Miami Heat 128, Charlotte Hornets 120 — Recap

March 6, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 128, Charlotte Hornets 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 30-27 CHA; Q2 MIA 28-34 CHA; Q3 MIA 40-40 CHA; Q4 MIA 30-19 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Tyler Herro (MIA) 33 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 8 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 27 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 24 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists on 10-of-26 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 22 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-22 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIA

Tyler Herro

33 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST, 8 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

27 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · MIA

Bam Adebayo

24 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST · 10-26 FG

Season highs

Tyler Herro · Season-high 33 pointsTyler Herro · Season-high 9 assistsTyler Herro · Season-high 8 threesJaime Jaquez Jr. · 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

MIA 9 largest lead Q4 3:55 (MIA 120, CHA 111) · 8-0 run, Q1 6:47–Q1 5:50

CHA 6 largest lead Q2 8:57 (MIA 30, CHA 36) · 9-0 run, Q2 10:59–Q2 8:57

Swings 11 lead changes Tied 13 times

Ahead for good: Tyler Herro makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bam Adebayo assists) (Q4 6:43, MIA 111, CHA 108).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	30	28	40	30		128
CHA	27	34	40	19		120

🧮 How They Scored

MIACHA

50Points in the paint42

9Fast-break points21

17Second-chance points21

12Points off turnovers11

41Bench points32

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.7%Effective FG%52.6%

5.3%Turnover %10.3%

23.4%Offensive rebound %26.7%

0.258Free-throw rate0.208

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bam Adebayo C-F	39	24	12	4	1	1	0	10-26	0-5	4-5	+9
Tyler Herro G	37	33	9	9	1	0	0	11-20	8-10	3-3	+19
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	31	21	2	4	0	0	2	8-13	4-6	1-2	-1
Kel'el Ware C	31	10	4	0	1	4	0	4-8	1-5	1-2	+1
Pelle Larsson G	29	11	4	2	0	0	2	3-8	0-1	5-5	+3
Davion Mitchell G	27	13	2	7	0	0	1	5-9	3-4	0-0	+8
Dru Smith G	17	4	4	1	4	0	0	1-5	0-1	2-2	+2
Myron Gardner F	16	6	5	2	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	1-2	+9
Kasparas Jakučionis G	13	6	2	2	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	3-4	-10

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	34	27	2	4	0	0	2	9-14	6-10	3-3	-15
Brandon Miller F	33	22	13	5	2	1	3	7-12	3-5	5-5	-1
LaMelo Ball G	33	21	2	5	1	0	3	7-22	5-15	2-2	-15
Moussa Diabate F	31	6	14	1	0	2	0	3-6	0-0	0-0	-1
Miles Bridges F	28	12	2	1	2	0	1	5-13	0-3	2-2	-4
Grant Williams F	19	12	6	4	0	0	0	4-8	3-7	1-1	+3
Coby White G	17	13	5	3	0	0	2	4-11	1-6	4-5	+8
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	17	2	3	0	0	4	0	0-3	0-0	2-2	-5
Sion James G	14	3	0	0	0	1	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	-3
Josh Green G	14	2	1	1	0	1	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tyler Herro	Starter	37	33	77.4	23.6	+22.9	20.3
Bam Adebayo	Starter	39	24	42.6	29.2	+9.7	11.4
Davion Mitchell	Starter	27	13	72.2	15.9	+11.4	9.1
Pelle Larsson	Starter	29	11	53.9	17.9	+4.9	5.3
Myron Gardner	Starter	16	6	61.5	13.2	+19.3	10.1
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	31	21	75.6	21.1	+0.4	11.0
Kel'el Ware	Bench	31	10	56.3	12.2	+5.4	8.1
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	13	6	52.1	20.0	-40.1	10.1
Dru Smith	Bench	17	4	34.0	13.3	+5.6	7.9
Norman Powell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Andrew Wiggins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nikola Jovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vladislav Goldin	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
Kon Knueppel	Starter	34	27	88.1	20.2	-21.4	13.2
Brandon Miller	Starter	33	22	77.5	20.7	-1.4	19.5
LaMelo Ball	Starter	33	21	45.9	30.6	-19.7	4.9
Miles Bridges	Starter	28	12	43.2	21.7	-4.8	6.0
Moussa Diabate	Starter	31	6	50.0	8.5	+4.6	8.5
Coby White	Bench	17	13	49.2	38.5	+22.2	13.5
Grant Williams	Bench	19	12	71.1	17.4	+0.1	14.0
Sion James	Bench	14	3	37.5	10.8	-3.1	-3.1
Josh Green	Bench	14	2	33.3	11.4	-18.7	-1.3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	17	2	25.8	9.1	-7.6	2.9
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0