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Charlotte Hornets vs. Orlando Magic

March 19, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Magic 130-111 on 2026-03-19 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Magic started Goga Bitadze, Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, and Tristan da Silva. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 12 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Tristan da Silva as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	28:09	25	4	8	0	0	2	2	8-14	5-10	4-4	+27
Kon Knueppel GS	25:03	17	6	4	0	0	2	4	5-11	4-9	3-3	+7
Moussa Diabaté GS	24:29	3	5	1	0	1	3	2	1-3	0-0	1-1	+10
Miles Bridges GS	22:57	11	3	0	0	0	1	3	4-8	1-3	2-3	+18
LaMelo Ball GS	20:14	20	6	5	3	1	3	3	7-13	3-8	3-3	+12
Ryan Kalkbrenner	23:31	13	5	0	0	0	2	2	5-5	0-0	3-3	+9
Coby White	22:50	27	3	5	0	0	4	2	7-13	5-8	8-8	-2
Sion James	21:40	6	3	4	2	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	+30
Josh Green	18:02	5	3	0	1	0	0	2	2-4	1-3	0-0	-5
Grant Williams	17:29	0	3	0	0	0	3	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	+9
Tre Mann	6:50	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	1-3	1-1	0-0	-8
Pat Connaughton	6:50	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8
Xavier Tillman	1:56	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	-4
Totals		130	41	28	9	2	22	24	42-80	22-46	24-27

ORL

Orlando Magic 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero GS	28:23	20	3	7	1	1	3	3	6-16	1-5	7-8	-23
Desmond Bane GS	25:44	24	7	2	1	0	2	0	8-15	3-5	5-5	-21
Tristan da Silva GS	22:21	4	2	1	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-2	2-2	-12
Jalen Suggs GS	21:54	9	0	1	2	1	2	1	4-12	1-5	0-0	-15
Goga Bitadze GS	18:57	4	2	1	1	1	0	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	-17
Noah Penda	21:21	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	3-8	2-6	0-0	0
Moritz Wagner	18:44	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1-5	0-3	3-4	-14
Jevon Carter	18:42	11	4	3	2	0	1	1	4-11	3-7	0-0	-9
Jamal Cain	18:25	15	1	1	1	0	1	2	5-10	3-7	2-2	+9
Jett Howard	15:46	5	1	0	1	0	0	3	2-3	1-2	0-0	-24
Alex Morales	12:00	2	3	4	0	0	2	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	+14
Colin Castleton	10:19	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	+12
Jase Richardson	7:24	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		111	31	24	11	4	14	23	39-93	14-42	19-21

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 9.0 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 4.7 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.8 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 3.5 min
Pat Connaughton · Coby White · Josh Green · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner 3.1 min

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Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Tristan da Silva Starter 14.6 min
Colin Castleton · Jamal Cain · Alex Morales · Jase Richardson · Noah Penda 7.4 min
Jevon Carter · Moritz Wagner · Paolo Banchero · Jett Howard · Noah Penda 4.7 min
Jevon Carter · Colin Castleton · Jamal Cain · Alex Morales · Noah Penda 2.9 min
Moritz Wagner · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Jett Howard · Tristan da Silva 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Paolo Banchero 12 pts (3/5) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (52 %, 4 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (8 %, 0 pts) · LaMelo Ball (8 %, 5 pts)
Moritz Wagner 12 pts (5/6) in 31 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Kalkbrenner (45 %, 4 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (21 %, 0 pts) · Coby White (8 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Tristan da Silva: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Desmond Bane: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Desmond Bane: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jett Howard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Goga Bitadze: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Moritz Wagner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	Paolo Banchero: 29 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jalen Suggs: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Coby White	Jevon Carter: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Alex Morales: 7 poss., 10 pts (2/3)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Moritz Wagner: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Goga Bitadze: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Jalen Suggs: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Tristan da Silva: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Sion James	Desmond Bane: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jamal Cain: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Alex Morales: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Noah Penda: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Noah Penda: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jevon Carter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Noah Penda: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Cain: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Jase Richardson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Cain: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Xavier Tillman	Noah Penda: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Colin Castleton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Magic defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (2/8) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Tristan da Silva (43 %, 0 pts) · Jett Howard (14 %, 0 pts) · Paolo Banchero (12 %, 0 pts)
Coby White 19 pts (6/13) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Jevon Carter (25 %, 6 pts) · Tristan da Silva (13 %, 0 pts) · Jett Howard (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Paolo Banchero	Miles Bridges: 27 poss., 11 pts (3/4) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Desmond Bane	Brandon Miller: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/7)
Tristan da Silva	LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Suggs	Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Goga Bitadze	Moussa Diabaté: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Noah Penda	Grant Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pat Connaughton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Cain	Sion James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Grant Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Coby White: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Josh Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Moritz Wagner	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Moussa Diabaté: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard	Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Morales	Josh Green: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Coby White: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Colin Castleton	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jase Richardson	Tre Mann: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Josh Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)