The Charlotte Hornets (16-28) defeat the Orlando Magic (23-19), 124-97.

|[](/CHA) **124 - 97** [](/ORL)|

|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/CHA-vs-ORL-0022500627/box-score) - [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|

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|**GAME SUMMARY**|

|**Location:** Kia Center|

|**Officials:** Ed Malloy, John Conley, and Jacyn Goble|

|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|

|Charlotte Hornets|35|27|35|27|124|

|Orlando Magic|20|21|26|30|97|

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|**TEAM STATS**|

|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|

|Charlotte Hornets|124|43-80|53.8%|17-36|47.2%|21-25|84.0%|10|55|27|18|7|14|4|

|Orlando Magic|97|33-79|41.8%|14-37|37.8%|17-22|77.3%|6|37|25|23|7|12|5|

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|**PLAYER STATS**|

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**[](/CHA) Charlotte Hornets**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|

|Kon Knueppel^SF|27:34|13|4-11|1-6|4-4|3|7|10|4|1|0|2|0|16|

|Miles Bridges^PF|30:27|10|4-12|1-5|1-2|2|6|8|2|1|0|2|3|28|

|Moussa Diabaté^C|16:02|10|4-4|0-0|2-3|2|2|4|1|0|1|1|5|12|

|Brandon Miller^SG|27:13|20|8-15|2-7|2-2|0|2|2|4|2|0|3|2|20|

|LaMelo Ball^PG|28:15|16|6-12|4-8|0-0|0|6|6|7|0|1|2|2|9|

|Josh Green|16:13|6|2-4|2-2|0-0|0|0|0|0|1|1|0|1|12|

|Ryan Kalkbrenner|27:23|10|3-3|0-0|4-6|2|7|9|1|0|1|2|3|11|

|Sion James|19:45|7|1-4|1-2|4-4|0|3|3|3|0|0|0|1|18|

|Collin Sexton|22:30|19|6-7|3-3|4-4|0|0|0|4|2|0|2|0|12|

|Tidjane Salaün|17:33|13|5-7|3-3|0-0|1|4|5|0|0|0|0|1|-1|

|Pat Connaughton|04:24|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|

|Antonio Reeves|02:39|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|

|PJ Hall|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Tre Mann|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Liam McNeeley|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Mason Plumlee|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|KJ Simpson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Grant Williams|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

**[](/ORL) Orlando Magic**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|

|Tristan da Silva^SF|18:45|3|1-5|1-4|0-0|0|3|3|1|1|0|2|1|-19|

|Paolo Banchero^PF|29:40|23|6-12|2-4|9-12|2|5|7|5|1|0|4|1|-25|

|Wendell Carter Jr.^C|19:59|4|2-6|0-3|0-0|1|2|3|3|1|0|0|3|-10|

|Desmond Bane^SG|32:04|21|8-13|3-5|2-2|1|4|5|4|0|0|1|3|-15|

|Anthony Black^PG|27:37|4|1-11|1-5|1-2|0|2|2|2|0|1|1|4|-23|

|Goga Bitadze|11:31|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|1|1|2|1|0|1|0|1|-11|

|Jase Richardson|23:28|2|1-5|0-1|0-0|1|1|2|0|0|1|1|2|-15|

|Tyus Jones|15:59|3|1-7|1-5|0-0|0|2|2|1|0|0|0|0|-4|

|Moritz Wagner|15:08|14|5-7|2-3|2-2|0|1|1|1|2|0|2|2|-5|

|Noah Penda|18:49|13|5-6|2-2|1-2|0|2|2|4|2|1|1|3|-2|

|Jett Howard|18:10|10|3-6|2-5|2-2|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|1|-6|

|Jonathan Isaac|04:24|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|2|0|1|0|0|0|

|Jamal Cain|04:24|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|

|Colin Castleton|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Orlando Robinson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Jalen Suggs|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

|Franz Wagner|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

spookyghostface | Hornets

117 | 3 days ago

Hornets put up their worst performance of the season on national television and the next day go right back to what they’ve been doing for the past 2 months.

