Miami Heat 106, Charlotte Hornets 136 — Recap

March 17, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 106, Charlotte Hornets 136. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 24-26 CHA; Q2 MIA 33-33 CHA; Q3 MIA 31-37 CHA; Q4 MIA 18-40 CHA.

Top performers (box score): LaMelo Ball (CHA) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Coby White (CHA) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Tyler Herro (MIA) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

LaMelo Ball

30 PTS, 6 REB, 13 AST, 4 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · CHA

Coby White

24 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

22 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIA 4 largest lead Q1 10:03 (MIA 6, CHA 2) · 6-0 run, Q1 6:23–Q1 4:58

CHA 30 largest lead Q4 0:10 (MIA 106, CHA 136) · 14-0 run, Q4 8:22–Q4 5:38

Swings 19 lead changes Tied 10 times

Ahead for good: LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q2 0:10, MIA 57, CHA 58).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	24	33	31	18		106
CHA	26	33	37	40		136

🧮 How They Scored

MIACHA

56Points in the paint62

10Fast-break points11

18Second-chance points16

19Points off turnovers16

44Bench points46

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.4%Effective FG%62.0%

12.6%Turnover %11.0%

24.0%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.382Free-throw rate0.219

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyler Herro G	31	20	8	5	1	0	4	5-11	1-2	9-9	-18
Norman Powell F-G	31	17	6	3	0	1	0	7-17	1-4	2-6	-23
Pelle Larsson G	28	14	2	0	0	0	4	3-7	1-2	7-8	-25
Kel'el Ware C	28	7	8	1	0	1	0	3-10	0-6	1-2	-17
Davion Mitchell G	26	4	3	5	0	0	1	2-7	0-3	0-0	-19
Simone Fontecchio F	23	10	2	1	0	0	0	3-9	1-6	3-4	-5
Keshad Johnson F	20	15	5	1	3	1	2	6-12	3-9	0-0	-13
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	20	6	1	6	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	2-2	-9
Kasparas Jakučionis G	15	6	2	2	0	0	0	2-6	0-2	2-2	+1
Dru Smith G	8	4	3	2	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	-10
Jahmir Young G	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	1-1	-4
Myron Gardner F	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Vladislav Goldin C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball G	33	30	6	13	1	0	5	11-22	4-12	4-5	+32
Miles Bridges F	31	14	10	2	2	1	1	6-12	2-4	0-0	+26
Moussa Diabate F	31	8	13	4	2	1	2	4-6	0-0	0-0	+21
Brandon Miller F	26	16	2	2	1	0	0	6-15	4-6	0-0	+25
Kon Knueppel G-F	24	22	2	2	2	1	0	8-14	2-6	4-4	+27
Coby White G	20	24	3	3	0	0	0	8-15	3-9	5-6	+3
Grant Williams F	19	8	2	2	0	0	1	3-3	1-1	1-2	+4
Sion James G	18	2	4	2	0	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-8
Josh Green G	15	0	2	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	14	6	3	1	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	+8
Tre Mann G	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	+2
Pat Connaughton G	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	1-1	1-1	1-2	+4
Xavier Tillman F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 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	31	20	66.8	24.4	-27.5	19.2
Norman Powell	Starter	31	17	43.3	26.3	-34.3	6.4
Pelle Larsson	Starter	28	14	66.5	21.1	-40.3	0.8
Kel'el Ware	Starter	28	7	32.2	15.7	-29.9	6.6
Davion Mitchell	Starter	26	4	28.6	12.3	-35.0	3.1
Keshad Johnson	Bench	20	15	62.5	28.0	-23.6	14.2
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	23	10	46.5	18.6	-7.5	1.8
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	20	6	77.3	11.1	-6.4	9.4
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	15	6	43.6	18.9	+3.1	6.0
Dru Smith	Bench	08	4	66.7	19.0	-51.0	15.8
Jahmir Young	Bench	04	3	61.5	27.3	-34.7	0.0
Bam Adebayo	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nikola Jovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Myron Gardner	Bench	04	0	0.0	27.3	-34.7	-14.8
Vladislav Goldin	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-60.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Starter	33	30	62.0	32.9	+40.9	19.9
Kon Knueppel	Starter	24	22	69.8	25.0	+53.7	15.4
Brandon Miller	Starter	26	16	53.3	22.7	+47.4	7.8
Miles Bridges	Starter	31	14	58.3	16.7	+37.7	15.5
Moussa Diabate	Starter	31	8	66.7	10.0	+33.0	15.5
Coby White	Bench	20	24	68.0	35.4	+6.8	17.6
Grant Williams	Bench	19	8	103.1	10.9	+12.8	9.3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	14	6	75.0	13.9	+16.7	8.8
Pat Connaughton	Bench	02	4	106.4	33.3	+60.0	166.7
Tre Mann	Bench	04	2	53.2	22.2	+12.5	16.0
Sion James	Bench	18	2	50.0	9.1	-22.7	2.9
Josh Green	Bench	15	0	0.0	5.7	+13.1	-4.5
Xavier Tillman	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+60.0	0.0