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Charlotte Hornets vs. Portland Trail Blazers

February 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Trail Blazers 109-93 on 2026-02-28 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Jerami Grant, Kris Murray, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Scoot Henderson (Trail Blazers) scored 16 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Coby White as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 9 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Kris Murray as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Moussa Diabaté GS	33:14	13	11	5	0	1	2	5-7	0-0	3-4	+24
Brandon Miller GS	32:45	26	8	2	0	4	3	9-19	6-12	2-2	-1
Miles Bridges GS	32:29	14	8	5	3	2	3	5-11	2-6	2-2	+13
LaMelo Ball GS	29:52	15	4	8	2	1	2	6-19	2-7	1-1	+17
Kon Knueppel GS	28:40	10	8	1	3	2	4	4-11	2-7	0-3	+24
Coby White	21:29	20	3	1	0	2	4	5-13	2-5	8-9	+1
Josh Green	14:50	6	3	0	1	2	3	2-3	1-2	1-2	-3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	14:46	2	7	0	0	0	1	1-4	0-0	0-2	-8
Grant Williams	14:15	0	3	1	1	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Sion James	13:52	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	+6
Pat Connaughton	1:16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Tre Mann	1:16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Xavier Tillman	1:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		109	55	24	11	16	22	38-91	16-42	17-25

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Portland Trail Blazers 93

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jrue Holiday GS	33:07	25	5	4	1	0	4	0	9-16	3-8	4-4	0
Toumani Camara GS	32:30	12	6	2	1	0	1	2	4-10	2-8	2-4	-21
Jerami Grant GS	31:50	21	1	2	0	1	3	1	9-18	3-9	0-0	-20
Donovan Clingan GS	25:58	7	8	2	1	2	1	4	3-6	1-2	0-0	-14
Kris Murray GS	16:43	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-15
Vít Krejčí	26:15	4	1	2	2	0	0	6	1-6	1-4	1-2	+1
Scoot Henderson	22:58	8	3	4	0	1	3	2	3-12	0-7	2-3	-10
Robert Williams III	16:49	5	6	2	1	1	2	0	1-2	0-0	3-4	-4
Matisse Thybulle	12:00	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	+3
Blake Wesley	11:02	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	+2
Sidy Cissoko	7:17	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-2	0
Hansen Yang	2:15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	0
Javonte Cooke	1:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		93	39	22	8	7	16	19	35-86	11-47	12-19

Did not play: Deni Avdija (DND - Injury/Illness)

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 10.9 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 5.1 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 4.1 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 3.6 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller 3.5 min

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Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jrue Holiday · Jerami Grant · Kris Murray · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan Starter 8.5 min
Jrue Holiday · Jerami Grant · Scoot Henderson · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 5.0 min
Jerami Grant · Vít Krejčí · Scoot Henderson · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 4.9 min
Jerami Grant · Robert Williams III · Vít Krejčí · Scoot Henderson · Toumani Camara 4.3 min
Jrue Holiday · Robert Williams III · Matisse Thybulle · Vít Krejčí · Blake Wesley 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Scoot Henderson 16 pts (6/11) in 40 possessions

Guarded by: Coby White (26 %, 0 pts) · LaMelo Ball (21 %, 2 pts) · Josh Green (18 %, 0 pts)
Jerami Grant 18 pts (6/12) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (47 %, 6 pts) · Brandon Miller (13 %, 6 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Toumani Camara: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jrue Holiday: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Donovan Clingan: 27 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Robert Williams III: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Miles Bridges	Jerami Grant: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Vít Krejčí: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kon Knueppel	Jrue Holiday: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Murray: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LaMelo Ball	Jrue Holiday: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Toumani Camara: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White	Scoot Henderson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Blake Wesley: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Robert Williams III: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Clingan: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Vít Krejčí: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jrue Holiday: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Vít Krejčí: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Scoot Henderson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Matisse Thybulle: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Blake Wesley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Javonte Cooke: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Blake Wesley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Kris Murray: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javonte Cooke: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman	Sidy Cissoko: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Murray: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

LaMelo Ball 9 pts (3/8) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Murray (23 %, 0 pts) · Scoot Henderson (17 %, 4 pts) · Toumani Camara (15 %, 0 pts)
Coby White 6 pts (2/3) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Vít Krejčí (33 %, 0 pts) · Scoot Henderson (20 %, 2 pts) · Jrue Holiday (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jerami Grant	Miles Bridges: 44 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Moussa Diabaté: 6 poss., 10 pts (5/8)
Toumani Camara	Brandon Miller: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jrue Holiday	Kon Knueppel: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Sion James: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Donovan Clingan	Moussa Diabaté: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Scoot Henderson	LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Josh Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Vít Krejčí	Coby White: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Robert Williams III	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 10 pts (1/2) · Moussa Diabaté: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Murray	LaMelo Ball: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Blake Wesley	Kon Knueppel: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Coby White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matisse Thybulle	LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sidy Cissoko	Miles Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grant Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hansen Yang	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javonte Cooke	Pat Connaughton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)