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Brooklyn Nets vs. Charlotte Hornets

March 31, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Nets 117-86 on 2026-03-31 on the road against the Nets. The Nets started Nic Claxton, Ziaire Williams, Noah Clowney, Nolan Traore, and Drake Powell. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Drake Powell as his primary defender. Nolan Traore (Nets) scored 12 points (4/8) in his matchups, with LaMelo Ball as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN

Brooklyn Nets 86

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Drake Powell GS	28:20	10	6	1	0	0	1	1	3-9	2-6	2-2	-15
Ziaire Williams GS	24:19	10	0	0	1	1	1	1	4-10	1-2	1-2	-18
Nolan Traore GS	22:39	10	5	4	0	0	4	3	4-8	0-2	2-2	-9
Nic Claxton GS	21:38	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	1-3	0-0	2-2	-16
Noah Clowney GS	19:51	4	3	0	0	1	0	2	1-6	0-4	2-2	-23
Chaney Johnson	27:12	11	4	0	1	1	1	4	4-6	1-3	2-2	-18
Josh Minott	22:35	14	2	0	1	1	0	1	5-12	1-7	3-3	-4
Ben Saraf	18:38	7	2	3	0	0	3	1	2-6	1-3	2-2	-22
Tyson Etienne	14:36	5	0	1	2	0	1	2	1-3	1-3	2-2	-9
Malachi Smith	13:42	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-9
Jalen Wilson	9:05	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	2-4	-4
Ochai Agbaji	9:05	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	2-2	-4
E.J. Liddell	8:20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	1-2	-4
Totals		86	30	14	7	5	14	19	28-73	7-35	23-27

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Charlotte Hornets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	29:01	25	1	3	0	1	0	1	7-13	4-8	7-7	+30
LaMelo Ball GS	27:31	14	7	9	0	0	3	3	4-12	3-10	3-4	+24
Moussa Diabaté GS	27:14	10	12	1	0	0	2	3	4-6	0-0	2-2	+25
Kon Knueppel GS	24:42	8	7	0	1	1	1	1	4-12	0-3	0-0	+16
Miles Bridges GS	23:44	19	5	2	4	1	0	0	7-12	1-4	4-4	+27
Sion James	22:28	0	5	3	0	0	0	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	+15
Coby White	21:09	16	2	5	0	0	3	3	5-12	1-6	5-6	+11
Grant Williams	19:52	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	4-7	2-3	0-0	+2
Ryan Kalkbrenner	17:52	8	3	0	0	1	0	2	3-4	0-0	2-2	+3
Josh Green	13:30	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-3
Tre Mann	6:03	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	-2
Pat Connaughton	3:38	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Antonio Reeves	1:38	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Xavier Tillman	1:38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		117	47	28	7	4	11	22	41-87	12-39	23-25

Lineups

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Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nic Claxton · Ziaire Williams · Noah Clowney · Nolan Traore · Drake Powell Starter 12.5 min
Tyson Etienne · Josh Minott · Malachi Smith · Ben Saraf · Chaney Johnson 8.8 min
Ochai Agbaji · Jalen Wilson · E.J. Liddell · Drake Powell · Chaney Johnson 6.7 min
Nic Claxton · Ziaire Williams · Josh Minott · Nolan Traore · Drake Powell 6.3 min
Tyson Etienne · Noah Clowney · Malachi Smith · Ben Saraf · Chaney Johnson 3.3 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 11.9 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 4.7 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.8 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 2.9 min
Miles Bridges · Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nets defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (1/4) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Drake Powell (35 %, 0 pts) · Nolan Traore (20 %, 0 pts) · Ben Saraf (9 %, 0 pts)
Coby White 7 pts (1/5) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Tyson Etienne (22 %, 2 pts) · Ben Saraf (16 %, 3 pts) · Nolan Traore (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Drake Powell	LaMelo Ball: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Miles Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chaney Johnson	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Moussa Diabaté: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ziaire Williams	Kon Knueppel: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Nolan Traore	LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Minott	Grant Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Nic Claxton	Moussa Diabaté: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Clowney	Miles Bridges: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Brandon Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ben Saraf	Coby White: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyson Etienne	Coby White: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malachi Smith	Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Coby White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Wilson	Josh Green: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ochai Agbaji	Josh Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
E.J. Liddell	Tre Mann: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Hornets defense

Nolan Traore 12 pts (4/8) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: LaMelo Ball (37 %, 5 pts) · Brandon Miller (12 %, 0 pts) · Josh Green (10 %, 0 pts)
Ben Saraf 12 pts (4/5) in 29 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (21 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (20 %, 2 pts) · Miles Bridges (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LaMelo Ball	Nolan Traore: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Drake Powell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Nic Claxton: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Noah Clowney: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Brandon Miller	Ziaire Williams: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nic Claxton: 7 poss., 10 pts (4/6)
Kon Knueppel	Drake Powell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ziaire Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Miles Bridges	Noah Clowney: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Ziaire Williams: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Coby White	Tyson Etienne: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Josh Minott: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Grant Williams	Josh Minott: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · E.J. Liddell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Drake Powell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Chaney Johnson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · E.J. Liddell: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Green	Ochai Agbaji: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nolan Traore: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Drake Powell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Wilson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Drake Powell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · E.J. Liddell: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Antonio Reeves	Drake Powell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ochai Agbaji: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman	E.J. Liddell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chaney Johnson: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)