Disgruntled_Fridge | Rockets

45 | 3 days ago

This hornets team really likes to blow teams the fuck out lol

a_moniker | Hornets

23 | 3 days ago

We’ve lost like every close game this season, so Coach Lee had to change the strategy!

naive-dragon | LAL

21 | 3 days ago

They’re the Bizarro Lakers. Blow teams out by winning, lose every close game.

LetsGetLunch | Warriors

6 | 3 days ago

i remember there was some tweet about this but i had to look it up, apparently charlotte is +20 in total point differential and the lakers are -8 in total point differential thus far

ajteitel | Suns

10 | 3 days ago

The lights were too bright

spookyghostface | Hornets

17 | 3 days ago

We always suck on national tv

Azpilicueta_Is_Goat | Nuggets

83 | 3 days ago

Magic 4D chess getting blown out by the Hornets to certify themselves as true contenders

PapaJohnsGarlic100 | ORL

31 | 3 days ago

We’ve done it twice now!

Maybe the Hornets are just that good?

OutsideMammoth

25 | 3 days ago

Maybe I’m fucking insane but after the last 20 or so games with everyone healthy they are absolutely at least average and I don’t feel like I’m exaggerating

a_moniker | Hornets

19 | 3 days ago

They have a positive point differential despite the 17-28 record lol

Azpilicueta_Is_Goat | Nuggets

5 | 3 days ago

Three actually. Magic, OKC and Nuggets.

PapaJohnsGarlic100 | ORL

6 | 3 days ago

Haha, I meant we (the Magic) have been blown out twice by the Hornets, but yeah, they’re a juggernaut!

Azpilicueta_Is_Goat | Nuggets

3 | 3 days ago

Oh you got dunked on twice? Congrats on the championship

FLman42069 | Magic

2 | 2 days ago

4D chess is throwing the game vs the hornets to get your coach fired

jonathanisaacisgoat | Magic

52 | 3 days ago

This magic team might be one of the worse above .500 teams I’ve ever seen

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

17 | 3 days ago

At this rate, Suggs should be getting MVP votes.

He seems to be the glue that holds everything together.

Magic look wobbly when he’s unavailable.

afjecj | Magic

5 | 3 days ago

It’s so painful how we can be so consistently mediocre with a team that should be so polarizing

Ice_Dragon3444 | Heat

0 | 3 days ago

What about last year?

whtge8 | Magic

17 | 3 days ago

We’re worse than last year lol this team peaked in 2023.

niners0101 | Hornets

50 | 3 days ago

Such an odd team. We now have a positive point differential while being 11 games under .500

aiden3buckets | Hornets

23 | 3 days ago

Some of those early games where Tre Mann was in during crunch time cooked us

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

22 | 3 days ago

You mean the Tre and miles show? That shit was terrible

Big-Boysenberry5747 | Thunder

-7 | 3 days ago

Respect your best player

spookyghostface | Hornets

10 | 3 days ago

If you want him back, we won’t say no

DankMemesNQuickNuts | Charlotte Bobcats

9 | 3 days ago

That 4-14 start tanked what should have been a top 8 team in the east smh

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

6 | 3 days ago

Inverse Lakers.

NBAball05 | Raptors

2 | 3 days ago

That was the raptors in Tampa

svall18 | Hornets

44 | 3 days ago

we’re local tv merchants

80cent | NBA

6 | 3 days ago

Your local TV crew is excellent, so it kinda works out.

a_moniker | Hornets

43 | 3 days ago

Tidjane Salaün looks so damn good this season!

