Charlotte Hornets 102, Boston Celtics 113 — Recap

April 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 102, Boston Celtics 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 31-20 BOS; Q2 CHA 30-35 BOS; Q3 CHA 26-35 BOS; Q4 CHA 15-23 BOS.

Top performers (box score): LaMelo Ball (CHA) 36 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 35 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-29 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 20 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 13 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

LaMelo Ball

36 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

35 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 13-29 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

23 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 8-15 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 11 largest lead Q1 0:26 (CHA 31, BOS 20) · 9-0 run, Q1 3:21–Q1 0:26

BOS 13 largest lead Q4 1:04 (CHA 100, BOS 113) · 10-0 run, Q3 1:44–Q3 0:00

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Jaylen Brown makes 13-foot fade away jump shot (Q3 0:34, CHA 87, BOS 88).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	31	30	26	15		102
BOS	20	35	35	23		113

🧮 How They Scored

CHABOS

32Points in the paint44

13Fast-break points16

15Second-chance points23

22Points off turnovers22

18Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.3%Effective FG%59.2%

11.4%Turnover %11.5%

30.4%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.148Free-throw rate0.138

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball G	37	36	5	6	1	0	4	12-24	6-15	6-6	-1
Kon Knueppel G-F	35	13	5	5	0	0	3	5-16	3-8	0-0	-18
Brandon Miller F	34	20	0	2	0	0	0	8-16	2-8	2-2	-1
Moussa Diabate F	33	2	5	5	1	0	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-18
Miles Bridges F	32	13	12	4	0	0	1	5-9	1-4	2-4	-4
Grant Williams F	26	9	2	0	0	2	1	3-8	3-7	0-0	-13
Sion James G	19	2	5	2	3	0	1	1-7	0-4	0-1	-1
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	15	4	3	0	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+7
Josh Green G	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-9
Pat Connaughton G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	43	35	9	3	1	1	5	13-29	3-10	6-7	+9
Jayson Tatum F	39	23	5	4	1	0	2	8-15	3-7	4-5	+12
Derrick White G	37	12	2	3	1	0	1	4-5	4-5	0-0	+18
Payton Pritchard G	30	12	4	3	0	0	2	4-8	4-7	0-0	+5
Neemias Queta C	25	12	5	3	0	1	0	6-7	0-0	0-0	+10
Nikola Vucevic C	23	2	7	2	2	0	1	1-10	0-5	0-0	+1
Jordan Walsh G	18	9	6	0	1	0	1	4-4	1-1	0-0	-3
Sam Hauser F	16	5	5	3	0	0	0	2-7	1-5	0-0	+4
Baylor Scheierman G	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Starter	37	36	67.6	36.9	-1.4	17.9
Brandon Miller	Starter	34	20	59.2	22.4	+0.3	8.1
Miles Bridges	Starter	32	13	60.4	17.1	-3.0	15.2
Kon Knueppel	Starter	35	13	40.6	23.5	-26.5	3.6
Moussa Diabate	Starter	33	2	33.3	6.7	-29.0	4.1
Grant Williams	Bench	26	9	56.3	14.8	-24.0	3.3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	15	4	100.0	5.7	+25.3	12.6
Josh Green	Bench	07	3	75.0	11.1	-52.5	16.7
Sion James	Bench	19	2	13.4	18.2	+3.4	3.3
Pat Connaughton	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	+75.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Starter	43	35	54.6	37.0	+9.4	14.6
Jayson Tatum	Starter	39	23	66.9	20.9	+14.3	12.5
Derrick White	Starter	37	12	120.0	6.9	+22.0	10.2
Neemias Queta	Starter	25	12	85.7	12.3	+26.6	11.2
Sam Hauser	Starter	16	5	35.7	18.9	+23.1	8.1
Payton Pritchard	Bench	30	12	75.0	15.9	+7.1	10.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	18	9	112.5	11.9	-5.2	21.3
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	09	3	75.0	10.5	-5.9	7.9
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	23	2	10.0	21.2	+2.2	2.3
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hugo González	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max Shulga	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Tonje	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amari Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0