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Portland Trail Blazers at Charlotte Hornets

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29-32, 13-17 Away
Final
93 - 109

30-31, 13-16 Home

Miller scores 26 points as the Hornets beat the Trail Blazers 109-93 for their 4th straight win

Miles Bridges elevates for jam

Miller made six 3-pointers and the Hornets finished 16 for 42 behind the arc after totaling 72 in the previous three victories, equaling the NBA record for most in a three-game span.

Coby White added 20 points off the bench and LaMelo Ball had 15 points and eight assists. Moussa Diabate finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as Charlotte pulled within a game of .500 at 30-31.

Jrue Holiday scored 25 points and Jerami Grant had 21 for the Trail Blazers, who played without All-Star Deni Avdija for a third straight game because of a back injury.

Portland missed all 10 3-point attempts in the first quarter and Charlotte took a 29-17 lead. Miller made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points in the second as the Hornets took a 51-43 lead to the half.

The Blazers cut it to 74-67 after three but went cold again in the fourth, missing 10 of their 12 3-point attempts. Portland finished 11 for 47 (23.4%) on 3s for the game.

Up next Trail Blazers: Visit Atlanta on Sunday.

Hornets: Host Dallas on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

CHA leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 93 - 109
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 93 - 109
4th 16.9 Blake Wesley bad pass turnover (Sion James steals) 93 - 109
4th 25.8 Pat Connaughton out of bounds bad pass turnover 93 - 109
4th 43.4 Kris Murray out of bounds lost ball turnover 93 - 109

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/cha.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCHA
35-86 FG 38-91
41 Field Goal % 42
11-47 3PT 16-42
23 Three Point % 38
12-19 FT 17-25
63 Free Throw % 68
39 Rebounds 55
11 Offensive Rebounds 20
28 Defensive Rebounds 35
22 Assists 24
8 Steals 11
7 Blocks 0
16 Turnovers 16
1 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 16
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
2 Fast Break Points 7
46 Points in Paint 42
19 Fouls 22
2 Largest Lead 17
3 Lead Changes 3
2 Percent Led 96
Charlotte Hornets Charlotte Hornets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Robert Williams III, C Day-To-Day Mar 1
Kris Murray, F Day-To-Day Mar 1
Deni Avdija, F Out Mar 1
Shaedon Sharpe, G Out Feb 24
Damian Lillard, G Out Feb 14

Game Information

Spectrum Center

Location: Charlotte, NC
Attendance: 19,634 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 47 15 .758 - W2
Minnesota 38 23 .623 8.5 W3
Denver 37 24 .607 9.5 L2
Portland 29 33 .468 18 L2
Utah 18 42 .300 28 L5

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 31 28 .525 - L2
Miami 32 29 .525 - W1
Atlanta 31 31 .500 1.5 W4
Charlotte 30 31 .492 2 W4
Washington 16 43 .271 15 L4
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