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118 - 89
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March 4, 2026 · TD Garden
Charlotte Hornets vs Boston Celtics · March 4, 2026
The Charlotte Hornets beat the Boston Celtics 118-89 on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 on the road. Kon Knueppel led the Hornets with 20 points. Derrick White led the Celtics with 29 points. The Hornets are 32-31 and the Celtics 41-21.
Team 1 2 3 4 T
CHA 35 29 27 27 118 BOS 23 20 25 21 89
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Hornets · 41/89 FG
Q1 11:44 · Moussa Diabate makes 3-foot driving dunk
Q2 10:04 · Moussa Diabate misses 13-foot floating jump shot
Q2 5.1 · Moussa Diabate misses 3-foot jump bank shot
Q4 7:48 · Moussa Diabate makes 1-foot running dunk
Q1 11:08 · LaMelo Ball makes 4-foot two point shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q1 9:38 · LaMelo Ball misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 8:44 · LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 8:00 · LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q1 7:22 · LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three pointer (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q2 11:08 · LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 9:41 · LaMelo Ball misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 7:58 · Neemias Queta blocks LaMelo Ball 's 6-foot two point shot
Q2 3.0 · LaMelo Ball misses tip shot
Q3 10:58 · LaMelo Ball misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 10:25 · LaMelo Ball makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Q3 9:37 · LaMelo Ball makes 12-foot two point shot
Q3 9:11 · LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 7:49 · LaMelo Ball misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 7:13 · LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot (Miles Bridges assists)
Q4 6:38 · LaMelo Ball makes 29-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 5:14 · LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 9:11 · Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 5:28 · Miles Bridges misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 2:39 · Miles Bridges misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 2:11 · Miles Bridges makes 6-foot two point shot
Q2 1:18 · Miles Bridges misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 48.5 · Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Brandon Miller assists)
Q3 7:54 · Miles Bridges misses running layup
Q3 4:08 · Miles Bridges misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 8:29 · Miles Bridges misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 4:24 · Miles Bridges misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 7:27 · Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 1:16 · Brandon Miller makes driving dunk
Q2 5:41 · Brandon Miller misses 16-foot turnaround jump shot
Q2 4:45 · Brandon Miller makes 26-foot three pointer
Q2 3:50 · Brandon Miller makes 18-foot jumper (Coby White assists)
Q2 3:13 · Brandon Miller misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 2:45 · Brandon Miller makes 27-foot running jump shot (Coby White assists)
Q2 2:11 · Brandon Miller makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 1:36 · Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 11:41 · Brandon Miller makes 1-foot running dunk
Q3 7:33 · Brandon Miller makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Coby White assists)
Q4 11:43 · Brandon Miller misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 10:03 · Brandon Miller makes running dunk
Q1 6:22 · Kon Knueppel makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q1 4:37 · Kon Knueppel makes 26-foot three pointer (Coby White assists)
Q2 10:42 · Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot running jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 9:30 · Kon Knueppel makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q2 9:06 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 10:03 · Kon Knueppel misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 8:34 · Kon Knueppel misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 6:25 · Kon Knueppel makes 27-foot three pointer
Q3 5:25 · Kon Knueppel makes 5-foot layup (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q3 4:52 · Kon Knueppel misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 4:13 · Kon Knueppel misses 15-foot floating jump shot
Q3 1:51 · Kon Knueppel makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Josh Green assists)
Q4 5:57 · Kon Knueppel misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 5:47 · Kon Knueppel misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 5:06 · Coby White makes running layup
Q1 3:51 · Coby White misses 15-foot two point shot
Q1 1:43 · Coby White makes 9-foot two point shot (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)
Q1 9.3 · Coby White makes 29-foot three point jumper (Sion James assists)
Q2 6:23 · Coby White misses 26-foot running jump shot
Q3 7:00 · Coby White makes driving layup
Q3 5:52 · Coby White makes 26-foot three pointer
Q3 3:39 · Coby White misses 10-foot fade away jump shot
Q3 3.5 · Coby White makes driving layup
Q1 3:19 · Josh Green makes 29-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists)
Q1 38.8 · Josh Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q3 2:08 · Josh Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 8:32 · Pat Connaughton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 7:53 · Pat Connaughton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sion James assists)
Q4 10:50 · Pat Connaughton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 10:22 · Pat Connaughton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 9:09 · Luka Garza blocks Pat Connaughton 's 3-foot driving layup
Q4 3:08 · Pat Connaughton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 1:03 · Pat Connaughton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sion James assists)
Q2 6:46 · Sion James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)
Q3 2:40 · Sion James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q3 1:05 · Sion James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 2:46 · Sion James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 5:20 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes dunk (Coby White assists)
