Charlotte Hornets vs. Indiana Pacers

FINAL

Feb 26, 2026

29-31CharlotteHornets

133

15-45IndianaPacers

109

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	31	36	40	26	133
IND	34	12	36	27	109

Game Recap

The Hornets extend their franchise record to 9 straight road wins and improve to 29-31, while the Pacers fall to 15-45.

Player Stats

HORNETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Kon KnueppelSF	31	10-17	8-12	0-0	4	2	1	1	1	3	+26	28
0Miles BridgesPF	23	3-6	1-2	0-0	3	2	2	1	2	1	+23	7
14Moussa DiabateC	29	7-8	0-0	0-0	11	4	2	0	2	3	+18	14
24Brandon MillerSG	25	11-19	6-11	5-6	7	4	1	0	4	2	+14	33
1LaMelo BallPG	21	7-12	3-8	3-3	4	8	1	1	3	1	+24	20
10Josh Green	20	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	2	-4	0
2Grant Williams	22	3-5	3-4	0-0	4	2	0	1	0	1	+1	9
3Coby White	16	2-8	0-4	3-5	1	6	1	0	1	1	+4	7
11Ryan Kalkbrenner	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	1	+9	4
4Sion James	18	0-4	0-2	2-2	4	2	0	0	0	3	+12	2
23Tre Mann	9	1-3	1-3	1-2	3	2	0	0	0	1	-4	4
21Pat Connaughton	8	2-2	0-0	1-1	1	1	1	0	1	0	-3	5
26Xavier Tillman	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	48-8655.8%	22-4647.8%	15-1978.9%	46	35	10	4	16	19	-	133

PACERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5Jarace WalkerSF	31	7-17	2-7	0-0	6	1	1	1	2	0	-10	16
1Obi ToppinPF	8	1-4	0-3	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	-1	3
32Jay HuffC	27	3-6	0-3	1-2	4	3	0	1	1	2	-32	7
26Ben SheppardSG	25	5-7	0-1	1-1	5	3	1	0	1	2	-13	11
2Andrew NembhardPG	29	6-14	3-6	5-6	3	7	1	0	4	2	-12	20
24Kobe Brown	25	3-6	0-2	0-0	5	1	0	1	2	1	-17	6
11Micah Potter	25	6-11	5-7	2-2	4	1	2	0	0	2	+1	19
29Quenton Jackson	30	4-9	0-2	5-5	4	2	1	0	1	4	-22	13
7Kam Jones	19	2-4	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	2	-4	5
9T.J. McConnell	16	4-9	0-1	1-2	2	7	0	0	1	0	-10	9
23Aaron Nesmith	— did not play —												— did not play —
43Pascal Siakam	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	41-8747.1%	11-3531.4%	16-2080.0%	37	28	7	3	12	15	-	109