DankMemesNQuickNuts | Charlotte Bobcats

20 | 3 days ago

I said it in the game thread but his development from arguably the most negative player on the floor to a player that advanced metrics like in year 2 is unreal and there are people that want Lee fired even though him and his staff is probably the most critical factor in this

aiden3buckets | Hornets

29 | 3 days ago

I wonder what the Magic work on at practice

That offense is yuck

Coltshokiefan | Magic

12 | 3 days ago

We have personnel issues but mosely is a fucking awful coach. We haven’t had a real offensive system in years.

Vro9ooo | Magic

25 | 3 days ago

Jamahl Mosely needs to go

classicslayer | Magic

10 | 3 days ago

Weltman can go too.

Vro9ooo | Magic

2 | 3 days ago

Agreed

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

23 | 3 days ago

I better not see that Melo off the bench nonsense ever again after this back-to-back LOL

great bounce back game with a rotation that made sense

DankMemesNQuickNuts | Charlotte Bobcats

5 | 3 days ago

We just need to cut his minutes in the second and third and have him start instead of having him come off the bench imo we really need him out there to start the game and get into rythym with the starting line-up

SOLR_ | Hornets

17 | 3 days ago

Good answer to a bad game last night horny bros

Immediate_Product714 | Magic

15 | 3 days ago

Changed no setting but randomly Reddit fucks my posts up like this smh.

slowbacontron | SAS

5 | 3 days ago

Use this if you can, OP. Old Reddit + Reddit Enhancement Suite lets you click “source” at the end of my comment to get the markdown. The text you copied is full of extra newlines and escape characters.

124 - 97

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Kia Center

Officials: Ed Malloy, John Conley, and Jacyn Goble

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Charlotte Hornets	35	27	35	27	124
Orlando Magic	20	21	26	30	97

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Charlotte Hornets	124	43-80	53.8%	17-36	47.2%	21-25	84.0%	10	55	27	18	7	14	4
Orlando Magic	97	33-79	41.8%	14-37	37.8%	17-22	77.3%	6	37	25	23	7	12	5

PLAYER STATS


Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon Knueppel^SF	27:34	13	4-11	1-6	4-4	3	7	10	4	1	0	2	0	16
Miles Bridges^PF	30:27	10	4-12	1-5	1-2	2	6	8	2	1	0	2	3	28
Moussa Diabaté^C	16:02	10	4-4	0-0	2-3	2	2	4	1	0	1	1	5	12
Brandon Miller^SG	27:13	20	8-15	2-7	2-2	0	2	2	4	2	0	3	2	20
LaMelo Ball^PG	28:15	16	6-12	4-8	0-0	0	6	6	7	0	1	2	2	9
Josh Green	16:13	6	2-4	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	12
Ryan Kalkbrenner	27:23	10	3-3	0-0	4-6	2	7	9	1	0	1	2	3	11
Sion James	19:45	7	1-4	1-2	4-4	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	18
Collin Sexton	22:30	19	6-7	3-3	4-4	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	12
Tidjane Salaün	17:33	13	5-7	3-3	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Pat Connaughton	04:24	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Reeves	02:39	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
PJ Hall	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tre Mann	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liam McNeeley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Plumlee	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KJ Simpson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Magic	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Tristan da Silva^SF	18:45	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	-19
Paolo Banchero^PF	29:40	23	6-12	2-4	9-12	2	5	7	5	1	0	4	1	-25
Wendell Carter Jr.^C	19:59	4	2-6	0-3	0-0	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	3	-10
Desmond Bane^SG	32:04	21	8-13	3-5	2-2	1	4	5	4	0	0	1	3	-15
Anthony Black^PG	27:37	4	1-11	1-5	1-2	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	4	-23
Goga Bitadze	11:31	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	-11
Jase Richardson	23:28	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	-15
Tyus Jones	15:59	3	1-7	1-5	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	-4
Moritz Wagner	15:08	14	5-7	2-3	2-2	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	2	-5
Noah Penda	18:49	13	5-6	2-2	1-2	0	2	2	4	2	1	1	3	-2
Jett Howard	18:10	10	3-6	2-5	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-6
Jonathan Isaac	04:24	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jamal Cain	04:24	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Colin Castleton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Robinson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Suggs	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Franz Wagner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Wow_Good_Stats

2 | 3 days ago

SMH

Ice_Dragon3444 | Heat

13 | 3 days ago

What is with the Hornets randomly blowing out teams by 30 this year? I know they have been better this season but wow.

