Charlotte Hornets 133, Indiana Pacers 109 — Recap

February 26, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 133, Indiana Pacers 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 31-34 IND; Q2 CHA 36-12 IND; Q3 CHA 40-36 IND; Q4 CHA 26-27 IND.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Miller (CHA) 33 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Andrew Nembhard (IND) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Micah Potter (IND) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Brandon Miller

33 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

28 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 8 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

20 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Micah Potter · Season-high 5 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 31 largest lead Q4 9:41 (CHA 118, IND 87) · 16-0 run, Q2 11:21–Q2 8:34

IND 7 largest lead Q1 7:56 (CHA 7, IND 14) · 11-0 run, Q1 6:58–Q1 5:57

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Kon Knueppel makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists) (Q2 10:26, CHA 39, IND 37).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	31	36	40	26		133
IND	34	12	36	27		109

🧮 How They Scored

CHAIND

50Points in the paint58

12Fast-break points13

10Second-chance points8

19Points off turnovers18

31Bench points52

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

68.6%Effective FG%53.4%

14.5%Turnover %11.1%

30.6%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.221Free-throw rate0.230

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	31	28	4	2	1	1	1	10-17	8-12	0-0	+26
Moussa Diabate F	30	14	11	4	2	0	2	7-8	0-0	0-0	+18
Brandon Miller F	26	33	7	4	1	0	4	11-19	6-11	5-6	+14
Miles Bridges F	24	7	3	2	2	1	2	3-6	1-2	0-0	+23
LaMelo Ball G	22	20	4	8	1	1	3	7-12	3-8	3-3	+24
Grant Williams F	22	9	4	2	0	1	0	3-5	3-4	0-0	+1
Josh Green G	20	0	0	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Sion James G	19	2	4	2	0	0	0	0-4	0-2	2-2	+12
Coby White G	16	7	1	6	1	0	1	2-8	0-4	3-5	+4
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	12	4	4	1	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+9
Tre Mann G	10	4	3	2	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	1-2	-4
Pat Connaughton G	8	5	1	1	1	0	1	2-2	0-0	1-1	-3

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jarace Walker F	31	16	6	1	1	1	2	7-17	2-7	0-0	-10
Quenton Jackson G	31	13	4	2	1	0	1	4-9	0-2	5-5	-22
Andrew Nembhard G-F	29	20	3	7	1	0	4	6-14	3-6	5-6	-12
Jay Huff F-C	28	7	4	3	0	1	1	3-6	0-3	1-2	-32
Micah Potter F	26	19	4	1	2	0	0	6-11	5-7	2-2	+1
Kobe Brown F	26	6	5	1	0	1	2	3-6	0-2	0-0	-17
Ben Sheppard G	25	11	5	3	1	0	1	5-7	0-1	1-1	-13
Kam Jones G	19	5	2	2	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	-4
T.J. McConnell G	17	9	2	7	0	0	1	4-9	0-1	1-2	-10
Obi Toppin F	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	1-4	0-3	1-2	-1

🔬 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	26	33	76.2	38.5	+23.8	21.9
Kon Knueppel	Starter	31	28	82.4	24.0	+39.8	14.3
LaMelo Ball	Starter	22	20	75.1	29.6	+50.0	22.4
Moussa Diabate	Starter	30	14	87.5	14.3	+32.3	16.5
Miles Bridges	Starter	24	7	58.3	12.7	+44.2	6.7
Grant Williams	Bench	22	9	90.0	10.0	+2.1	9.2
Coby White	Bench	16	7	34.3	26.8	+7.6	5.3
Pat Connaughton	Bench	08	5	102.5	18.8	-13.3	24.1
Tre Mann	Bench	10	4	51.5	21.1	-22.2	12.8
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	12	4	100.0	11.1	+38.6	9.4
Sion James	Bench	19	2	20.5	12.5	+38.5	0.5
Josh Green	Bench	20	0	0.0	2.2	-7.4	-1.2
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	29	20	60.1	31.8	-17.8	10.7
Jarace Walker	Starter	31	16	47.1	25.7	-13.6	8.6
Ben Sheppard	Starter	25	11	73.9	13.3	-25.0	12.4
Jay Huff	Starter	28	7	50.9	12.5	-57.7	4.5
Obi Toppin	Starter	08	3	30.7	25.0	-0.5	9.0
Micah Potter	Bench	26	19	80.0	19.0	-4.5	15.3
Quenton Jackson	Bench	31	13	58.0	16.2	-38.9	6.0
T.J. McConnell	Bench	17	9	45.5	25.0	-32.5	9.7
Kobe Brown	Bench	26	6	50.0	12.5	-37.9	3.8
Kam Jones	Bench	19	5	62.5	8.3	-19.4	4.0
Pascal Siakam	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0