 2 5 8-13 4-6 2-2 +20
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 32:22 19 10 3 0 0 3 2 6-13 0-3 7-7 +6
Mitchell Robinson 17:12 0 5 1 3 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +18
Tyler Kolek 15:23 7 0 3 0 0 1 0 3-4 1-1 0-0 +15
Jordan Clarkson 14:00 8 2 0 1 0 0 5 4-7 0-1 0-0 +2
Guerschon Yabusele 12:08 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 +7
Ariel Hukporti 2:17 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2
Pacôme Dadiet 2:05 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Mohamed Diawara 2:05 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +2
Totals 129 41 26 12 4 14 22 50-88 13-25 16-18

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

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
Miles Bridges Josh Hart: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Guerschon Yabusele: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel Jalen Brunson: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/7) · Josh Hart: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner Mitchell Robinson: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Miller Mikal Bridges: 21 poss., 4 pts (0/5) · Miles McBride: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball Miles McBride: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Josh Hart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Sion James Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Clarkson: 9 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann Miles McBride: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Collin Sexton Miles McBride: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté Karl-Anthony Towns: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Josh Hart: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Kolek: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Miles McBride Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tre Mann: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mikal Bridges Miles Bridges: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Tre Mann: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Brunson Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 9 pts (4/10) · Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Hart LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns Moussa Diabaté: 25 poss., 4 pts (0/4) · Miles Bridges: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Mitchell Robinson Ryan Kalkbrenner: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Clarkson Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Sexton: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Guerschon Yabusele Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Liam McNeeley: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tre Mann: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti Ryan Kalkbrenner: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet Kon Knueppel: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)