SOLR_ | Hornets

14 | 3 days ago

When they’re on, they’re on… I guess 😅

PeachyCoke | Hornets

5 | 3 days ago

Everyone can shoot, Moussa is goated at rebounding which leads to more shots on kick outs, our defense has improved even despite the personnel, and we are actually playing NBA players now due to good health.

DankMemesNQuickNuts | Charlotte Bobcats

8 | 3 days ago

When this team shoots well I swear to god it is impossible to beat right now I have never seen any Hornets team like it

spookyghostface | Hornets

7 | 3 days ago

We’re finally healthy and some solid players are starting to gel on both ends of the court. The starting lineup of Ball, Knueppel, Miller, Bridges, and Diabate is an absolute flamethrower.

Chessh2036 | Hawks

15 | 3 days ago

Hornets are going to replace the Hawks or Bulls in the Play-In. Just not sure which yet.

svall18 | Hornets

3 | 3 days ago

Nah Charles Lee/Jeff Peterson don’t want to be in the play-in. We blatantly tank the 1st game of back to backs by benching LaMelo

Chessh2036 | Hawks

3 | 3 days ago

Damn. Someone has to take the Play-In spot, guess it’s us 😂

svall18 | Hornets

9 | 3 days ago

I mean y’all should go for it. You have a top 2 pick incoming from NOLA anyway

Chessh2036 | Hawks

4 | 3 days ago

Spurs also own our FRP lol

a_moniker | Hornets

6 | 3 days ago

That’s reason enough. Y’all better make the play-in or the Spurs are gonna get gifted another bullshit top-4 pick

Chessh2036 | Hawks

2 | 3 days ago

We’re trying man 😭

a_moniker | Hornets

3 | 3 days ago

Have you tried just blowing teams out by 30?? It seems pretty effective for us…

Lucky-Fly-9074 | Bulls

5 | 3 days ago

Us Bulls are always Mid so idk if anyone’s gonna replace our spot

FH261169 | Mavericks

12 | 3 days ago

Hornets are a few pieces away from playoff contention but as of right now I think they can make the play in.

Aeronova20 | Magic

8 | 3 days ago

count your days Mosley

OutsideMammoth

8 | 3 days ago

I don’t wanna here nothin about no hornets defense in 2026

eelposse | Magic

7 | 3 days ago

Extremely frustrating team to watch.

axnjxn00 | Magic

8 | 3 days ago

magic have been pathetic lately

Chardoggy1 | Hornets

7 | 3 days ago

We’re only two wins away from tying our record last year!

Humble_but_Hostile | Hornets

3 | 3 days ago

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46554922/simulating-2025-2026-nba-season-predictions-nba-cup-playoffs-finals-champion-draft-lottery

Everytime we play the magic I think about this article lol

FERFreak731 | Jazz

3 | 3 days ago

Hornets winning games makes me thrilled, since the more they win, the distance they keep away from the Jazz gifting OKC the 9th pick

svall18 | Hornets

5 | 3 days ago

I’ve resigned myself to us getting the 10th pick. we’ll prolly pass Memphis/Dallas unfort

Ok-Protection2513 | Hornets

3 | 3 days ago

Its either win the lottery or take a really really good player at 10 so im not worried about it anymore. This class is great.

Batman_in_hiding | Nets

1 | 3 days ago

BUZZ BUZZ

Free-Employee-2868

1 | 2 days ago

what the fuck even happened to the template? also BTA