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Charlotte Hornets vs. New Orleans Pelicans

February 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Pelicans 102-95 on 2026-02-02 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 20 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 13 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	36:42	16	8	4	1	0	2	3	7-21	2-12	0-0	+7
Kon Knueppel GS	35:35	17	9	2	0	0	4	1	4-13	4-12	5-6	+11
Miles Bridges GS	30:35	9	4	1	0	0	2	4	3-11	0-4	3-4	+13
LaMelo Ball GS	29:58	24	8	5	2	0	2	2	8-20	3-14	5-5	+24
Moussa Diabaté GS	28:17	2	9	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Grant Williams	19:33	16	9	1	0	0	1	2	5-7	2-4	4-4	-10
Sion James	19:06	3	5	0	0	0	1	2	1-2	0-1	1-2	-13
Ryan Kalkbrenner	17:51	10	7	1	0	3	2	3	3-5	0-0	4-6	+7
Collin Sexton	12:04	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	-4
Josh Green	10:19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		102	59	16	3	3	16	19	34-85	12-50	22-27

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

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New Orleans Pelicans 95

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	37:20	27	1	4	1	0	2	1	10-20	3-8	4-4	-10
Herbert Jones GS	36:09	12	7	2	1	1	0	4	4-9	4-7	0-0	-8
Saddiq Bey GS	34:57	8	3	5	1	0	0	1	2-12	1-6	3-4	-6
Derik Queen GS	30:59	16	8	3	3	1	2	4	5-9	1-2	5-6	-9
Zion Williamson GS	30:51	14	11	4	0	0	1	4	5-13	0-0	4-9	-7
Jose Alvarado	30:01	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	1-7	1-6	0-0	+2
Jeremiah Fears	15:18	9	2	0	2	1	1	2	3-7	1-2	2-2	0
Karlo Matković	13:47	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	+1
Yves Missi	10:38	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		95	34	23	9	4	7	23	33-84	11-34	18-25

Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Peavy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (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 10.3 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 4.7 min
Miles Bridges · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.4 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.4 min
Collin Sexton · Grant Williams · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.2 min

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New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen Starter 13.5 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 7.2 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado 6.4 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Derik Queen 4.5 min
Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Zion Williamson 20 pts (6/14) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (22 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (16 %, 6 pts) · Grant Williams (16 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 11 pts (4/11) in 29 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (25 %, 2 pts) · Collin Sexton (25 %, 2 pts) · Grant Williams (18 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Trey Murphy III: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Saddiq Bey: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Kon Knueppel	Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Jose Alvarado: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Miles Bridges	Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Zion Williamson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Herbert Jones: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Derik Queen: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Yves Missi: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton	Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Herbert Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

LaMelo Ball 13 pts (4/8) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (31 %, 0 pts) · Jose Alvarado (27 %, 3 pts) · Trey Murphy III (13 %, 8 pts)
Brandon Miller 9 pts (3/12) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (46 %, 7 pts) · Saddiq Bey (15 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Brandon Miller: 32 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Sion James: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones	LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Saddiq Bey	Kon Knueppel: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Miles Bridges: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Zion Williamson	Miles Bridges: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Grant Williams: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Derik Queen	Moussa Diabaté: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Jose Alvarado	LaMelo Ball: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Collin Sexton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Collin Sexton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Grant Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)