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Washington Wizards vs. Charlotte Hornets

October 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Wizards 139-113 on 2025-10-26 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, CJ McCollum, Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, and Kyshawn George. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, LaMelo Ball, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 16 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Bub Carrington as his primary defender. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 12 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Moussa Diabaté as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
CJ McCollum GS 29:57 24 6 5 0 0 1 2 8-20 4-11 4-6 -5
Bub Carrington GS 25:56 4 3 5 2 0 1 3 2-7 0-1 0-0 -8
Alex Sarr GS 25:09 23 4 5 0 3 2 1 9-15 1-3 4-4 -7
Kyshawn George GS 24:51 6 8 5 0 0 3 6 3-7 0-4 0-0 -22
Khris Middleton GS 20:17 11 3 1 1 0 2 3 4-6 0-1 3-3 -4
Tre Johnson 29:04 16 4 2 0 1 0 4 6-14 2-7 2-2 -16
Cam Whitmore 20:32 10 4 2 1 0 4 1 4-10 1-3 1-2 -16
Corey Kispert 19:51 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -13
Tristan Vukcevic 10:56 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 2-3 1-1 1-2 -1
Marvin Bagley III 9:50 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 -14
Will Riley 9:12 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-5 1-3 0-0 -3
Justin Champagnie 5:56 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 4-4 -6
AJ Johnson 4:10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Sharife Cooper 2:21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -7
Anthony Gill 1:58 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 2-2 -4
Totals 113 40 25 5 4 15 27 41-91 10-34 21-25

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 139

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kon Knueppel GS 34:55 20 6 2 1 0 2 2 7-12 5-9 1-2 +19
LaMelo Ball GS 34:38 38 13 13 3 0 4 3 13-25 5-12 7-7 +32
Collin Sexton GS 32:59 20 2 3 2 0 3 2 7-10 0-1 6-7 +4
Miles Bridges GS 32:04 22 4 3 1 0 0 0 6-16 1-7 9-10 +4
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS 22:07 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 2-3 0-0 0-0 +9
Moussa Diabaté 22:58 12 10 1 0 2 1 1 4-9 0-0 4-5 +12
Sion James 20:17 13 0 3 2 1 0 0 4-7 3-4 2-2 +13
Tidjane Salaün 16:21 4 7 1 2 1 0 3 1-1 1-1 1-2 +22
Tre Mann 12:07 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0-4 0-2 0-0 -4
Liam McNeeley 6:18 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 +7
Mason Plumlee 2:55 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +5
Pat Connaughton 2:21 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-1 +7
Totals 139 52 30 12 4 11 16 47-92 15-38 30-36

Lineups

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
CJ McCollum Collin Sexton: 29 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · LaMelo Ball: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Johnson Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Mann: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Bub Carrington LaMelo Ball: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Sarr Ryan Kalkbrenner: 33 poss., 11 pts (5/10) · Moussa Diabaté: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kyshawn George Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Khris Middleton Miles Bridges: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Cam Whitmore Miles Bridges: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Corey Kispert LaMelo Ball: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan Vukcevic Moussa Diabaté: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marvin Bagley III Moussa Diabaté: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tidjane Salaün: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Riley Tidjane Salaün: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Sion James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Justin Champagnie LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson Collin Sexton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Connaughton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sharife Cooper Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Liam McNeeley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill Mason Plumlee: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Liam McNeeley: 0 poss., 2 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Defender Guarded most
Kon Knueppel CJ McCollum: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Tre Johnson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball Bub Carrington: 19 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Kyshawn George: 17 poss., 8 pts (2/5)
Collin Sexton CJ McCollum: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bub Carrington: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Miles Bridges Khris Middleton: 18 poss., 6 pts (1/4) · Cam Whitmore: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Moussa Diabaté Tristan Vukcevic: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Marvin Bagley III: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Ryan Kalkbrenner Alex Sarr: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bub Carrington: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James Kyshawn George: 7 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Cam Whitmore: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün Cam Whitmore: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Will Riley: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann Tre Johnson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Corey Kispert: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Liam McNeeley Corey Kispert: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Johnson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton Tre Johnson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Johnson: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mason Plumlee Anthony Gill: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alex Sarr: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)