Dallas Mavericks 90, Charlotte Hornets 117 — Recap

March 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Dallas Mavericks 90, Charlotte Hornets 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DAL 23-31 CHA; Q2 DAL 25-26 CHA; Q3 DAL 24-35 CHA; Q4 DAL 18-25 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Williams (DAL) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists on 4-of-10 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-19 shooting; Sion James (CHA) 13 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-8 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Brandon Williams

18 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST · 4-10 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

17 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 6-10 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

15 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 5-19 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

DAL 2 largest lead Q1 11:47 (DAL 2, CHA 0) · 10-0 run, Q1 1:16–Q2 9:15

CHA 27 largest lead Q4 1:44 (DAL 88, CHA 115) · 8-0 run, Q3 1:43–Q3 0:30

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Miles Bridges makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q2 8:00, DAL 33, CHA 34).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DAL	23	25	24	18		90
CHA	31	26	35	25		117

🧮 How They Scored

DALCHA

46Points in the paint42

12Fast-break points10

17Second-chance points18

9Points off turnovers7

29Bench points54

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

39.9%Effective FG%59.1%

13.1%Turnover %12.7%

16.3%Offensive rebound %27.1%

0.568Free-throw rate0.216

Box Score

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Max Christie G	33	11	5	1	1	0	1	4-15	1-9	2-2	-1
Khris Middleton F	29	9	8	3	0	0	3	4-11	0-2	1-1	-9
P.J. Washington F	28	13	2	3	0	0	2	4-11	1-4	4-6	-18
Brandon Williams G	27	18	4	1	0	1	0	4-10	0-1	10-11	-13
Dwight Powell F-C	26	12	4	3	1	1	2	3-5	0-0	6-8	-8
Caleb Martin F	26	9	1	0	0	1	1	3-7	0-2	3-8	-29
Daniel Gafford F	22	10	6	2	2	1	1	5-8	0-0	0-0	-19
Ryan Nembhard G	21	6	5	4	3	0	2	1-4	1-2	3-4	-14
John Poulakidas G	15	0	5	2	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7
AJ Johnson G	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	-17

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	32	13	6	5	1	1	2	6-14	1-7	0-1	+17
Miles Bridges F	31	11	3	5	0	1	0	3-13	1-5	4-7	0
LaMelo Ball G	29	15	5	9	5	1	4	5-19	4-13	1-1	-5
Josh Green G	25	11	3	2	0	0	0	4-6	3-5	0-0	+36
Sion James G	24	13	8	1	2	0	1	5-8	3-6	0-0	+30
Moussa Diabate F	23	7	8	0	0	1	2	3-4	0-0	1-1	+10
Brandon Miller F	21	17	5	4	1	2	3	6-10	2-5	3-3	+12
Grant Williams F	21	12	4	3	1	0	0	4-6	4-6	0-0	+23
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	18	10	5	3	1	1	0	4-4	0-0	2-2	+18
Pat Connaughton G	11	8	2	0	0	0	1	2-3	2-3	2-2	-1
Tre Mann G	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Tidjane Salaun F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-2	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Williams	Starter	27	18	60.6	23.8	-27.1	14.0
P.J. Washington	Starter	28	13	47.7	22.7	-30.0	5.4
Max Christie	Starter	33	11	34.6	20.7	-4.3	3.4
Daniel Gafford	Starter	22	10	62.5	17.6	-46.8	16.7
Khris Middleton	Starter	29	9	39.3	19.7	-18.3	5.3
Dwight Powell	Bench	26	12	70.4	17.7	-18.3	12.0
Caleb Martin	Bench	26	9	42.8	20.7	-59.7	-3.2
Ryan Nembhard	Bench	21	6	52.1	15.4	-38.0	15.7
AJ Johnson	Bench	13	2	53.2	10.0	-71.1	1.2
Klay Thompson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Naji Marshall	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	21	17	75.1	27.5	+33.2	19.9
LaMelo Ball	Starter	29	15	38.6	31.5	-6.3	11.2
Kon Knueppel	Starter	32	13	45.0	21.3	+25.8	8.0
Miles Bridges	Starter	31	11	34.2	21.6	+3.3	4.9
Moussa Diabate	Starter	23	7	78.8	10.9	+21.3	8.6
Sion James	Bench	24	13	81.3	17.0	+65.2	24.1
Grant Williams	Bench	21	12	100.0	13.0	+62.1	16.8
Josh Green	Bench	25	11	91.7	10.9	+76.8	10.8
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	18	10	102.5	12.2	+45.0	20.9
Pat Connaughton	Bench	11	8	103.1	20.0	-0.2	20.9
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	04	0	0.0	11.1	-88.9	-50.0
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	01	0	0.0	50.0	+116.7	-66.7