Charlotte Hornets 118, Boston Celtics 89 — Recap

March 4, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 118, Boston Celtics 89. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 35-23 BOS; Q2 CHA 29-20 BOS; Q3 CHA 27-25 BOS; Q4 CHA 27-21 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Derrick White (BOS) 29 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Derrick White

29 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

20 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 7-19 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

20 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 7-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 29 largest lead Q4 1:03 (CHA 118, BOS 89) · 8-0 run, Q1 11:44–Q1 9:11

BOS 0 largest lead Never led · 10-0 run, Q3 5:10–Q3 2:29

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	35	29	27	27		118
BOS	23	20	25	21		89

🧮 How They Scored

CHABOS

32Points in the paint38

22Fast-break points9

15Second-chance points5

21Points off turnovers5

44Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.7%Effective FG%44.3%

3.9%Turnover %14.6%

23.4%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.236Free-throw rate0.253

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	31	20	4	0	0	1	1	7-14	4-8	2-3	+22
Miles Bridges F	31	9	3	2	0	0	0	3-10	2-7	1-2	+21
Moussa Diabate F	29	9	9	6	2	0	0	2-4	0-0	5-6	+11
Brandon Miller F	27	18	5	2	3	0	1	8-13	2-5	0-0	+12
LaMelo Ball G	23	18	7	4	0	0	0	7-17	4-10	0-0	+9
Coby White G	20	17	1	6	1	0	0	6-9	2-3	3-4	+17
Josh Green G	20	6	3	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	3-3	+10
Sion James G	17	6	4	3	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	3-3	+11
Pat Connaughton G	14	6	2	1	1	0	0	2-7	2-6	0-0	+7
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	14	6	2	1	1	2	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+13
Antonio Reeves G	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+5
Xavier Tillman F	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Tre Mann G	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+2

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	34	20	11	7	0	0	3	7-19	1-4	5-6	-20
Baylor Scheierman G	32	9	4	5	0	0	3	3-4	1-2	2-2	-10
Derrick White G	29	29	2	3	1	0	1	9-17	3-9	8-8	-18
Hugo González G	25	8	6	1	0	0	1	3-8	2-4	0-0	-19
Sam Hauser F	25	3	7	1	0	0	0	1-5	1-5	0-0	-21
Payton Pritchard G	24	0	2	0	0	0	2	0-6	0-5	0-0	-14
Nikola Vucevic C	17	7	4	1	0	1	0	2-10	1-3	2-2	-9
Neemias Queta C	16	2	2	0	0	1	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Jordan Walsh G	16	2	5	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Luka Garza C	15	9	2	0	0	1	2	3-5	1-3	2-2	-8
Ron Harper Jr. F	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kon Knueppel	Starter	31	20	65.3	24.2	+39.6	10.8
LaMelo Ball	Starter	23	18	52.9	32.1	+19.6	15.8
Brandon Miller	Starter	27	18	69.2	24.1	+24.7	14.6
Miles Bridges	Starter	31	9	41.4	17.2	+39.8	4.4
Moussa Diabate	Starter	29	9	67.8	11.1	+25.5	14.8
Coby White	Bench	20	17	79.0	25.6	+48.6	22.7
Pat Connaughton	Bench	14	6	42.9	23.3	+30.8	11.1
Josh Green	Bench	20	6	69.4	9.8	+35.7	11.3
Sion James	Bench	17	6	56.4	15.8	+39.2	13.6
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	14	6	75.0	14.3	+48.1	12.2
Antonio Reeves	Bench	05	3	150.0	9.1	+62.5	55.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	05	0	0.0	0.0	+62.5	5.0
Tre Mann	Bench	4	0	0.0	44.4	+35.7	-47.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Derrick White	Starter	29	29	70.7	32.4	-33.3	20.6
Jaylen Brown	Starter	34	20	46.2	31.2	-34.9	14.2
Baylor Scheierman	Starter	32	9	92.2	11.8	-18.4	9.9
Sam Hauser	Starter	25	3	30.0	8.8	-46.9	3.8
Neemias Queta	Starter	16	2	33.3	13.5	-40.0	0.0
Luka Garza	Bench	15	9	76.5	25.0	-32.0	9.1
Hugo González	Bench	25	8	50.0	14.8	-45.7	7.5
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	17	7	32.2	26.8	-32.3	4.9
Jordan Walsh	Bench	16	2	100.0	2.8	-42.4	8.8
Payton Pritchard	Bench	24	0	0.0	13.3	-37.1	-9.6
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	07	0	0.0	15.4	-39.7	-10.5
Amari Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0