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Charlotte Hornets vs. San Antonio Spurs

January 31, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Spurs 111-106 on 2026-01-31 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Spurs started De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 26 points (11/17) in his matchups, with Moussa Diabaté as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 4 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Julian Champagnie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kon Knueppel GS 35:03 13 6 4 1 0 2 1 5-11 1-4 2-3 +1
Brandon Miller GS 34:51 26 8 2 1 1 2 1 7-21 3-9 9-9 +13
Moussa Diabaté GS 33:18 12 10 6 0 2 0 3 6-9 0-0 0-0 +19
LaMelo Ball GS 31:53 16 8 8 0 0 3 3 5-15 2-6 4-5 +7
Miles Bridges GS 31:28 14 6 2 2 0 1 4 5-12 1-6 3-3 -11
Grant Williams 17:58 3 4 2 0 0 0 3 1-5 1-4 0-0 +10
Collin Sexton 17:38 21 0 3 1 0 1 2 7-8 5-5 2-2 -4
Ryan Kalkbrenner 14:16 6 4 0 0 2 0 0 3-4 0-0 0-0 -14
Sion James 12:13 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 +6
Josh Green 11:23 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2
Totals 111 51 30 5 5 11 19 39-88 13-35 20-22

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephon Castle GS 35:02 16 5 9 0 1 3 4 5-11 1-2 5-6 +4
De'Aaron Fox GS 32:04 11 2 7 2 0 1 3 5-13 1-5 0-0 -15
Victor Wembanyama GS 30:36 16 8 1 1 0 2 2 6-15 0-3 4-4 -14
Devin Vassell GS 30:23 13 5 2 1 1 0 0 5-10 2-7 1-2 +7
Julian Champagnie GS 28:52 13 5 1 0 2 0 1 4-7 4-6 1-1 -2
Harrison Barnes 24:48 11 3 2 0 0 1 2 3-6 3-5 2-2 +4
Dylan Harper 23:14 20 1 2 1 1 2 2 9-13 2-3 0-0 -6
Luke Kornet 19:07 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Keldon Johnson 15:54 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 1-5 0-3 4-4 -3
Totals 106 36 26 7 6 10 16 38-80 13-34 17-19

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Carter Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Defender Guarded most
Brandon Miller Stephon Castle: 19 poss., 6 pts (1/3) · De'Aaron Fox: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kon Knueppel Julian Champagnie: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · De'Aaron Fox: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Moussa Diabaté Victor Wembanyama: 40 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Luke Kornet: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LaMelo Ball Stephon Castle: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · De'Aaron Fox: 13 poss., 6 pts (1/4)
Miles Bridges Devin Vassell: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Champagnie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Grant Williams Harrison Barnes: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Keldon Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Sexton De'Aaron Fox: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Dylan Harper: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Ryan Kalkbrenner Luke Kornet: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Dylan Harper: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James Harrison Barnes: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dylan Harper: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green Julian Champagnie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Stephon Castle: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Stephon Castle Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
De'Aaron Fox Brandon Miller: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Devin Vassell Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Victor Wembanyama Moussa Diabaté: 36 poss., 6 pts (3/11) · Miles Bridges: 4 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Julian Champagnie LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Dylan Harper LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Harrison Barnes LaMelo Ball: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Grant Williams: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Luke Kornet Ryan Kalkbrenner: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keldon Johnson Grant Williams: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)