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Charlotte Hornets vs. Washington Wizards

December 23, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Wizards 126-109 on 2025-12-23 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, CJ McCollum, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, and Kyshawn George. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 19 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Moussa Diabaté as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (2/5) in his matchups, with CJ McCollum as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 126

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Moussa Diabaté GS 35:44 12 18 1 0 0 0 2 6-6 0-0 0-0 +38
Miles Bridges GS 33:36 10 9 9 0 1 1 4 4-13 1-6 1-2 +6
Brandon Miller GS 30:17 20 4 4 0 2 0 1 8-17 4-10 0-0 +32
Kon Knueppel GS 28:26 19 3 2 0 0 1 2 7-15 5-9 0-2 +13
LaMelo Ball GS 24:48 23 2 9 1 1 2 3 7-12 4-9 5-6 +20
Sion James 23:45 13 4 4 1 0 0 2 2-5 1-2 8-8 -7
Tidjane Salaün 21:36 11 6 1 1 1 0 0 4-11 1-3 2-3 -9
Collin Sexton 16:03 12 1 2 0 1 0 0 2-7 2-4 6-6 +9
Tre Mann 11:38 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1-5 1-5 0-0 -7
Josh Green 11:17 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 -6
Pat Connaughton 1:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Liam McNeeley 1:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 126 51 35 3 6 4 16 42-93 20-50 22-27

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Washington Wizards 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
CJ McCollum GS 33:17 14 6 4 0 1 0 1 5-17 1-5 3-4 -17
Kyshawn George GS 31:21 2 2 6 0 0 3 2 1-9 0-1 0-0 -20
Alex Sarr GS 24:36 7 11 1 1 4 0 3 2-6 0-1 3-4 -11
Bilal Coulibaly GS 23:26 14 5 1 0 1 1 0 5-13 3-9 1-2 -11
Khris Middleton GS 21:51 16 1 1 1 0 0 2 5-10 1-3 5-5 -12
Tre Johnson 21:25 12 3 2 1 0 0 0 5-12 2-7 0-0 +10
Marvin Bagley III 21:08 15 3 1 0 1 0 1 5-7 0-0 5-6 -5
Justin Champagnie 19:28 10 9 0 0 0 0 3 5-7 0-1 0-0 -7
Bub Carrington 15:11 6 5 2 0 0 1 4 2-3 2-3 0-0 -4
Corey Kispert 13:27 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 3-8 1-4 2-2 +3
Malaki Branham 5:46 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 -7
Tristan Vukcevic 2:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
AJ Johnson 2:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Will Riley 2:16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -1
Anthony Gill 2:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 109 49 22 3 7 6 20 40-97 10-35 19-23

Lineups

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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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
Moussa Diabaté Alex Sarr: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Marvin Bagley III: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Miles Bridges Khris Middleton: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kyshawn George: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Brandon Miller Kyshawn George: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Justin Champagnie: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Kon Knueppel CJ McCollum: 25 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Bilal Coulibaly: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
LaMelo Ball Bilal Coulibaly: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyshawn George: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Tidjane Salaün Justin Champagnie: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Marvin Bagley III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sion James Corey Kispert: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tre Johnson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton Tre Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Justin Champagnie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Mann Bub Carrington: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Johnson: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Josh Green Corey Kispert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Johnson: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Pat Connaughton Anthony Gill: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley Anthony Gill: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Johnson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
CJ McCollum LaMelo Ball: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kyshawn George Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Alex Sarr Miles Bridges: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Moussa Diabaté: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bilal Coulibaly Moussa Diabaté: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/8) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Marvin Bagley III Moussa Diabaté: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Tidjane Salaün: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tre Johnson Josh Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Justin Champagnie Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Tidjane Salaün: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bub Carrington Sion James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Corey Kispert Collin Sexton: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Tre Mann: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Malaki Branham Josh Green: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Collin Sexton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tristan Vukcevic Tidjane Salaün: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Connaughton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Riley Sion James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill Liam McNeeley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)