Charlotte Hornets 131, Chicago Bulls 99 — Recap

February 24, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 131, Chicago Bulls 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 31-31 CHI; Q2 CHA 25-24 CHI; Q3 CHA 42-16 CHI; Q4 CHA 33-28 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Matas Buzelis (CHI) 32 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Matas Buzelis

32 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 13-19 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

23 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

21 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Matas Buzelis · Season-high 32 points

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 38 largest lead Q4 7:07 (CHA 119, CHI 81) · 17-0 run, Q3 6:55–Q3 4:35

CHI 9 largest lead Q2 7:23 (CHA 36, CHI 45) · 17-0 run, Q2 8:38–Q2 5:30

Swings 12 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three pointer (Q3 11:21, CHA 59, CHI 58).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	31	25	42	33		131
CHI	31	24	16	28		99

🧮 How They Scored

CHACHI

42Points in the paint36

26Fast-break points14

23Second-chance points10

29Points off turnovers13

46Bench points30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.7%Effective FG%52.4%

13.9%Turnover %17.7%

36.8%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.095Free-throw rate0.183

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Moussa Diabate F	31	9	7	5	3	3	0	4-4	0-0	1-2	+22
Brandon Miller F	25	23	5	3	2	1	6	9-16	5-9	0-0	+16
LaMelo Ball G	23	16	3	7	1	0	2	6-16	4-12	0-0	+31
Kon Knueppel G-F	22	21	1	2	2	0	0	7-12	3-6	4-4	+24
Miles Bridges F	22	16	7	2	2	1	2	6-11	4-7	0-0	+19
Sion James G	20	0	1	4	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Grant Williams F	19	11	4	2	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	3-3	+19
Josh Green G	17	11	4	0	0	0	1	4-6	3-5	0-0	+21
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	17	0	1	1	0	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+10
Coby White G	16	10	3	4	1	0	2	4-9	2-4	0-0	+20
Pat Connaughton G	13	5	3	0	0	0	1	2-7	1-5	0-0	-9
Tre Mann G	8	7	4	1	1	1	0	3-5	1-2	0-0	-2
Xavier Tillman F	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-6

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas Buzelis F	33	32	7	2	1	0	2	13-19	6-11	0-0	-7
Collin Sexton G	28	10	2	1	2	0	2	4-9	2-5	0-0	-16
Guerschon Yabusele F	27	11	4	1	2	0	1	3-8	3-7	2-2	-9
Isaac Okoro F-G	27	7	2	2	1	0	0	1-6	1-5	4-4	-33
Patrick Williams F	26	11	2	1	0	0	4	4-6	3-5	0-0	-4
Josh Giddey G	26	8	2	5	2	0	5	3-11	0-2	2-3	-22
Rob Dillingham G	23	6	5	5	0	0	3	2-9	0-2	2-2	-21
Nick Richards C	22	6	5	0	0	0	1	2-5	0-0	2-2	-22
Tre Jones G	20	3	2	1	1	0	0	1-7	0-2	1-2	-25
Leonard Miller F	5	5	2	0	0	1	1	2-2	1-1	0-0	+1
Lachlan Olbrich C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 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	25	23	71.9	34.9	+29.1	17.3
Kon Knueppel	Starter	22	21	76.3	25.0	+45.4	18.3
Miles Bridges	Starter	22	16	72.7	23.6	+36.9	19.8
LaMelo Ball	Starter	23	16	50.0	30.0	+60.8	10.8
Moussa Diabate	Starter	31	9	92.2	6.7	+32.4	15.8
Grant Williams	Bench	19	11	87.0	14.9	+40.0	15.3
Josh Green	Bench	17	11	91.7	16.3	+53.9	12.5
Coby White	Bench	16	10	55.6	27.5	+56.7	15.2
Tre Mann	Bench	08	7	70.0	26.3	-12.5	30.7
Pat Connaughton	Bench	13	5	35.7	27.6	-34.6	0.9
Xavier Tillman	Bench	07	2	33.3	17.6	-34.3	5.6
Sion James	Bench	20	0	0.0	4.5	-15.6	3.5
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	17	0	0.0	0.0	+32.5	3.3

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Matas Buzelis	Starter	33	32	84.2	28.0	-6.6	18.8
Guerschon Yabusele	Starter	27	11	61.9	16.7	-12.3	7.6
Patrick Williams	Starter	26	11	91.7	16.1	-5.4	7.9
Josh Giddey	Starter	26	8	32.5	27.9	-36.2	1.5
Isaac Okoro	Starter	27	7	45.1	12.3	-53.6	5.1
Collin Sexton	Bench	28	10	55.6	16.7	-27.1	4.3
Nick Richards	Bench	22	6	51.0	13.5	-47.8	4.6
Rob Dillingham	Bench	23	6	30.4	24.1	-40.9	3.4
Leonard Miller	Bench	05	5	125.0	27.3	0.0	26.0
Tre Jones	Bench	20	3	19.0	16.3	-59.5	-1.4
Jalen Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-45.2	0.0