Washington Wizards 115, Charlotte Hornets 119 — Recap

January 24, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 115, Charlotte Hornets 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 34-35 CHA; Q2 WAS 24-31 CHA; Q3 WAS 23-27 CHA; Q4 WAS 34-26 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Tre Johnson (WAS) 26 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-22 shooting; Alexandre Sarr (WAS) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 21 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · WAS

Tre Johnson

26 PTS, 0 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 8-22 FG

Scoring · WAS

Alexandre Sarr

24 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

21 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Tre Johnson · Season-high 26 pointsTre Johnson · Season-high 6 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

WAS 5 largest lead Q1 6:42 (WAS 21, CHA 16) · 9-0 run, Q1 1:18–Q2 11:32

CHA 18 largest lead Q3 4:09 (WAS 71, CHA 89) · 15-0 run, Q2 5:07–Q2 1:25

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot dunk (Brandon Miller assists) (Q2 5:07, WAS 49, CHA 51).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
WAS	34	24	23	34		115
CHA	35	31	27	26		119

🧮 How They Scored

WASCHA

46Points in the paint50

9Fast-break points17

22Second-chance points14

21Points off turnovers17

32Bench points31

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.7%Effective FG%60.8%

11.5%Turnover %18.6%

22.7%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.094Free-throw rate0.380

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tre Johnson G	37	26	0	6	0	0	2	8-22	6-15	4-5	-2
Alexandre Sarr C	37	24	4	1	1	1	2	11-19	1-3	1-1	-16
Carlton Carrington G	32	15	3	8	1	0	2	5-11	5-11	0-0	-12
Justin Champagnie F	32	15	11	3	3	2	2	7-9	1-3	0-0	+4
Jamir Watkins F	29	11	6	3	5	2	0	4-9	1-5	2-2	+12
KyShawn George F	25	11	8	7	2	1	2	4-15	2-10	1-1	-10
Will Riley F	24	7	0	2	1	0	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	-22
Sharife Cooper G	9	3	0	1	1	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+6
Malaki Branham F	8	3	2	2	0	0	1	1-3	1-1	0-0	+8
Anthony Gill F	7	0	0	2	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+12

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	33	21	11	7	1	0	5	7-12	2-4	5-5	+15
LaMelo Ball G	32	20	2	11	1	0	3	8-19	3-9	1-1	+6
Kon Knueppel G-F	32	16	4	3	1	0	1	5-11	3-8	3-4	-9
Moussa Diabate F	32	11	14	0	1	0	2	2-3	0-0	7-8	+13
Miles Bridges F	29	20	3	4	0	2	2	7-13	3-7	3-5	+3
Grant Williams F	19	2	1	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	+1
Collin Sexton G	16	9	1	2	3	0	2	3-6	1-2	2-2	-8
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	16	8	3	0	0	1	0	4-4	0-0	0-2	-9
Sion James G	16	6	5	2	0	0	4	2-5	0-2	2-3	-2
Josh Green G	15	6	2	0	0	0	1	2-2	2-2	0-0	+10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tre Johnson	Starter	37	26	53.7	31.7	-1.0	7.2
Alexandre Sarr	Starter	37	24	61.7	23.3	-24.0	8.4
Carlton Carrington	Starter	32	15	68.2	17.1	-22.3	10.6
KyShawn George	Starter	25	11	35.6	29.3	-18.9	9.4
Will Riley	Starter	24	7	58.3	10.7	-47.9	4.8
Justin Champagnie	Bench	32	15	83.3	14.3	+2.6	18.5
Jamir Watkins	Bench	29	11	55.7	14.3	+20.9	12.1
Sharife Cooper	Bench	09	3	150.0	8.3	+28.6	6.1
Malaki Branham	Bench	08	3	50.0	19.0	+39.9	7.7
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Khris Middleton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Anthony Gill	Bench	07	0	0.0	11.8	+78.3	-6.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	33	21	73.9	24.4	+22.4	17.3
Miles Bridges	Starter	29	20	65.8	26.6	+7.9	10.8
LaMelo Ball	Starter	32	20	51.4	30.6	+13.6	10.7
Kon Knueppel	Starter	32	16	62.7	18.4	-9.9	9.2
Moussa Diabate	Starter	32	11	84.4	12.3	+20.6	11.7
Collin Sexton	Bench	16	9	65.4	20.0	-19.4	16.3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	16	8	82.0	12.2	-21.5	12.4
Josh Green	Bench	15	6	150.0	8.8	+32.3	5.2
Sion James	Bench	16	6	47.5	24.4	-2.8	6.5
Grant Williams	Bench	19	2	25.0	10.2	+4.3	0.6
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0