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterCHAIND

(12:00) Jump Ball Huff vs. Diabate: Tip to Miller
(12:00) MISS Miller 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:36) Toppin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:25) Toppin 4' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Nembhard 1 AST)
02
(11:16) MISS Ball 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(11:15) PACERS Rebound
(10:54) MISS Nembhard 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(10:50) Ball REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:45) Ball 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Miller 1 AST)
22
(10:34) MISS Toppin 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:30) Hornets Rebound
(10:20) MISS Bridges 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:17) Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:11) MISS Nembhard 7' Running Layup
(10:11) Knueppel BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:09) Miller REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:08) Miller Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (9:51) Huff 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Nembhard 2 AST)
24
(9:46) Ball Backcourt Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:42) Diabate Violation:Kicked Ball (T.Maddox)
+2 (9:27) Huff 7' Turnaround Bank Shot (4 PTS) (Nembhard 3 AST)
26
(9:18) Miller Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T3)
(9:18) Walker STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:16) Walker 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Sheppard 1 AST)
28
(9:16) Hornets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+3 (8:57) Bridges 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Ball 1 AST)
58
+2 (8:43) Sheppard 3' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Toppin 1 AST)
510
(8:43) Ball S.FOUL (P1.T1) (K.Cutler)
+1 (8:43) Sheppard Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
511
(8:19) MISS Knueppel 10' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(8:14) Diabate REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (8:14) Diabate Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
711
+3 (7:56) Nembhard 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
714
(7:43) Nembhard S.FOUL (P1.T1) (T.Maddox)
+1 (7:43) Ball Free Throw 1 of 3 (3 PTS)
814
+1 (7:43) Ball Free Throw 2 of 3 (4 PTS)
914
+1 (7:43) Ball Free Throw 3 of 3 (5 PTS)
1014
(7:31) Nembhard Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(7:31) Ball STEAL (1 STL)
(7:26) Ball Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T4)
(7:22) Kicked Ball
(7:20) Walker Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (7:07) Miller 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
1314
(6:58) MISS Walker 13' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(6:54) Walker REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:54) MISS Walker Tip Layup Shot
(6:54) Diabate REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (6:47) Ball 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1614
(6:34) MISS Nembhard 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:33) Knueppel REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (6:22) Miller 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Diabate 1 AST)
1914
(6:19) PACERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (5:57) Brown 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Potter 1 AST)
1916
+2 (5:47) Diabate 3' Dunk (4 PTS) (Miller 2 AST)
2116
+2 (5:35) Potter 1' Dunk (2 PTS) (Jackson 1 AST)
2118
(5:10) MISS Bridges 10' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:10) Brown BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:08) Nembhard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:06) MISS Sheppard 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(5:02) Diabate REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(4:54) Nembhard P.FOUL (P2.T2) (C.Washington)
(4:41) MISS White 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(4:38) Walker REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(4:33) Diabate P.FOUL (P1.T2) (K.Cutler)
+3 (4:25) Potter 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (McConnell 1 AST)
2121
(4:11) MISS Miller 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:07) Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:56) MISS Walker 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(3:54) Walker REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
+2 (3:53) Walker 2' Putback Layup (4 PTS)
2123
(3:34) Miller Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P3.T5)
+3 (3:19) Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (McConnell 2 AST)
2126
(3:06) MISS Knueppel 9' Driving Layup
(3:04) Jackson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:00) MISS McConnell 15' Running Jump Shot
(2:58) Kalkbrenner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:44) MISS White 9' Turnaround Jump Shot
(2:40) Walker REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(2:36) MISS Jackson 3PT Running Jump Shot
(2:33) White REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:26) Knueppel 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (White 1 AST)
2426
(2:12) MISS Brown 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:08) James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:56) Knueppel 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Williams 1 AST)
2726
+2 (1:40) McConnell 12' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2728
(1:30) MISS Williams 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:28) Jackson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:22) MISS Jones 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(1:20) Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(1:16) White S.FOUL (P1.T3) (T.Maddox)
+1 (1:16) Jackson Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2729
+1 (1:16) Jackson Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2730
+3 (1:06) Knueppel 29' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (White 2 AST)
3030
+2 (0:54) Jones 8' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jackson 2 AST)
3032
(0:34) MISS White 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:31) McConnell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:20) Jackson 1' Driving Dunk (4 PTS) (McConnell 3 AST)
3034
(0:02) Jackson S.FOUL (P1.T3) (C.Washington)
(0:02) MISS White Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:02) Hornets Rebound
+1 (0:02) White Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
3134
(0:00) PACERS Heave
(0:00) PACERS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CHA

IND

133Points109

48-86(55.8%)Field Goal(%)41-87(47.1%)

22-46(47.8%)3-Point(%)11-35(31.4%)

15-19(78.9%)Free Throw(%)16-20(80.0%)

46(11)Rebounds(Offensive)37(12)

35Assists28

10Steals7

4Blocks3

16Turnovers12

19Fouls15

50Pts In The Paint58

12Fast Break Pts13

19Pts Off Turnovers18

31Bench Pts52

31Largest Lead7

Game Details

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis, IN

attendance: 17,073 (95.3%)