New York Knicks 103, Charlotte Hornets 114 — Recap

March 26, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 103, Charlotte Hornets 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 36-38 CHA; Q2 NYK 19-27 CHA; Q3 NYK 21-29 CHA; Q4 NYK 27-20 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Kon Knueppel (CHA) 26 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 13 assists on 10-of-23 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Kon Knueppel

26 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

26 PTS, 2 REB, 13 AST · 10-23 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

22 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 7-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NYK 2 largest lead Q1 11:40 (NYK 2, CHA 0) · 9-0 run, Q1 4:57–Q1 2:15

CHA 21 largest lead Q4 8:32 (NYK 83, CHA 104) · 8-0 run, Q2 3:28–Q2 2:27

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Coby White makes driving layup (Q1 0:08, NYK 36, CHA 38).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	36	19	21	27		103
CHA	38	27	29	20		114

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCHA

48Points in the paint44

7Fast-break points15

9Second-chance points16

17Points off turnovers13

17Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.9%Effective FG%62.8%

10.4%Turnover %15.6%

13.9%Offensive rebound %38.7%

0.110Free-throw rate0.256

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	40	26	2	13	1	0	2	10-23	0-6	6-6	-6
OG Anunoby F	39	17	3	2	0	1	2	6-10	5-9	0-0	-1
Josh Hart G	39	16	7	4	5	0	1	7-11	2-4	0-0	-15
Mikal Bridges F	32	14	0	2	0	0	1	6-12	2-5	0-0	-6
Mitchell Robinson C	26	4	6	1	1	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Karl-Anthony Towns C	22	13	3	2	0	0	1	5-8	1-1	2-2	-18
Jordan Clarkson G	18	8	1	1	1	0	0	4-8	0-0	0-0	-1
Mohamed Diawara F	13	5	1	1	0	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-1	-2
Tyler Kolek G	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10
Jose Alvarado G	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	-4

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	37	26	11	8	0	0	2	9-14	6-10	2-4	+15
LaMelo Ball G	36	22	5	6	0	0	1	7-14	4-9	4-4	+3
Brandon Miller F	33	21	8	3	0	0	4	7-12	4-8	3-3	+11
Miles Bridges F	32	17	5	3	0	0	1	8-17	0-6	1-1	+12
Moussa Diabate F	30	2	5	3	4	1	1	1-2	0-0	0-2	+15
Coby White G	23	17	3	2	0	0	3	6-13	1-5	4-4	+7
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	18	4	4	1	0	2	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Grant Williams F	15	5	1	1	0	1	2	1-2	1-2	2-2	-1
Sion James G	14	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Josh Green G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	40	26	50.7	32.9	-9.5	12.4
OG Anunoby	Starter	39	17	85.0	15.4	+2.1	7.8
Josh Hart	Starter	39	16	72.7	15.0	-19.7	15.7
Mikal Bridges	Starter	32	14	58.3	20.3	-7.7	5.3
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	22	13	73.2	23.3	-43.9	11.3
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	18	8	50.0	22.2	-3.2	4.8
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	13	5	38.8	23.1	-20.7	3.8
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	26	4	100.0	5.5	+20.4	8.4
Jose Alvarado	Bench	05	0	0.0	40.0	-38.9	-100.0
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	06	0	0.0	0.0	-118.9	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	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	37	26	82.5	21.7	+20.5	19.8
LaMelo Ball	Starter	36	22	69.8	20.7	+2.7	15.1
Brandon Miller	Starter	33	21	78.8	23.3	+18.3	14.0
Miles Bridges	Starter	32	17	48.7	24.7	+17.6	9.2
Moussa Diabate	Starter	30	2	34.7	5.7	+33.4	5.9
Coby White	Bench	23	17	57.6	34.6	+16.7	12.0
Grant Williams	Bench	15	5	86.8	15.6	-4.0	7.0
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	18	4	100.0	10.8	-18.8	8.7
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Green	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+56.7	-4.7
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
Sion James	Bench	14	0	0.0	9.7	-6.9	-7.2