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Charlotte Hornets vs. Washington Wizards

January 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Wizards 119-115 on 2026-01-24 at home. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Wizards started Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, Tre Johnson, and Will Riley. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 25 points (10/12) in his matchups, with Moussa Diabaté as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 14 points (5/6) in his matchups, with Will Riley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Charlotte Hornets 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	33:20	21	11	7	1	0	5	0	7-12	2-4	5-5	+15
Moussa Diabaté GS	32:04	11	14	0	1	0	2	0	2-3	0-0	7-8	+13
Kon Knueppel GS	31:54	16	4	3	1	0	1	1	5-11	3-8	3-4	-9
LaMelo Ball GS	31:36	20	2	11	1	0	3	2	8-19	3-9	1-1	+6
Miles Bridges GS	28:53	20	3	4	0	2	2	2	7-13	3-7	3-5	+3
Grant Williams	19:07	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+1
Sion James	16:24	6	5	2	0	0	4	1	2-5	0-2	2-3	-2
Ryan Kalkbrenner	15:56	8	3	0	0	1	0	1	4-4	0-0	0-2	-9
Collin Sexton	15:39	9	1	2	3	0	2	0	3-6	1-2	2-2	-8
Josh Green	15:07	6	2	0	0	0	1	3	2-2	2-2	0-0	+10
Totals		119	46	30	8	3	21	10	41-79	14-36	23-30

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alex Sarr GS	37:17	24	4	1	1	1	2	3	11-19	1-3	1-1	-16
Tre Johnson GS	36:33	26	0	6	0	0	2	2	8-22	6-15	4-5	-2
Bub Carrington GS	32:16	15	3	8	1	0	2	2	5-11	5-11	0-0	-12
Kyshawn George GS	25:14	11	8	7	2	1	2	4	4-15	2-10	1-1	-10
Will Riley GS	23:29	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	3-6	1-3	0-0	-22
Justin Champagnie	32:07	15	11	3	3	2	2	1	7-9	1-3	0-0	+4
Jamir Watkins	28:49	11	6	3	5	2	0	5	4-9	1-5	2-2	+12
Sharife Cooper	9:28	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+6
Malaki Branham	7:31	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1-3	1-1	0-0	+8
Anthony Gill	7:16	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	+12
Totals		115	34	35	14	6	13	22	44-96	19-53	8-9

Did not play: Marvin Bagley III (NWT - Not With Team), Khris Middleton (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 14.6 min
Collin Sexton · Grant Williams · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.8 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 3.9 min
Collin Sexton · Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.8 min
Collin Sexton · Grant Williams · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.6 min

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Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson · Will Riley Starter 12.3 min
Justin Champagnie · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington · Jamir Watkins · Tre Johnson 6.0 min
Sharife Cooper · Justin Champagnie · Malaki Branham · Alex Sarr · Jamir Watkins 5.5 min
Anthony Gill · Justin Champagnie · Kyshawn George · Jamir Watkins · Tre Johnson 4.3 min
Sharife Cooper · Justin Champagnie · Alex Sarr · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Alex Sarr 25 pts (10/12) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Moussa Diabaté (46 %, 4 pts) · Brandon Miller (10 %, 9 pts) · Ryan Kalkbrenner (10 %, 2 pts)
Kyshawn George 21 pts (7/11) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (32 %, 11 pts) · Grant Williams (18 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (8 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Bub Carrington: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jamir Watkins: 14 poss., 4 pts (0/2)
Kon Knueppel	Tre Johnson: 26 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Justin Champagnie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Bub Carrington: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamir Watkins: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Moussa Diabaté	Alex Sarr: 35 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Tre Johnson: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	Kyshawn George: 17 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Justin Champagnie: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Grant Williams	Justin Champagnie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyshawn George: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Anthony Gill: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Alex Sarr: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sion James	Tre Johnson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bub Carrington: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Sexton	Jamir Watkins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sharife Cooper: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Green	Tre Johnson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Justin Champagnie: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Wizards defense

LaMelo Ball 14 pts (5/6) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Will Riley (29 %, 0 pts) · Justin Champagnie (17 %, 2 pts) · Tre Johnson (14 %, 6 pts)
Brandon Miller 15 pts (6/14) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Bub Carrington (27 %, 3 pts) · Tre Johnson (21 %, 3 pts) · Alex Sarr (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Alex Sarr	Moussa Diabaté: 33 poss., 11 pts (5/8) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tre Johnson	Kon Knueppel: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Justin Champagnie	Kon Knueppel: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jamir Watkins	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bub Carrington	Brandon Miller: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sion James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyshawn George	Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Grant Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Will Riley	LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Sharife Cooper	Collin Sexton: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malaki Branham	Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Grant Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)