Q3 1:11 · Nikola Vucevic blocks Ryan Kalkbrenner 's 10-foot two point shot
Q3 32.5 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes dunk (Coby White assists)
Q4 11:24 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q4 2:13 · Tre Mann misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 1:38 · Tre Mann misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q4 23.7 · Tre Mann misses 33-foot three point jumper
Q4 2:08 · Antonio Reeves makes 25-foot three pointer (Pat Connaughton assists)
Paint 14/19 74% Mid-range 8/21 38% 3PT 19/49 39%
Celtics · 30/80 FG
Q1 11:26 · Derrick White misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 9:24 · Derrick White misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 8:54 · Derrick White makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Vucevic assists)
Q1 7:37 · Derrick White makes 29-foot three pointer
Q1 6:37 · Derrick White makes 26-foot three pointer
Q1 2:23 · Derrick White misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q2 11:48 · Derrick White misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 4:22 · Derrick White makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Q2 3:37 · Derrick White makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 32.7 · Derrick White misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 10:12 · Derrick White makes 5-foot fade away jump shot
Q3 9:53 · Derrick White makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
Q3 9:23 · Derrick White makes driving layup (Baylor Scheierman assists)
Q3 8:59 · Derrick White makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot
Q3 7:15 · Derrick White misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 6:10 · Derrick White misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 9:35 · Derrick White misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 10:50 · Jaylen Brown misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 10:36 · Jaylen Brown misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 10:09 · Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
Q1 9:28 · Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 8:36 · Jaylen Brown makes 5-foot two point shot
Q1 7:06 · Jaylen Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Baylor Scheierman assists)
Q2 7:20 · Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
Q2 6:30 · Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
Q2 6:07 · Jaylen Brown makes 1-foot driving dunk
Q2 5:06 · Jaylen Brown makes two point shot
Q2 2:54 · Ryan Kalkbrenner blocks Jaylen Brown 's 6-foot driving layup
Q2 2:23 · Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 1:11 · Jaylen Brown makes running layup
Q2 0.0 · Jaylen Brown misses heave jump shot
Q3 11:19 · Jaylen Brown misses 29-foot three point jumper
Q3 5:42 · Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
Q3 57.2 · Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
Q3 22.9 · Ryan Kalkbrenner blocks Jaylen Brown 's 4-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 7:02 · Jaylen Brown makes driving layup
Q4 6:23 · Jaylen Brown makes layup
Q1 10:46 · Neemias Queta misses tip shot
Q2 8:17 · Neemias Queta makes dunk (Baylor Scheierman assists)
Q2 7:30 · Neemias Queta misses driving layup
Q1 9:51 · Sam Hauser misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q2 9:22 · Sam Hauser misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 7:01 · Sam Hauser misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 10:42 · Sam Hauser makes 24-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
Q3 8:08 · Sam Hauser misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 5:58 · Nikola Vucevic misses 6-foot two point shot
Q1 5:15 · Nikola Vucevic misses layup
Q2 11:44 · Nikola Vucevic misses tip shot
Q2 11:20 · Nikola Vucevic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:47 · Nikola Vucevic misses two point shot
Q2 10:24 · Nikola Vucevic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 1:54 · Nikola Vucevic misses 16-foot jumper
Q3 4:29 · Nikola Vucevic misses 13-foot two point shot
Q3 3:57 · Nikola Vucevic makes layup (Jaylen Brown assists)
Q3 2:29 · Nikola Vucevic makes 25-foot running jump shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
Q1 4:48 · Hugo Gonzalez makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Q1 3:31 · Kon Knueppel blocks Hugo Gonzalez 's 7-foot two point shot
Q1 1:03 · Hugo Gonzalez makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
Q3 1:59 · Hugo Gonzalez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 10:40 · Hugo Gonzalez misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 9:32 · Hugo Gonzalez makes 12-foot floating jump shot
Q4 7:29 · Hugo Gonzalez misses layup
Q4 50.2 · Xavier Tillman blocks Hugo Gonzalez 's 12-foot jumper
Q1 4:20 · Payton Pritchard misses 30-foot three point jumper
Q1 3:38 · Payton Pritchard misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 0.3 · Payton Pritchard misses 31-foot three point jumper
Q3 5:10 · Payton Pritchard misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
Q3 3:11 · Payton Pritchard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q3 0.3 · Payton Pritchard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 1:31 · Luka Garza misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 11:07 · Luka Garza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
Q4 9:45 · Luka Garza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 3:35 · Luka Garza makes driving layup (Hugo Gonzalez assists)
Q4 2:37 · Luka Garza makes running layup (Baylor Scheierman assists)
Q2 9:51 · Baylor Scheierman makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
Q2 5:32 · Baylor Scheierman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sam Hauser assists)
Q3 6:36 · Baylor Scheierman makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
Q4 11:36 · Baylor Scheierman misses running pullup jump shot
Q4 5:30 · Jordan Walsh makes driving layup (Baylor Scheierman assists)
Q4 1:58 · Ron Harper Jr. misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Paint 13/28 46% Mid-range 7/15 47% 3PT 10/37 27%
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