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New York Knicks vs. Charlotte Hornets

April 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Knicks 110-96 on 2026-04-12 on the road against the Knicks. The Knicks started Mikal Bridges, Miles McBride, Ariel Hukporti, Jose Alvarado, and Mohamed Diawara. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 4 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Jose Alvarado as his primary defender. Jordan Clarkson (Knicks) scored 11 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 96

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mohamed Diawara GS	33:55	5	4	6	1	0	2	1	2-9	0-5	1-1	-7
Jose Alvarado GS	33:50	16	5	7	2	1	1	2	6-16	4-9	0-0	-19
Ariel Hukporti GS	30:01	8	9	1	1	2	3	3	4-8	0-0	0-0	+1
Miles McBride GS	24:16	21	3	1	1	0	0	1	8-15	4-7	1-2	-1
Mikal Bridges GS	0:23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Pacôme Dadiet	27:24	12	4	2	0	0	1	2	5-11	1-5	1-3	-15
Kevin McCullar Jr.	24:43	14	2	1	2	0	0	4	6-11	2-6	0-0	-3
Jeremy Sochan	19:44	12	6	5	0	0	0	4	4-9	2-6	2-2	-10
Trey Jemison III	17:59	4	2	2	0	0	3	2	2-3	0-0	0-0	-15
Jordan Clarkson	15:39	2	3	0	2	0	0	4	1-5	0-1	0-0	-1
Dillon Jones	12:06	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	0
Totals		96	39	25	10	3	10	25	39-90	13-40	5-8

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	31:14	14	6	5	2	1	2	2	5-14	3-10	1-1	+15
LaMelo Ball GS	29:05	19	7	6	2	1	5	3	7-19	5-16	0-0	+2
Brandon Miller GS	27:18	19	3	2	1	1	3	3	5-12	3-8	6-7	+8
Moussa Diabaté GS	26:03	4	9	3	0	2	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	0
Miles Bridges GS	24:14	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	3-8	0-2	1-2	+6
Sion James	21:29	8	5	2	1	0	2	1	3-6	2-5	0-0	+4
Grant Williams	20:48	8	6	2	0	1	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	+16
Ryan Kalkbrenner	20:37	9	5	2	1	1	1	1	4-4	0-0	1-1	+13
Coby White	16:18	19	1	2	0	0	2	1	6-10	3-6	4-6	+18
Josh Green	10:00	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+9
Tre Mann	4:18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Liam McNeeley	4:18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Tidjane Salaün	4:18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		110	46	27	7	7	17	13	39-85	19-52	13-17

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

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Mikal Bridges · Miles McBride · Ariel Hukporti · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara Starter 0.4 min
Jordan Clarkson · Miles McBride · Ariel Hukporti · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara 10.5 min
Kevin McCullar Jr. · Dillon Jones · Trey Jemison III · Pacôme Dadiet · Mohamed Diawara 6.6 min
Miles McBride · Ariel Hukporti · Jose Alvarado · Jeremy Sochan · Mohamed Diawara 6.1 min
Jose Alvarado · Kevin McCullar Jr. · Trey Jemison III · Pacôme Dadiet · Mohamed Diawara 4.1 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 10.5 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 4.7 min
Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 4.3 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 4.2 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

LaMelo Ball 4 pts (2/5) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Jose Alvarado (42 %, 0 pts) · Pacôme Dadiet (18 %, 2 pts) · Miles McBride (9 %, 0 pts)
Coby White 7 pts (3/7) in 31 possessions

Guarded by: Pacôme Dadiet (36 %, 2 pts) · Dillon Jones (12 %, 0 pts) · Kevin McCullar Jr. (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Mohamed Diawara	Grant Williams: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jose Alvarado	LaMelo Ball: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Pacôme Dadiet	Coby White: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ariel Hukporti	Moussa Diabaté: 28 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Sion James: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Miles McBride	Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Sion James: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Jeremy Sochan	Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Grant Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trey Jemison III	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dillon Jones	Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mikal Bridges	Kon Knueppel: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Jordan Clarkson 11 pts (3/5) in 23 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (38 %, 6 pts) · Kon Knueppel (24 %, 2 pts) · LaMelo Ball (15 %, 0 pts)
Miles McBride 5 pts (2/6) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (31 %, 0 pts) · Coby White (24 %, 0 pts) · Sion James (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Miles McBride: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kevin McCullar Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LaMelo Ball	Jose Alvarado: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Kevin McCullar Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Brandon Miller	Mohamed Diawara: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Clarkson: 9 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Ariel Hukporti: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Jemison III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Trey Jemison III: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ariel Hukporti: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Mohamed Diawara: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jeremy Sochan: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Miles Bridges	Jeremy Sochan: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Mohamed Diawara: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Pacôme Dadiet: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles McBride: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Coby White	Miles McBride: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pacôme Dadiet: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Green	Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tre Mann	Dillon Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin McCullar Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Pacôme Dadiet: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jose Alvarado: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Dillon Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin McCullar Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)