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CHA 3-5
129 – 112
FINAL
WAS 4-3

Charlotte Hornets 129, Washington Wizards 112 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 129, Washington Wizards 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 38-37 WAS; Q2 CHA 23-19 WAS; Q3 CHA 44-28 WAS; Q4 CHA 24-28 WAS.

Top performers (box score): LaMelo Ball (CHA) 37 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 10 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 28 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Bilal Coulibaly (WAS) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Jaden Hardy (WAS) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA
LaMelo Ball
37 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 10 3PM · 12-20 FG
Scoring · CHA
Kon Knueppel
28 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 10-18 FG
Scoring · CHA
Brandon Miller
22 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 8-14 FG
Season highs
LaMelo Ball · Season-high 10 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 29 largest lead Q4 6:47 (CHA 124, WAS 95) · 13-0 run, Q1 0:00–Q2 9:29
WAS 2 largest lead Q1 11:34 (CHA 0, WAS 2) · 12-0 run, Q3 8:49–Q3 6:57
Swings 13 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Brandon Miller makes 35-foot three pointer (Q1 0:00, CHA 38, WAS 37).

Linescore

1234 T
CHA 38234424 129
WAS 37192828 112

🧮 How They Scored

CHAWAS
30Points in the paint30
14Fast-break points10
25Second-chance points10
20Points off turnovers8
31Bench points57
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
63.8%Effective FG%59.5%
10.9%Turnover %10.7%
36.4%Offensive rebound %19.6%
0.287Free-throw rate0.202

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F 28287410310-185-93-5+33
LaMelo Ball G 27378710012-2010-153-3+20
Brandon Miller F 2622431028-145-71-2+7
Grant Williams F 265450221-41-32-3+33
Josh Green G 2312412004-62-42-2+10
Tidjane Salaun F 219211003-32-21-2-9
Tre Mann G 216032002-80-32-2-3
Sion James G 210600020-30-20-2-2
PJ Hall C 172511020-40-02-2-7
Ryan Kalkbrenner C 156920302-30-02-2+24
Pat Connaughton G 112300001-30-10-0-17
Xavier Tillman F 40100010-10-00-0-4

Washington Wizards

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Alondes Williams G 348731023-52-30-0+4
Will Riley F 3111641004-111-42-2+4
Anthony Gill F 318541024-50-10-0-33
Carlton Carrington G 306320032-101-61-2-27
Jaden Hardy G 2216410105-104-82-2+6
Sharife Cooper G 229331013-51-22-3-4
Tre Johnson G 1911130035-101-30-0-21
KyShawn George F 1813211104-92-43-3-21
Bilal Coulibaly G 1717221206-93-42-4-6
Jamir Watkins F 1613410105-103-70-1+13

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
LaMelo Ball Starter 273786.831.3+35.727.7
Kon Knueppel Starter 282869.332.9+58.918.0
Brandon Miller Starter 262273.926.6+10.612.0
Ryan Kalkbrenner Starter 15677.310.0+75.022.3
Grant Williams Starter 26547.010.8+62.75.6
Josh Green Bench 231287.212.7+14.015.3
Tidjane Salaun Bench 219116.09.1-23.110.9
Tre Mann Bench 21633.819.1-4.93.9
Pat Connaughton Bench 11233.312.5-89.55.6
PJ Hall Bench 17220.518.4-7.2-0.5
Miles Bridges Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Xavier Tillman Bench 0400.025.0-57.1-18.5
Moussa Diabate Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Sion James Bench 2100.011.8-8.6-4.8
Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Bilal Coulibaly Starter 171779.028.9-26.814.4
KyShawn George Starter 181363.025.0-61.811.2
Tre Johnson Starter 191155.031.0-49.64.4
Anthony Gill Starter 31880.010.4-48.48.6
Carlton Carrington Starter 30627.620.6-44.3-2.3
Jaden Hardy Bench 221673.523.9+17.215.4
Jamir Watkins Bench 161362.330.3+43.312.1
Will Riley Bench 311146.317.9+8.610.0
Sharife Cooper Bench 22971.214.3-9.110.3
Justin Champagnie Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Tristan Vukcevic Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CHA 4 – 0 WAS
Last 23 meetings · since 2020-21 CHA 12 – 11 WAS
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Charlotte Hornets 27-31 W1 L10 7-3 Next game recap: @ CHI · Tue, Feb 24
Washington Wizards 16-40 L1 L10 4-6 Next game recap: @ ATL · Tue, Feb 24

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