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Washington Wizards vs. Charlotte Hornets

February 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Wizards 129-112 on 2026-02-22 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Anthony Gill, Bilal Coulibaly, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, and Tre Johnson. The Hornets started Grant Williams, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 5 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Bub Carrington as his primary defender. Jaden Hardy (Wizards) scored 9 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Josh Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Gill GS	30:31	8	5	4	1	0	2	2	4-5	0-1	0-0	-33
Bub Carrington GS	30:06	6	3	2	0	0	3	2	2-10	1-6	1-2	-27
Tre Johnson GS	19:16	11	1	3	0	0	3	2	5-10	1-3	0-0	-21
Kyshawn George GS	17:54	13	2	1	1	1	0	0	4-9	2-4	3-3	-21
Bilal Coulibaly GS	17:10	17	2	2	1	2	0	0	6-9	3-4	2-4	-6
Alondes Williams	34:17	8	7	3	1	0	2	2	3-5	2-3	0-0	+4
Will Riley	30:37	11	6	4	1	0	0	1	4-11	1-4	2-2	+4
Sharife Cooper	22:00	9	3	3	1	0	1	4	3-5	1-2	2-3	-4
Jaden Hardy	21:41	16	4	1	0	1	0	2	5-10	4-8	2-2	+6
Jamir Watkins	16:28	13	4	1	0	1	0	2	5-10	3-7	0-1	+13
Totals		112	37	24	6	5	11	17	41-84	18-42	12-17

Did not play: Justin Champagnie (DND - Injury/Illness), Tristan Vukcevic (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	28:25	28	7	4	1	0	3	1	10-18	5-9	3-5	+33
LaMelo Ball GS	27:29	37	8	7	1	0	0	1	12-20	10-15	3-3	+20
Brandon Miller GS	26:06	22	4	3	1	0	2	3	8-14	5-7	1-2	+7
Grant Williams GS	25:33	5	4	5	0	2	2	2	1-4	1-3	2-3	+33
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	15:15	6	9	2	0	3	0	0	2-3	0-0	2-2	+24
Josh Green	23:18	12	4	1	2	0	0	1	4-6	2-4	2-2	+10
Sion James	21:02	0	6	0	0	0	2	3	0-3	0-2	0-2	-2
Tidjane Salaün	20:44	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	3-3	2-2	1-2	-9
Tre Mann	20:31	6	0	3	2	0	0	2	2-8	0-3	2-2	-3
PJ Hall	16:49	2	5	1	1	0	2	2	0-4	0-0	2-2	-7
Pat Connaughton	11:09	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-17
Xavier Tillman	3:39	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		129	53	27	9	5	12	17	43-87	25-46	18-25

Did not play: Miles Bridges (DND_LEAGUE_SUSPENSION), Moussa Diabaté (DND_LEAGUE_SUSPENSION)

Lineups

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Gill · Bilal Coulibaly · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson Starter 11.2 min
Sharife Cooper · Jaden Hardy · Alondes Williams · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 6.6 min
Anthony Gill · Jaden Hardy · Alondes Williams · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 5.4 min
Jaden Hardy · Alondes Williams · Bilal Coulibaly · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 4.5 min
Anthony Gill · Sharife Cooper · Alondes Williams · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George 3.6 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel Starter 7.0 min
Grant Williams · Tre Mann · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.6 min
Grant Williams · Josh Green · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.6 min
Pat Connaughton · Josh Green · Tre Mann · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 3.4 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · PJ Hall · Kon Knueppel 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Wizards defense

LaMelo Ball 5 pts (1/4) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Bub Carrington (24 %, 0 pts) · Sharife Cooper (17 %, 0 pts) · Will Riley (17 %, 5 pts)
Brandon Miller 12 pts (5/7) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Kyshawn George (23 %, 5 pts) · Alondes Williams (19 %, 3 pts) · Will Riley (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Alondes Williams	Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Anthony Gill	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Grant Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bub Carrington	Josh Green: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · LaMelo Ball: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Will Riley	Tidjane Salaün: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Sharife Cooper	Tre Mann: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyshawn George	Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jaden Hardy	Josh Green: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sion James: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Tre Johnson	Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LaMelo Ball: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bilal Coulibaly	Grant Williams: 9 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Tidjane Salaün: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamir Watkins	PJ Hall: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Tre Mann: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/3)

Hornets defense

Jaden Hardy 9 pts (3/8) in 40 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Green (21 %, 4 pts) · Tre Mann (15 %, 0 pts) · Tidjane Salaün (13 %, 0 pts)
Kyshawn George 6 pts (2/7) in 36 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (36 %, 3 pts) · Sion James (18 %, 0 pts) · LaMelo Ball (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Bub Carrington: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
LaMelo Ball	Tre Johnson: 14 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Sharife Cooper: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Brandon Miller	Kyshawn George: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Will Riley: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Grant Williams	Bilal Coulibaly: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bub Carrington: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Bub Carrington: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden Hardy: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Tidjane Salaün	Will Riley: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jamir Watkins: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Sion James	Alondes Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jamir Watkins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Sharife Cooper: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alondes Williams: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
PJ Hall	Anthony Gill: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamir Watkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Anthony Gill: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Bub Carrington: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pat Connaughton	Alondes Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman	Anthony Gill: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Riley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)