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Charlotte Hornets vs. Dallas Mavericks

March 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Mavericks 117-90 on 2026-03-03 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Mavericks started Khris Middleton, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Brandon Williams, and Max Christie. Brandon Williams (Mavericks) scored 18 points (7/16) in his matchups, with LaMelo Ball as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (0/6) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	31:59	13	6	5	1	1	2	3	6-14	1-7	0-1	+17
Miles Bridges GS	30:37	11	3	5	0	1	0	1	3-13	1-5	4-7	0
LaMelo Ball GS	29:16	15	5	9	5	1	4	4	5-19	4-13	1-1	-5
Moussa Diabaté GS	22:32	7	8	0	0	1	2	4	3-4	0-0	1-1	+10
Brandon Miller GS	21:22	17	5	4	1	2	3	5	6-10	2-5	3-3	+12
Josh Green	25:26	11	3	2	0	0	0	3	4-6	3-5	0-0	+36
Sion James	24:14	13	8	1	2	0	1	3	5-8	3-6	0-0	+30
Grant Williams	20:38	12	4	3	1	0	0	4	4-6	4-6	0-0	+23
Ryan Kalkbrenner	18:19	10	5	3	1	1	0	2	4-4	0-0	2-2	+18
Pat Connaughton	10:27	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	2-3	2-3	2-2	-1
Tre Mann	3:43	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Tidjane Salaün	1:27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-2	+3
Totals		117	49	32	11	7	14	31	42-88	20-51	13-19

Did not play: Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 90

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Max Christie GS	33:26	11	5	1	1	0	1	1	4-15	1-9	2-2	-1
Khris Middleton GS	29:09	9	8	3	0	0	3	4	4-11	0-2	1-1	-9
P.J. Washington GS	27:55	13	2	3	0	0	2	1	4-11	1-4	4-6	-18
Brandon Williams GS	26:37	18	4	1	0	1	0	2	4-10	0-1	10-11	-13
Daniel Gafford GS	21:30	10	6	2	2	1	1	1	5-8	0-0	0-0	-19
Dwight Powell	26:26	12	4	3	1	1	2	3	3-5	0-0	6-8	-8
Caleb Martin	25:51	9	1	0	0	1	1	3	3-7	0-2	3-8	-29
Ryan Nembhard	21:23	6	5	4	3	0	2	1	1-4	1-2	3-4	-14
John Poulakidas	14:28	0	5	2	0	0	1	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7
AJ Johnson	13:15	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	-17
Totals		90	42	19	7	4	14	19	28-74	3-22	31-42

Did not play: Naji Marshall (DND - Injury/Illness), Klay Thompson (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 9.6 min
Grant Williams · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 6.0 min
Pat Connaughton · Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Sion James 5.1 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 2.9 min
Miles Bridges · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 2.7 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Brandon Williams · Max Christie Starter 11.0 min
Dwight Powell · Caleb Martin · AJ Johnson · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 4.5 min
Khris Middleton · Dwight Powell · Caleb Martin · Brandon Williams · Max Christie 3.9 min
Khris Middleton · Daniel Gafford · Max Christie · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 3.6 min
Khris Middleton · Dwight Powell · P.J. Washington · Max Christie · Ryan Nembhard 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Brandon Williams 18 pts (7/16) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: LaMelo Ball (41 %, 8 pts) · Sion James (18 %, 5 pts) · Kon Knueppel (13 %, 2 pts)
Khris Middleton 13 pts (4/8) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (51 %, 4 pts) · Pat Connaughton (11 %, 3 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (10 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Max Christie: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Caleb Martin: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Miles Bridges	Khris Middleton: 31 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · P.J. Washington: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Brandon Williams: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/9) · Max Christie: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Josh Green	AJ Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Daniel Gafford: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Khris Middleton: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Brandon Williams: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ryan Nembhard: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brandon Miller	Caleb Martin: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · P.J. Washington: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Grant Williams	P.J. Washington: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Max Christie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Dwight Powell: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Caleb Martin: 2 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Pat Connaughton	Khris Middleton: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	John Poulakidas: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · P.J. Washington: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	John Poulakidas: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Caleb Martin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (0/6) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: P.J. Washington (26 %, 0 pts) · Max Christie (16 %, 2 pts) · Brandon Williams (15 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 10 pts (3/7) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Max Christie (29 %, 2 pts) · Caleb Martin (14 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Williams (13 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Max Christie	Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Khris Middleton	Miles Bridges: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
P.J. Washington	LaMelo Ball: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Brandon Williams	Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Sion James: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Dwight Powell	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Grant Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin	Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Grant Williams: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Daniel Gafford	Moussa Diabaté: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Sion James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Sion James: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Josh Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Poulakidas	LaMelo Ball: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
AJ Johnson	Josh Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)