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Charlotte Hornets vs. Indiana Pacers

April 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Pacers 129-108 on 2026-04-03 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Jay Huff, Quenton Jackson, Kobe Brown, and Ben Sheppard. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 19 points (7/17) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 10 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Kobe Brown as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	30:10	20	4	4	2	0	2	1	7-12	3-7	3-3	+20
LaMelo Ball GS	30:01	18	6	9	2	0	3	2	6-15	5-12	1-2	+17
Brandon Miller GS	29:38	22	6	3	1	1	0	2	9-17	4-8	0-0	+10
Miles Bridges GS	25:39	19	6	1	0	1	1	5	7-16	3-5	2-2	+4
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	24:39	7	8	2	0	3	1	1	3-7	0-0	1-1	-1
Josh Green	24:24	6	2	2	1	0	0	2	2-5	2-4	0-0	+8
Sion James	22:56	13	6	3	1	0	0	1	4-9	4-8	1-1	+26
Pat Connaughton	17:44	7	3	1	1	0	1	1	2-4	2-3	1-2	-7
Xavier Tillman	17:07	2	3	2	0	2	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	+22
Coby White	14:11	11	3	4	0	0	1	1	3-7	1-2	4-4	+5
Tre Mann	3:31	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		129	48	31	8	7	9	18	46-96	24-49	13-15

Did not play: Grant Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

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Indiana Pacers 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	33:54	30	7	2	2	0	2	1	13-24	2-4	2-3	-11
Kobe Brown GS	28:01	12	9	4	0	0	2	1	5-10	1-2	1-2	-16
Quenton Jackson GS	25:14	16	3	5	1	0	1	2	6-8	2-3	2-3	-12
Ben Sheppard GS	24:37	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-3	2-2	-10
Jay Huff GS	24:01	12	6	4	1	1	2	3	5-18	2-10	0-0	-7
Ethan Thompson	30:13	3	3	0	0	0	1	4	1-2	1-2	0-0	-11
Kam Jones	22:46	7	6	10	1	0	1	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	-9
Obi Toppin	20:02	11	4	1	0	0	1	0	4-9	3-6	0-0	-5
Taelon Peter	18:04	6	2	1	0	0	0	3	2-5	2-2	0-0	-6
Micah Potter	13:08	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	2-5	0-2	0-0	-18
Totals		108	45	29	5	1	11	18	43-93	15-36	7-10

Did not play: Aaron Nesmith (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 11.5 min
Coby White · Josh Green · Xavier Tillman · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 5.5 min
Pat Connaughton · Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 5.0 min
LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Xavier Tillman · Brandon Miller · Sion James 3.7 min
Pat Connaughton · Josh Green · Xavier Tillman · Tre Mann · Sion James 3.5 min

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Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Jay Huff · Quenton Jackson · Kobe Brown · Ben Sheppard Starter 9.6 min
Pascal Siakam · Jay Huff · Kobe Brown · Ben Sheppard · Kam Jones 5.7 min
Obi Toppin · Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 4.7 min
Pascal Siakam · Obi Toppin · Ethan Thompson · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 4.4 min
Pascal Siakam · Obi Toppin · Ethan Thompson · Quenton Jackson · Taelon Peter 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Pascal Siakam 19 pts (7/17) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (38 %, 6 pts) · Sion James (12 %, 3 pts) · Brandon Miller (9 %, 2 pts)
Obi Toppin 5 pts (2/5) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Kalkbrenner (20 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (20 %, 2 pts) · Sion James (18 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Kobe Brown: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Ben Sheppard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandon Miller	Ben Sheppard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ethan Thompson: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
LaMelo Ball	Quenton Jackson: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Brown: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Green	Taelon Peter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kobe Brown: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Sion James	Pascal Siakam: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Taelon Peter: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Jay Huff: 26 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Obi Toppin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Miles Bridges	Pascal Siakam: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Quenton Jackson: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Xavier Tillman	Micah Potter: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pascal Siakam: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Kam Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Taelon Peter: 7 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Pat Connaughton	Kobe Brown: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ben Sheppard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Quenton Jackson: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ethan Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pacers defense

LaMelo Ball 10 pts (4/7) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Kobe Brown (38 %, 0 pts) · Ethan Thompson (14 %, 0 pts) · Quenton Jackson (13 %, 2 pts)
Coby White 4 pts (2/4) in 29 possessions

Guarded by: Taelon Peter (38 %, 0 pts) · Ben Sheppard (20 %, 0 pts) · Ethan Thompson (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Miles Bridges: 25 poss., 11 pts (5/8) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Ethan Thompson	Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown	LaMelo Ball: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pat Connaughton: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Ben Sheppard	Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Pat Connaughton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/9) · Miles Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson	Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kam Jones	Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Green: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Obi Toppin	Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Sion James: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter	Coby White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Micah Potter	Xavier Tillman: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)