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Charlotte Hornets vs. Brooklyn Nets

October 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Nets 136-117 on 2025-10-22 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann, Nic Claxton, Cam Thomas, and Ben Saraf. Cam Thomas (Nets) scored 15 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Kon Knueppel as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 17 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Ben Saraf 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	33:34	20	2	8	0	0	3	3	7-15	4-8	2-5	+10
Miles Bridges GS	30:51	18	11	4	1	0	1	1	6-11	3-6	3-4	+7
Brandon Miller GS	30:30	25	0	7	1	1	1	4	8-19	2-9	7-10	+14
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	26:46	10	11	1	0	2	4	4	5-6	0-0	0-0	+11
Kon Knueppel GS	25:29	11	5	1	0	0	2	3	4-6	3-4	0-0	+10
Moussa Diabaté	21:14	13	9	0	1	1	2	3	5-7	0-0	3-4	+8
Tre Mann	20:39	12	3	6	1	0	2	1	4-7	2-3	2-3	+15
Collin Sexton	17:11	15	1	3	1	0	1	2	4-9	1-2	6-7	+5
Tidjane Salaün	17:09	10	4	1	0	0	0	2	4-7	2-3	0-0	+12
Sion James	16:37	2	4	2	0	1	0	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	+3
Totals		136	50	33	5	5	16	25	48-90	17-36	23-33

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Liam McNeeley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Brooklyn Nets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. GS	25:18	12	4	5	0	0	0	2	5-15	2-7	0-2	-19
Cam Thomas GS	24:04	15	1	2	0	1	2	2	2-9	0-2	11-13	-19
Nic Claxton GS	22:59	17	4	2	0	0	1	0	8-12	0-1	1-2	-11
Ben Saraf GS	20:01	8	7	4	0	0	0	2	2-7	0-3	4-6	-6
Terance Mann GS	19:27	13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4-6	2-3	3-3	+4
Tyrese Martin	25:55	5	3	5	2	0	3	1	2-8	1-5	0-0	0
Egor Dëmin	22:19	14	5	2	1	0	2	3	4-6	4-6	2-2	-6
Noah Clowney	20:15	5	4	2	0	0	1	2	1-6	1-3	2-2	-7
Ziaire Williams	14:51	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0-3	0-2	1-2	-18
Jalen Wilson	14:42	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	3-5	2-4	0-0	+10
Day'Ron Sharpe	14:04	14	4	0	1	2	5	5	6-7	1-2	1-2	-13
Nolan Traore	8:53	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-8
Drake Powell	7:12	2	2	0	0	0	1	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		117	38	25	8	3	17	28	39-88	14-40	25-34

Did not play: Danny Wolf (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel Starter 10.2 min
LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel 4.6 min
Collin Sexton · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 4.5 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 4.4 min
Miles Bridges · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.2 min

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Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Michael Porter Jr. · Terance Mann · Nic Claxton · Cam Thomas · Ben Saraf Starter 9.1 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Nic Claxton · Tyrese Martin · Noah Clowney · Egor Dëmin 4.3 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Nic Claxton · Ziaire Williams · Cam Thomas · Ben Saraf 3.6 min
Ziaire Williams · Day'Ron Sharpe · Tyrese Martin · Noah Clowney · Egor Dëmin 3.6 min
Jalen Wilson · Tyrese Martin · Noah Clowney · Nolan Traore · Egor Dëmin 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Cam Thomas 15 pts (6/10) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (22 %, 2 pts) · Brandon Miller (14 %, 2 pts) · Miles Bridges (12 %, 6 pts)
Michael Porter Jr. 9 pts (3/5) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (27 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (14 %, 2 pts) · Kon Knueppel (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LaMelo Ball	Ben Saraf: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ziaire Williams: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Miles Bridges	Michael Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Terance Mann: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Brandon Miller	Ben Saraf: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Egor Dëmin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kon Knueppel	Cam Thomas: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Egor Dëmin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Nic Claxton: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Day'Ron Sharpe: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Day'Ron Sharpe: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Noah Clowney: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Tre Mann	Tyrese Martin: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Egor Dëmin: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton	Ben Saraf: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Tyrese Martin: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tidjane Salaün	Noah Clowney: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Michael Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Sion James	Egor Dëmin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Noah Clowney: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Nets defense

LaMelo Ball 17 pts (6/11) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Ben Saraf (32 %, 3 pts) · Cam Thomas (9 %, 4 pts) · Nolan Traore (9 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 12 pts (4/11) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Cam Thomas (23 %, 0 pts) · Terance Mann (22 %, 1 pts) · Egor Dëmin (9 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tyrese Martin	Tre Mann: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Michael Porter Jr.	Miles Bridges: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cam Thomas	Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Collin Sexton: 8 poss., 4 pts (0/1)
Nic Claxton	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 28 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Brandon Miller: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Egor Dëmin	Tre Mann: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Collin Sexton: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Saraf	LaMelo Ball: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Terance Mann	Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Noah Clowney	Moussa Diabaté: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Tidjane Salaün: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ziaire Williams	Tre Mann: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Day'Ron Sharpe	Moussa Diabaté: 17 poss., 12 pts (5/5) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Wilson	Miles Bridges: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nolan Traore	LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Mann: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Drake Powell	Collin Sexton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)