Charlotte Hornets 99, Phoenix Suns 111 — Recap

March 8, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 99, Phoenix Suns 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 30-28 PHX; Q2 CHA 28-32 PHX; Q3 CHA 19-21 PHX; Q4 CHA 22-30 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Collin Gillespie (PHX) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jalen Green (PHX) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

30 PTS, 3 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 7-18 FG

Scoring · PHX

Collin Gillespie

24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · PHX

Jalen Green

24 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Rasheer Fleming · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 8 largest lead Q1 6:06 (CHA 22, PHX 14) · 10-0 run, Q2 10:37–Q2 8:59

PHX 16 largest lead Q4 2:40 (CHA 94, PHX 110) · 8-0 run, Q1 5:46–Q1 2:09

Swings 15 lead changes Tied 10 times

Ahead for good: Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q2 2:13, CHA 55, PHX 56).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	30	28	19	22		99
PHX	28	32	21	30		111

🧮 How They Scored

CHAPHX

40Points in the paint34

10Fast-break points16

17Second-chance points8

4Points off turnovers14

33Bench points28

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.6%Effective FG%55.7%

10.4%Turnover %6.2%

30.2%Offensive rebound %26.3%

0.170Free-throw rate0.329

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball G	33	22	7	6	0	0	2	9-19	4-12	0-0	+2
Brandon Miller F	32	11	9	3	0	1	2	4-12	2-7	1-2	-16
Miles Bridges F	29	16	7	1	0	0	2	7-16	1-6	1-2	-4
Kon Knueppel G-F	29	15	1	4	0	0	0	4-11	2-8	5-6	-1
Moussa Diabate F	27	2	4	2	0	4	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	+5
Coby White G	20	7	1	4	0	0	2	3-10	1-5	0-0	-14
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	19	10	7	0	0	1	0	4-6	0-0	2-4	-21
Grant Williams F	19	10	2	2	1	0	1	3-4	3-4	1-1	-6
Josh Green G	14	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-4
Sion James G	14	3	2	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Tre Mann G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Pat Connaughton G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie G	36	24	5	4	0	0	1	8-15	5-10	3-3	+5
Devin Booker G	35	30	3	10	0	0	2	7-18	1-6	15-15	+11
Royce O'Neale F	32	3	7	1	3	2	0	1-6	1-6	0-0	+9
Jalen Green G	30	24	4	2	1	0	3	8-19	4-10	4-6	+13
Oso Ighodaro F	28	2	4	5	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+2
Rasheer Fleming F	23	16	2	0	0	0	0	6-8	4-6	0-0	+1
Haywood Highsmith F	21	3	4	2	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	1-2	+19
Khaman Maluach C	20	4	9	0	0	2	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+10
Ryan Dunn F	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-6
Amir Coffey G	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	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
LaMelo Ball	Starter	33	22	57.9	28.0	-0.8	14.7
Miles Bridges	Starter	29	16	47.4	29.2	-5.3	8.9
Kon Knueppel	Starter	29	15	55.0	19.1	-1.8	7.9
Brandon Miller	Starter	32	11	42.7	20.3	-23.8	5.9
Moussa Diabate	Starter	27	2	25.0	10.5	+7.6	1.8
Grant Williams	Bench	19	10	112.6	10.9	-19.3	14.6
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	19	10	64.4	15.7	-55.3	17.4
Coby White	Bench	20	7	35.0	26.7	-41.5	0.0
Josh Green	Bench	14	3	50.0	9.7	-5.9	3.6
Sion James	Bench	14	3	150.0	3.1	-6.2	6.9
Pat Connaughton	Bench	02	0	0.0	33.3	+66.7	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	02	0	0.0	33.3	+100.0	200.0

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Starter	35	30	61.0	34.2	+13.4	22.8
Jalen Green	Starter	30	24	55.5	40.3	+22.0	11.8
Collin Gillespie	Starter	36	24	73.5	21.5	+5.5	13.9
Royce O'Neale	Starter	32	3	25.0	8.7	+12.9	7.5
Oso Ighodaro	Starter	28	2	33.3	5.2	+6.0	4.3
Rasheer Fleming	Bench	23	16	100.0	16.3	+5.8	16.7
Khaman Maluach	Bench	20	4	50.0	8.5	+22.2	18.8
Haywood Highsmith	Bench	21	3	30.7	10.2	+42.1	4.5
Ryan Dunn	Bench	10	3	150.0	5.3	-19.7	11.1
Amir Coffey	Bench	05	2	100.0	11.1	-28.9	8.9
Isaiah Livers	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jamaree Bouyea	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0