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Charlotte Hornets vs. Phoenix Suns

April 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Suns 127-107 on 2026-04-02 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 7 points (3/12) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Collin Gillespie as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	32:33	20	3	2	0	0	1	1	7-14	4-9	2-2	+5
Brandon Miller GS	30:44	17	4	4	0	0	1	4	7-14	3-8	0-0	+16
Miles Bridges GS	26:59	25	4	2	1	0	2	0	10-16	4-8	1-2	+12
LaMelo Ball GS	25:10	15	2	11	1	0	0	3	6-13	2-6	1-1	+13
Moussa Diabaté GS	24:40	4	10	1	1	0	1	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	+10
Sion James	23:29	7	5	1	3	0	0	3	3-7	0-3	1-1	+16
Ryan Kalkbrenner	23:20	8	7	1	1	4	0	1	3-3	0-0	2-2	+10
Grant Williams	21:01	10	7	2	0	0	1	0	3-10	2-8	2-2	+8
Coby White	20:20	19	4	3	0	0	3	3	6-13	3-7	4-5	+5
Josh Green	6:53	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Tre Mann	2:37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Pat Connaughton	2:14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		127	47	27	7	4	10	19	48-93	18-49	13-15

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	35:42	22	5	6	1	0	2	4	9-22	3-8	1-1	-13
Jalen Green GS	34:16	25	4	7	2	1	3	1	10-19	3-6	2-2	-11
Dillon Brooks GS	28:41	13	1	3	0	0	1	2	5-12	3-5	0-0	-14
Oso Ighodaro GS	25:04	6	9	1	0	0	0	2	3-6	0-0	0-0	-7
Collin Gillespie GS	23:44	6	3	3	0	0	1	3	2-7	2-7	0-0	-7
Grayson Allen	24:32	13	2	1	0	0	0	4	4-10	2-6	3-5	-16
Mark Williams	20:04	12	4	1	1	3	1	1	6-7	0-0	0-0	-12
Royce O'Neale	16:39	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-5
Jordan Goodwin	12:13	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	-8
Rasheer Fleming	7:37	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-3
Ryan Dunn	2:52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Khaman Maluach	2:52	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	1-2	-1
Jamaree Bouyea	2:52	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Koby Brea	2:52	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		107	31	22	4	5	12	21	42-91	16-39	7-10

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 12.0 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 4.8 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.8 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 3.5 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.2 min

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Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro Starter 12.0 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Jalen Green · Mark Williams 8.9 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Grayson Allen · Jordan Goodwin · Mark Williams 3.8 min
Royce O'Neale · Jalen Green · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 3.8 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Jalen Green · Mark Williams · Rasheer Fleming 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Jalen Green 7 pts (3/12) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (23 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (20 %, 2 pts) · Sion James (12 %, 0 pts)
Devin Booker 23 pts (9/10) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (28 %, 6 pts) · Sion James (19 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (17 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Devin Booker: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jalen Green: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Brandon Miller	Jalen Green: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Devin Booker: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Miles Bridges	Dillon Brooks: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Devin Booker: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
LaMelo Ball	Collin Gillespie: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Grayson Allen: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Mark Williams: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Devin Booker: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White	Collin Gillespie: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jalen Green: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Moussa Diabaté	Oso Ighodaro: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mark Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Royce O'Neale: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dillon Brooks: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Green	Jalen Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Koby Brea: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Jamaree Bouyea: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rasheer Fleming: 0 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pat Connaughton	Rasheer Fleming: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

LaMelo Ball 12 pts (4/7) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Gillespie (31 %, 3 pts) · Grayson Allen (27 %, 1 pts) · Jalen Green (11 %, 2 pts)
Coby White 10 pts (2/6) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Gillespie (26 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (22 %, 0 pts) · Rasheer Fleming (15 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Kon Knueppel: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/7) · Sion James: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jalen Green	Kon Knueppel: 20 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dillon Brooks	Miles Bridges: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Grant Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Oso Ighodaro	Moussa Diabaté: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie	LaMelo Ball: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Coby White: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Grayson Allen	LaMelo Ball: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Brandon Miller: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mark Williams	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Royce O'Neale	Grant Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin	Coby White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ryan Dunn	Grant Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamaree Bouyea	Tre Mann: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Koby Brea	Josh Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Grant Williams: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)