Charlotte Hornets 117, Brooklyn Nets 86 — Recap

March 31, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 117, Brooklyn Nets 86. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 35-18 BKN; Q2 CHA 23-27 BKN; Q3 CHA 31-18 BKN; Q4 CHA 28-23 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Miller (CHA) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Coby White (CHA) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-12 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 14 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-12 shooting; Josh Minott (BKN) 14 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Brandon Miller

25 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · CHA

Miles Bridges

19 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 7-12 FG

Scoring · CHA

Coby White

16 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 5-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 35 largest lead Q4 5:30 (CHA 111, BKN 76) · 15-0 run, Q1 9:44–Q1 5:43

BKN 1 largest lead Q1 9:58 (CHA 3, BKN 4) · 7-0 run, Q4 5:14–Q4 3:38

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Brandon Miller makes 3-foot two point shot (Q1 9:44, CHA 5, BKN 4).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	35	23	31	28		117
BKN	18	27	18	23		86

🧮 How They Scored

CHABKN

52Points in the paint38

12Fast-break points7

29Second-chance points9

18Points off turnovers9

41Bench points48

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.0%Effective FG%43.2%

10.1%Turnover %14.2%

34.2%Offensive rebound %12.8%

0.287Free-throw rate0.370

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	29	25	1	3	0	1	0	7-13	4-8	7-7	+30
LaMelo Ball G	27	14	7	9	0	0	3	4-12	3-10	3-4	+24
Moussa Diabate F	27	10	12	1	0	0	2	4-6	0-0	2-2	+25
Kon Knueppel G-F	25	8	7	0	1	1	1	4-12	0-3	0-0	+16
Miles Bridges F	24	19	5	2	4	1	0	7-12	1-4	4-4	+27
Sion James G	22	0	5	3	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+15
Coby White G	21	16	2	5	0	0	3	5-12	1-6	5-6	+11
Grant Williams F	20	10	2	2	0	0	0	4-7	2-3	0-0	+2
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	18	8	3	0	0	1	0	3-4	0-0	2-2	+3
Josh Green G	13	3	0	0	1	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-3
Tre Mann G	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-2
Pat Connaughton G	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Antonio Reeves G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Xavier Tillman F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Drake Powell F	28	10	6	1	0	0	1	3-9	2-6	2-2	-15
Chaney Johnson G-F	27	11	4	0	1	1	1	4-6	1-3	2-2	-18
Ziaire Williams G-F	24	10	0	0	1	1	1	4-10	1-2	1-2	-18
Nolan Traoré G	23	10	5	4	0	0	4	4-8	0-2	2-2	-9
Josh Minott F	22	14	2	0	1	1	0	5-12	1-7	3-3	-4
Nicolas Claxton F-C	22	4	4	3	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	2-2	-16
Noah Clowney F	20	4	3	0	0	1	0	1-6	0-4	2-2	-23
Ben Saraf G	19	7	2	3	0	0	3	2-6	1-3	2-2	-22
Tyson Etienne G	15	5	0	1	2	0	1	1-3	1-3	2-2	-9
Malachi Smith G	14	2	0	2	2	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-9
Jalen Wilson F	9	4	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	2-4	-4
Ochai Agbaji G	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	-4
E.J. Liddell F	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	1-2	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	29	25	77.7	23.5	+51.2	21.0
Miles Bridges	Starter	24	19	69.0	25.5	+58.7	29.4
LaMelo Ball	Starter	27	14	50.9	25.4	+42.9	16.6
Moussa Diabate	Starter	27	10	72.7	14.1	+49.3	13.6
Kon Knueppel	Starter	25	8	33.3	21.0	+33.0	6.6
Coby White	Bench	21	16	54.6	32.7	+30.2	11.0
Grant Williams	Bench	20	10	71.4	14.0	+4.9	13.1
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	18	8	82.0	12.5	+11.5	12.3
Josh Green	Bench	13	3	75.0	13.3	-11.1	-2.1
Pat Connaughton	Bench	04	2	100.0	14.3	+42.9	37.5
Tre Mann	Bench	06	2	25.0	36.4	-10.6	17.4
Xavier Tillman	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	100.0
Sion James	Bench	22	0	0.0	4.1	+38.0	2.6

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ziaire Williams	Starter	24	10	46.0	21.8	-38.5	2.8
Nolan Traoré	Starter	23	10	56.3	25.5	-19.1	9.0
Drake Powell	Starter	28	10	50.6	17.5	-25.9	8.4
Nicolas Claxton	Starter	22	4	51.5	12.5	-35.6	5.0
Noah Clowney	Starter	20	4	29.1	17.1	-60.5	0.8
Josh Minott	Bench	22	14	52.6	24.5	-8.5	11.8
Chaney Johnson	Bench	27	11	79.9	13.3	-38.0	10.5
Ben Saraf	Bench	19	7	50.9	25.6	-61.1	5.7
Tyson Etienne	Bench	15	5	64.4	15.6	-34.3	6.0
Jalen Wilson	Bench	09	4	53.2	25.0	-28.4	4.0
E.J. Liddell	Bench	08	3	52.1	16.7	-25.0	10.9
Ochai Agbaji	Bench	09	2	34.7	15.0	-28.4	0.0