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Phoenix Suns vs. Charlotte Hornets

March 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Hornets 111-99 on 2026-03-08 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 4 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Collin Gillespie as his primary defender. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 5 points (2/10) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie GS	36:05	24	5	4	0	0	1	3	8-15	5-10	3-3	+5
Devin Booker GS	35:12	30	3	10	0	0	2	2	7-18	1-6	15-15	+11
Royce O'Neale GS	32:02	3	7	1	3	2	0	0	1-6	1-6	0-0	+9
Jalen Green GS	29:50	24	4	2	1	0	3	1	8-19	4-10	4-6	+13
Oso Ighodaro GS	27:55	2	4	5	0	1	0	4	1-3	0-0	0-0	+2
Rasheer Fleming	22:43	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	6-8	4-6	0-0	+1
Haywood Highsmith	21:14	3	4	2	1	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	1-2	+19
Khaman Maluach	20:05	4	9	0	0	2	0	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	+10
Ryan Dunn	9:42	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	-6
Amir Coffey	5:12	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		111	40	24	5	5	6	17	36-79	16-41	23-26

Did not play: Jamaree Bouyea (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Livers (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball GS	33:15	22	7	6	0	0	2	4	9-19	4-12	0-0	+2
Brandon Miller GS	32:14	11	9	3	0	1	2	5	4-12	2-7	1-2	-16
Kon Knueppel GS	29:34	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	4-11	2-8	5-6	-1
Miles Bridges GS	28:57	16	7	1	0	0	2	1	7-16	1-6	1-2	-4
Moussa Diabaté GS	26:44	2	4	2	0	4	2	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	+5
Coby White	19:36	7	1	4	0	0	2	3	3-10	1-5	0-0	-14
Ryan Kalkbrenner	19:27	10	7	0	0	1	0	1	4-6	0-0	2-4	-21
Grant Williams	19:13	10	2	2	1	0	1	2	3-4	3-4	1-1	-6
Sion James	13:54	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Josh Green	13:48	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-4
Pat Connaughton	1:39	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Tre Mann	1:39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		99	41	24	1	6	11	21	37-88	15-45	10-15

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

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro Starter 11.5 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Rasheer Fleming 5.0 min
Haywood Highsmith · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Rasheer Fleming · Khaman Maluach 4.4 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Haywood Highsmith · Jalen Green · Oso Ighodaro 2.6 min
Amir Coffey · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Rasheer Fleming 2.5 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 8.2 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 6.9 min
Miles Bridges · Coby White · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 4.4 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 3.8 min
Coby White · Grant Williams · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

LaMelo Ball 4 pts (1/3) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Gillespie (32 %, 0 pts) · Royce O'Neale (15 %, 0 pts) · Devin Booker (14 %, 2 pts)
Coby White 11 pts (2/7) in 30 possessions

Guarded by: Haywood Highsmith (42 %, 1 pts) · Collin Gillespie (18 %, 3 pts) · Rasheer Fleming (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Collin Gillespie	LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 11 pts (4/4)
Devin Booker	Brandon Miller: 20 poss., 15 pts (4/6) · LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jalen Green	Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Brandon Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Royce O'Neale	Miles Bridges: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grant Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oso Ighodaro	Moussa Diabaté: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LaMelo Ball: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Haywood Highsmith	Coby White: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · LaMelo Ball: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Miles Bridges: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Grant Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn	Grant Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amir Coffey	LaMelo Ball: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Hornets defense

Jalen Green 5 pts (2/10) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (25 %, 5 pts) · LaMelo Ball (14 %, 0 pts) · Josh Green (14 %, 0 pts)
Devin Booker 18 pts (7/10) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (25 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (23 %, 7 pts) · LaMelo Ball (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LaMelo Ball	Collin Gillespie: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Devin Booker: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Brandon Miller	Devin Booker: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Green: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Kon Knueppel	Devin Booker: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Rasheer Fleming: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Miles Bridges	Royce O'Neale: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rasheer Fleming: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Oso Ighodaro: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Khaman Maluach: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Khaman Maluach: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Oso Ighodaro: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Royce O'Neale: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Dunn: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Coby White	Haywood Highsmith: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Collin Gillespie: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sion James	Collin Gillespie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Jalen Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Booker: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pat Connaughton	Collin Gillespie: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oso Ighodaro: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Oso Ighodaro: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Haywood Highsmith: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)