Charlotte Hornets 117, Sacramento Kings 109 — Recap

March 11, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 117, Sacramento Kings 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 30-34 SAC; Q2 CHA 29-28 SAC; Q3 CHA 31-23 SAC; Q4 CHA 27-24 SAC.

Top performers (box score): DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 39 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists on 17-of-22 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAC

DeMar DeRozan

39 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST · 17-22 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

30 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · CHA

Miles Bridges

26 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 11-15 FG

Season highs

DeMar DeRozan · Season-high 39 pointsNique Clifford · Season-high 8 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 12 largest lead Q4 6:58 (CHA 106, SAC 94) · 10-0 run, Q2 4:32–Q2 2:53

SAC 9 largest lead Q2 7:10 (CHA 35, SAC 44) · 10-0 run, Q1 4:34–Q1 2:02

Swings 8 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Miles Bridges makes driving layup (Q3 6:20, CHA 75, SAC 73).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	30	29	31	27		117
SAC	34	28	23	24		109

🧮 How They Scored

CHASAC

44Points in the paint50

14Fast-break points5

24Second-chance points11

15Points off turnovers20

15Bench points23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.1%Effective FG%58.8%

12.6%Turnover %12.1%

33.3%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.189Free-throw rate0.189

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	34	24	7	3	0	0	1	7-13	5-8	5-5	+15
Moussa Diabate F	34	2	10	2	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+15
Brandon Miller F	33	20	3	5	2	0	3	7-15	2-5	4-4	+12
LaMelo Ball G	31	30	6	5	1	0	3	10-22	6-13	4-4	+16
Miles Bridges F	31	26	2	5	1	0	2	11-15	3-4	1-1	+14
Sion James G	24	4	3	4	1	0	1	1-7	1-4	1-2	-10
Coby White G	20	9	2	1	0	1	3	3-9	2-4	1-1	-4
Xavier Tillman F	14	2	6	3	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-7
Josh Green G	11	0	1	1	2	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-12
Pat Connaughton G	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+1

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan G	41	39	4	6	2	1	4	17-22	0-1	5-5	+3
Nique Clifford G	41	18	4	8	2	1	1	7-16	2-6	2-3	-4
Daeqwon Plowden G-F	30	13	4	0	1	0	1	5-11	3-7	0-0	+3
Precious Achiuwa F	29	14	8	2	1	1	1	6-11	0-1	2-2	-22
Doug McDermott F	28	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-7	2-7	0-0	+7
Maxime Raynaud C	25	4	6	2	0	3	3	1-3	0-0	2-2	-18
Drew Eubanks F	15	4	6	2	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	0-2	+9

🔬 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	31	30	63.1	37.0	+22.8	17.4
Miles Bridges	Starter	31	26	84.2	23.6	+23.0	16.0
Kon Knueppel	Starter	34	24	78.9	19.3	+15.1	17.4
Brandon Miller	Starter	33	20	59.7	25.3	+14.9	11.5
Moussa Diabate	Starter	34	2	33.3	3.8	+20.9	5.6
Coby White	Bench	20	9	47.7	24.5	-15.0	3.1
Sion James	Bench	24	4	25.4	14.1	-24.8	4.4
Xavier Tillman	Bench	14	2	33.3	8.1	-29.7	11.1
Pat Connaughton	Bench	08	0	0.0	8.7	+0.9	-3.5
Josh Green	Bench	11	0	0.0	8.7	-52.6	2.1
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Starter	41	39	80.6	31.1	+6.3	21.8
Nique Clifford	Starter	41	18	52.0	20.5	-2.1	9.8
Precious Achiuwa	Starter	29	14	58.9	20.3	-33.6	10.4
Maxime Raynaud	Starter	25	4	51.5	12.7	-29.6	5.4
Daeqwon Plowden	Bench	30	13	59.1	18.5	+7.0	6.7
Doug McDermott	Bench	28	6	42.9	11.9	+14.8	1.0
Drew Eubanks	Bench	15	4	41.0	19.4	+32.1	7.8
Keegan Murray	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Devin Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dylan Cardwell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0