Match summary — NBA 2025-2026
CHARLOTTE HORNETS lost to CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 113-118 on in the NBA 2025-2026. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS won by a 5-point margin. Kon Knueppel led all scorers with 33 points. CHARLOTTE HORNETS shot 39.1% from the field while CLEVELAND CAVALIERS managed 53.2%. CHARLOTTE HORNETS collected 45 rebounds and CLEVELAND CAVALIERS grabbed 39. This game was played as part of the NBA 2025-2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
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Box score
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
113 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Kon Knueppel | 37:04 | 33 | 11/20 | 4/5 | 7/15 | 4/5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | * Ryan Kalkbrenner | 35:51 | 12 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | * Sion James | 29:43 | 5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 1 | * Lamelo Ball | 27:00 | 18 | 4/17 | 2/7 | 2/10 | 8/8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 24 | * Brandon Miller | 23:29 | 18 | 6/19 | 2/7 | 4/12 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | Pat Connaughton | 19:53 | 5 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Josh Green | 19:48 | 11 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 31 | Tidjane Salaun | 16:57 | 3 | 1/7 | 0/1 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Tre Mann | 12:37 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | P.j. Hall | 11:34 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Antonio Reeves | 05:48 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Xavier Tillman | 00:16 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 113 | 36/92 | 16/36 | 20/56 | 21/22 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 122 | |
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
118 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | * James Harden | 34:22 | 18 | 6/14 | 4/11 | 2/3 | 4/4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 45 | * Donovan Mitchell | 34:18 | 32 | 9/22 | 7/15 | 2/7 | 12/13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| 31 | * Jarrett Allen | 32:04 | 26 | 11/15 | 11/15 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 32 | * Dean Wade | 26:01 | 8 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | * Sam Merrill | 24:16 | 10 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Keon Ellis | 23:44 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Dennis Schroeder | 20:04 | 8 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | Jaylon Tyson | 16:42 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Thomas Bryant | 15:42 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 | Nae'qwan Tomlin | 12:47 | 5 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 118 | 41/77 | 31/56 | 10/21 | 26/28 | 28 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 144 | |