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New York Knicks vs. Charlotte Hornets

December 3, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Hornets 119-104 on 2025-12-03 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Miles McBride. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 13 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Miles McBride as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 14 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Sion James as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	39:11	35	18	5	2	0	1	2	13-23	3-7	6-7	+21
Jalen Brunson GS	36:40	26	2	5	3	0	2	3	9-16	1-5	7-8	+12
Josh Hart GS	36:33	15	8	8	1	1	2	1	4-11	1-5	6-7	+12
Mikal Bridges GS	35:54	16	4	2	2	1	0	2	7-14	2-7	0-0	+14
Miles McBride GS	34:02	15	2	1	0	0	0	3	4-9	3-7	4-5	+18
Jordan Clarkson	20:32	6	3	2	1	0	1	1	3-9	0-3	0-0	+10
Tyler Kolek	13:17	6	3	5	0	1	1	0	2-5	2-3	0-0	-6
Ariel Hukporti	12:36	0	2	0	0	2	2	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Guerschon Yabusele	9:21	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-9
Mohamed Diawara	1:22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Pacôme Dadiet	0:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Trey Jemison III	0:16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		119	44	28	9	6	9	19	42-88	12-38	23-27

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball GS	36:55	34	8	9	1	0	4	2	12-27	5-13	5-6	-8
Kon Knueppel GS	33:44	13	4	4	0	0	2	0	5-16	1-6	2-2	-10
Sion James GS	30:25	11	1	0	0	2	0	2	3-6	2-5	3-3	-13
Miles Bridges GS	28:31	8	6	0	0	0	1	2	3-12	0-5	2-2	-28
Moussa Diabaté GS	19:56	2	8	2	1	0	2	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Ryan Kalkbrenner	24:33	8	9	0	0	3	0	2	2-4	0-0	4-4	-5
Tidjane Salaün	23:00	13	4	0	1	0	3	2	5-8	3-5	0-0	+9
Liam McNeeley	20:54	10	3	1	0	1	0	3	3-8	2-5	2-2	-2
Antonio Reeves	9:53	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-5
Collin Sexton	8:37	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	2-4	0-1	0-0	-10
KJ Simpson	3:32	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	1-2	+3
Totals		104	44	19	4	7	13	18	36-90	13-42	19-21

Did not play: Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride Starter 18.8 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 4.4 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Guerschon Yabusele · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson 4.1 min
Jordan Clarkson · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Ariel Hukporti 3.5 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Miles McBride · Tyler Kolek 3.1 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James Starter 9.1 min
LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 9.0 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Antonio Reeves · Liam McNeeley 4.5 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 3.6 min
LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel · Liam McNeeley 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

LaMelo Ball 13 pts (3/10) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Miles McBride (27 %, 0 pts) · Josh Hart (22 %, 5 pts) · Mikal Bridges (17 %, 3 pts)
Miles Bridges 18 pts (6/14) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Hart (24 %, 0 pts) · Mikal Bridges (17 %, 2 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (16 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Karl-Anthony Towns	Moussa Diabaté: 25 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Tidjane Salaün: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Jalen Brunson	Sion James: 25 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Hart	LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Miles Bridges: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mikal Bridges	Kon Knueppel: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · LaMelo Ball: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Miles McBride	LaMelo Ball: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Liam McNeeley: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek	Sion James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Collin Sexton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele	Tidjane Salaün: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Antonio Reeves: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Jalen Brunson 14 pts (4/10) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (45 %, 6 pts) · Liam McNeeley (19 %, 3 pts) · Kon Knueppel (11 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 10 pts (4/8) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Moussa Diabaté (29 %, 0 pts) · Ryan Kalkbrenner (26 %, 0 pts) · Tidjane Salaün (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LaMelo Ball	Miles McBride: 31 poss., 19 pts (7/15) · Mikal Bridges: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kon Knueppel	Mikal Bridges: 26 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Jordan Clarkson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sion James	Jalen Brunson: 31 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Tyler Kolek: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Miles Bridges	Josh Hart: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Karl-Anthony Towns: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ariel Hukporti: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Josh Hart: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Guerschon Yabusele: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Liam McNeeley	Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jordan Clarkson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Antonio Reeves	Jordan Clarkson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Sexton	Miles McBride: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tyler Kolek: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
KJ Simpson	Mikal Bridges: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mohamed Diawara: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)