Charlotte Hornets vs. Phoenix Suns

Mar 8, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	30	28	19	22	99
PHX	28	32	21	30	111

Game Recap

Jalen Green and Collin Gillespie each score 24 as Suns cool Hornets, who score their fewest points in a game since Jan. 21.

Player Stats

HORNETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Kon KnueppelSF	29	4-11	2-8	5-6	1	4	0	0	0	1	-1	15
0Miles BridgesPF	28	7-16	1-6	1-2	7	1	0	0	2	1	-4	16
14Moussa DiabateC	26	1-4	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	4	2	2	+5	2
24Brandon MillerSG	32	4-12	2-7	1-2	9	3	0	1	2	5	-16	11
1LaMelo BallPG	33	9-19	4-12	0-0	7	6	0	0	2	4	+2	22
10Josh Green	13	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-4	3
11Ryan Kalkbrenner	19	4-6	0-0	2-4	7	0	0	1	0	1	-21	10
3Coby White	19	3-10	1-5	0-0	1	4	0	0	2	3	-14	7
2Grant Williams	19	3-4	3-4	1-1	2	2	1	0	1	2	-6	10
4Sion James	13	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	-4	3
21Pat Connaughton	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
23Tre Mann	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
26Xavier Tillman	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	37-8842.0%	15-4533.3%	10-1566.7%	41	24	1	6	11	21	-	99

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4Jalen GreenSF	29	8-19	4-10	4-6	4	2	1	0	3	1	+13	24
00Royce O'NealePF	32	1-6	1-6	0-0	7	1	3	2	0	0	+9	3
11Oso IghodaroC	27	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	5	0	1	0	4	+2	2
1Devin BookerSG	35	7-18	1-6	15-15	3	10	0	0	2	2	+11	30
12Collin GillespiePG	36	8-15	5-10	3-3	5	4	0	0	1	3	+5	24
7Haywood Highsmith	21	1-4	0-2	1-2	4	2	1	0	0	2	+19	3
10Khaman Maluach	20	2-4	0-0	0-0	9	0	0	2	0	1	+10	4
0Ryan Dunn	9	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	-6	3
20Rasheer Fleming	22	6-8	4-6	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	+1	16
2Amir Coffey	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-4	2
17Jamaree Bouyea	— did not play —												— did not play —
18Isaiah Livers	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	36-7945.6%	16-4139.0%	23-2688.5%	40	24	5	5	6	17	-	111

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterCHAPHX

(11:56) Jump Ball Ighodaro vs. Diabate: Tip to Booker
(11:44) Green Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (11:24) Miller 16' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Ball 1 AST)
20
(11:09) MISS Booker 5' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:09) Miller BLOCK (1 BLK)
(11:09) SUNS Rebound
+3 (11:02) Green 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Ighodaro 1 AST)
23
+3 (10:44) Miller 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Knueppel 1 AST)
53
+2 (10:23) Green 5' Driving Layup (5 PTS)
55
(10:09) MISS Knueppel 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(10:06) Ighodaro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:56) MISS Booker 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(9:55) Miller REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:41) MISS Ball 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:40) SUNS Rebound
(9:40) Diabate L.B.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Green)
+2 (9:26) Booker 6' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
57
+2 (9:15) Ball 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
77
(8:54) MISS Green 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:50) Ball REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:46) Bridges 6' Running Layup (2 PTS)
97
(8:40) Knueppel S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Green)
+1 (8:40) Booker Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
98
+1 (8:40) Booker Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
99
+3 (8:33) Ball 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Diabate 1 AST)
129
(8:21) Green Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T2)
(8:07) Diabate Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+3 (7:53) Gillespie 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (O'Neale 1 AST)
1212
+3 (7:46) Ball 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Miller 1 AST)
1512
+2 (7:29) Ighodaro 4' Dunk (2 PTS) (Booker 1 AST)
1514
(7:21) Gillespie P.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Green)
+2 (7:09) Miller 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS)
1714
(6:49) MISS Gillespie 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:47) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:37) Knueppel 12' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1914
(6:14) MISS Green 5' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(6:11) Ball REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:06) Knueppel 5' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
2114
(6:06) Booker S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Reneau)
(6:06) SUNS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (6:06) Knueppel Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
2214
+2 (5:46) Maluach 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Booker 2 AST)
2216
(5:36) MISS Knueppel 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:34) Bridges REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(5:32) MISS Ball 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:29) SUNS Rebound
(5:14) MISS O'Neale 3PT Jump Shot
(5:12) Kalkbrenner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:08) MISS Bridges 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:04) O'Neale REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (4:53) Green 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (8 PTS)
2219
(4:40) MISS Miller 12' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:37) Bridges REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(4:35) MISS Ball 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:34) Hornets Rebound
(4:34) Maluach L.B.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Foster)
(4:25) MISS Miller 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(4:23) Maluach REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:15) MISS Booker 11' Step Back Jump Shot
(4:12) Williams REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:01) MISS Kalkbrenner 5' Layup
(3:58) Maluach REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:48) MISS Green 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:44) Miller REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:21) MISS White 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(3:21) Hornets Rebound
(3:21) Hornets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#2)
(3:12) Miller S.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Foster)
+1 (3:12) Booker Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2220
+1 (3:12) Booker Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
2221
(2:57) White Traveling Turnover (P1.T3)
(2:57) Hornets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:38) MISS Highsmith 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:35) Fleming REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:33) SUNS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#3)
(2:16) MISS Green 9' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(2:16) Maluach BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:13) Miller REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(2:12) MISS White 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:12) SUNS Rebound
(2:12) Williams L.B.FOUL (P1.T4) (S.Foster)
(2:09) White P.FOUL (P1.PN) (S.Foster)
(2:09) MISS Highsmith Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:09) SUNS Rebound
+1 (2:09) Highsmith Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2222
(1:52) Dunn S.FOUL (P1.T4) (N.Green)
+1 (1:52) Knueppel Free Throw 1 of 3 (6 PTS)
2322
+1 (1:52) Knueppel Free Throw 2 of 3 (7 PTS)
2422
(1:52) MISS Knueppel Free Throw 3 of 3
(1:49) Highsmith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:36) Fleming 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Highsmith 1 AST)
2425
+3 (1:14) Knueppel 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (10 PTS) (James 1 AST)
2725
(1:04) MISS Gillespie 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:01) Hornets Rebound
(0:49) Dunn Violation:Kicked Ball (S.Foster)
(0:46) MISS Knueppel 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:43) Maluach REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:31) MISS Highsmith 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:28) Kalkbrenner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:05) Williams 29' 3PT Jump Bank Shot (3 PTS) (White 1 AST)
3025
+3 (0:00) Gillespie 37' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
3028

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CHA

PHX

99Points111

37-88(42.0%)Field Goal(%)36-79(45.6%)

15-45(33.3%)3-Point(%)16-41(39.0%)

10-15(66.7%)Free Throw(%)23-26(88.5%)

41(13)Rebounds(Offensive)40(10)

24Assists24

1Steals5

6Blocks5

11Turnovers6

21Fouls17

40Pts In The Paint34

10Fast Break Pts16

4Pts Off Turnovers14

33Bench Pts28

8Largest Lead16

Game Details

Sunday, March 8, 2026 · 10:00 PM

Mortgage Matchup Center · Phoenix, AZ

attendance: 17,071 (100%)

tv: NBC Sports Network