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Charlotte Hornets vs. New York Knicks

March 26, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Knicks 114-103 on 2026-03-26 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 20 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Kon Knueppel as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Josh Hart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	36:57	26	11	8	0	0	2	0	9-14	6-10	2-4	+15
LaMelo Ball GS	35:37	22	5	6	0	0	1	2	7-14	4-9	4-4	+3
Brandon Miller GS	32:41	21	8	3	0	0	4	4	7-12	4-8	3-3	+11
Miles Bridges GS	31:35	17	5	3	0	0	1	1	8-17	0-6	1-1	+12
Moussa Diabaté GS	30:17	2	5	3	4	1	1	1	1-2	0-0	0-2	+15
Coby White	23:25	17	3	2	0	0	3	2	6-13	1-5	4-4	+7
Ryan Kalkbrenner	17:43	4	4	1	0	2	2	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Grant Williams	14:59	5	1	1	0	1	2	2	1-2	1-2	2-2	-1
Sion James	14:27	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Josh Green	2:19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		114	43	28	5	4	16	19	41-78	16-41	16-20

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

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New York Knicks 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	39:48	26	2	13	1	0	2	5	10-23	0-6	6-6	-6
Josh Hart GS	39:23	16	7	4	5	0	1	1	7-11	2-4	0-0	-15
OG Anunoby GS	39:06	17	3	2	0	1	2	2	6-10	5-9	0-0	-1
Mikal Bridges GS	32:00	14	0	2	0	0	1	1	6-12	2-5	0-0	-6
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	21:58	13	3	2	0	0	1	3	5-8	1-1	2-2	-18
Mitchell Robinson	26:10	4	6	1	1	1	1	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Jordan Clarkson	18:04	8	1	1	1	0	0	4	4-8	0-0	0-0	-1
Mohamed Diawara	12:40	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-1	-2
Tyler Kolek	5:45	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10
Jose Alvarado	5:06	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		103	24	26	8	2	10	21	42-82	11-29	8-9

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (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
Coby White · Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 5.4 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.2 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.4 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 2.9 min

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New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 13.0 min
OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson 13.5 min
Jordan Clarkson · OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Mohamed Diawara 2.9 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara 2.9 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Tyler Kolek · Mohamed Diawara 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Jalen Brunson 20 pts (6/8) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (33 %, 5 pts) · Sion James (19 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (18 %, 3 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 20 pts (7/15) in 36 possessions

Guarded by: Moussa Diabaté (40 %, 2 pts) · Miles Bridges (27 %, 4 pts) · Grant Williams (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Jalen Brunson: 22 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 17 poss., 9 pts (4/4)
LaMelo Ball	Josh Hart: 19 poss., 15 pts (6/7) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Miles Bridges	OG Anunoby: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jalen Brunson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brandon Miller	Mikal Bridges: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Josh Hart: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Karl-Anthony Towns: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · OG Anunoby: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Jordan Clarkson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Mitchell Robinson: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Mohamed Diawara: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Jalen Brunson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (3/5) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Hart (52 %, 2 pts) · Jordan Clarkson (12 %, 2 pts) · Mikal Bridges (8 %, 2 pts)
Coby White 11 pts (4/6) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Clarkson (27 %, 6 pts) · Mikal Bridges (20 %, 0 pts) · Josh Hart (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Hart	LaMelo Ball: 33 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Brunson	Miles Bridges: 21 poss., 10 pts (5/6) · Sion James: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/5)
OG Anunoby	Kon Knueppel: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Mikal Bridges	Brandon Miller: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Mitchell Robinson	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Moussa Diabaté: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Coby White: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mohamed Diawara	Grant Williams: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Jose Alvarado	LaMelo Ball: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandon Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Coby White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)