Boston Celtics 114, Charlotte Hornets 99 — Recap

March 29, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 114, Charlotte Hornets 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 27-21 CHA; Q2 BOS 36-28 CHA; Q3 BOS 26-26 CHA; Q4 BOS 25-24 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Neemias Queta (BOS) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-13 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

32 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · BOS

Payton Pritchard

28 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

19 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 7-19 FG

Season highs

Jayson Tatum · Season-high 32 pointsJayson Tatum · Season-high 8 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

BOS 20 largest lead Q3 6:00 (BOS 75, CHA 55) · 12-0 run, Q1 0:00–Q2 9:37

CHA 3 largest lead Q1 11:03 (BOS 0, CHA 3) · 7-0 run, Q2 3:26–Q2 1:50

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists) (Q1 7:15, BOS 10, CHA 9).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	27	36	26	25		114
CHA	21	28	26	24		99

🧮 How They Scored

BOSCHA

52Points in the paint40

9Fast-break points5

9Second-chance points6

11Points off turnovers7

27Bench points36

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.0%Effective FG%50.6%

5.1%Turnover %10.7%

22.9%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.265Free-throw rate0.229

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	37	28	6	6	1	0	2	10-18	2-6	6-6	+12
Sam Hauser F	34	7	3	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	1-2	+13
Jordan Walsh G	34	3	7	2	1	0	0	1-7	0-4	1-1	+14
Jayson Tatum F	31	32	5	8	0	1	0	12-23	5-10	3-5	+15
Neemias Queta C	29	17	8	1	1	1	0	8-13	0-1	1-2	+13
Baylor Scheierman G	28	14	1	3	0	0	2	4-11	3-7	3-4	+6
Ron Harper Jr. F	14	7	3	1	1	1	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	+10
Hugo González G	13	3	3	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-12
Luka Garza C	13	2	1	2	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+8
Max Shulga G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Amari Williams F-C	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Charles Bassey G	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1
John Tonje G	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	32	13	4	2	0	0	2	5-13	1-6	2-3	-12
Brandon Miller F	32	13	6	4	0	0	0	5-13	3-9	0-0	-15
Miles Bridges F	29	14	2	2	0	0	1	5-9	0-1	4-4	-25
LaMelo Ball G	26	19	4	3	1	0	4	7-19	3-12	2-2	-19
Moussa Diabate F	25	4	6	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-2	-17
Sion James G	22	11	2	4	0	0	0	4-8	3-6	0-0	-2
Coby White G	20	11	4	1	0	0	2	4-11	1-5	2-2	+13
Josh Green G	18	0	0	1	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	13	2	2	2	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Liam McNeeley F	11	10	6	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	5-6	-6
Tre Mann G	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Pat Connaughton G	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Xavier Tillman F	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Starter	31	32	63.5	37.9	+25.0	25.4
Payton Pritchard	Starter	37	28	67.8	29.1	+15.8	19.6
Neemias Queta	Starter	29	17	61.2	22.6	+25.8	16.7
Sam Hauser	Starter	34	7	71.7	6.9	+18.7	5.0
Jordan Walsh	Starter	34	3	20.2	10.0	+24.0	3.2
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	28	14	54.9	26.3	+13.6	5.9
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	14	7	116.7	10.0	+40.9	16.3
Hugo González	Bench	13	3	75.0	7.1	-48.0	10.9
Luka Garza	Bench	13	2	100.0	3.7	+26.3	4.3
Charles Bassey	Bench	01	1	56.8	25.0	-16.7	-100.0
Max Shulga	Bench	03	0	0.0	14.3	-16.7	80.0
John Tonje	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-16.7	-200.0
Amari Williams	Bench	02	0	0.0	14.3	-16.7	0.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Starter	26	19	47.8	38.1	-32.1	6.3
Miles Bridges	Starter	29	14	65.1	18.5	-43.9	7.7
Brandon Miller	Starter	32	13	50.0	18.3	-28.9	9.5
Kon Knueppel	Starter	32	13	45.4	22.2	-25.8	5.6
Moussa Diabate	Starter	25	4	69.4	5.5	-33.2	5.9
Coby White	Bench	20	11	46.3	31.1	+36.1	7.9
Sion James	Bench	22	11	68.8	18.6	+1.4	9.9
Liam McNeeley	Bench	11	10	88.7	23.1	-31.4	32.4
Tre Mann	Bench	04	2	50.0	20.0	+15.3	28.6
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	13	2	100.0	3.3	-0.3	11.9
Pat Connaughton	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	+15.3	28.6
Josh Green	Bench	18	0	0.0	4.8	0.0	-2.1
Xavier Tillman	Bench	04	0	0.0	20.0	+15.3	-57.1