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San Antonio Spurs at Charlotte Hornets

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32-16, 16-10 Away
Final
106 - 111

22-28, 10-13 Home

Brandon Miller scores 26 as surging Hornets beat Spurs 111-106 to push win streak to 6 games

Hornets win their 6th in a row as they down the Spurs at home

LaMelo Ball 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help give the Hornets their longest win streak in nearly a decade. Charlotte won seven straight games in March 2016.

Dylan Harper scored 20 points to lead the Spurs. Victor Wembanyama was held in check for most of the game, finishing with 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting and eight rebounds.

Charlotte's 17-point lead in the third quarter disintegrated after Harrison Barnes hit back-to-back 3s and the Spurs turned a Sexton turnover into a De'Aaron Fox layup to cut the lead to two with less than five minutes to play.

But the Spurs could never regain the lead.

With 36 seconds left and Charlotte leading by three, officials initially whistled Fox for a foul on a Miller 3-point attempt. But after reviewing the call, it was overturned and resulted in a jump ball, which the 7-foot-4 Wembanyama easily won.

Wembanyama launched a hurried a 3-point shot moments later and the Hornets snagged the rebound. Down 3, the Spurs inexplicably allowed 15 seconds to elapse before fouling Miller, who made both free throws with 10.6 seconds left to seal the game.

Kon Knueppel, who had a career-high 34 points in a 123-121 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, was held to 13 points and six rebounds.

The Hornets outscored the Spurs 35-17 in the second quarter behind 16 points and three 3s from Miller to take a 61-47 lead into the locker room. Charlotte held Wembanyama to four points, one rebound and one assists before the break.

The game was moved up three hours to account for a storm that dumped six inches of snow on Charlotte earlier in the day.

Up Next Spurs: Host Magic on Sunday night.

Hornets: Host Pelicans on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

CHA leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 106 - 111
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 106 - 111
4th 1.3 Kon Knueppel defensive rebound 106 - 111
4th 3.8 Devin Vassell misses 26-foot three point jumper 106 - 111
4th 5.3 Victor Wembanyama offensive rebound 106 - 111

Statistics

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38-80 FG 39-88
48 Field Goal % 44
13-34 3PT 13-35
38 Three Point % 37
17-19 FT 20-22
89 Free Throw % 91
36 Rebounds 51
6 Offensive Rebounds 14
30 Defensive Rebounds 37
26 Assists 30
7 Steals 5
6 Blocks 5
10 Turnovers 11
1 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
19 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 16
23 Fast Break Points 8
44 Points in Paint 46
16 Fouls 19
7 Largest Lead 20
9 Lead Changes 9
24 Percent Led 67
Charlotte Hornets Charlotte Hornets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kon Knueppel, G Day-To-Day Sep 28
Grant Williams, F Day-To-Day Sep 25
PJ Hall, C Day-To-Day Jun 16
San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
David Jones Garcia, F Day-To-Day Jul 22
Jayden Quaintance, F Out Jul 19

Game Information

Spectrum Center

Location: Charlotte, NC
Attendance: 19,533 · Capacity:

2026-27 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New Orleans 0 0 .000 - -
Dallas 0 0 .000 - -
Houston 0 0 .000 - -
San Antonio 0 0 .000 - -
Memphis 0 0 .000 - -

2026-27 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 0 - 0 0
Miami - 0 - 0 0
Orlando - 0 - 0 0
Washington - 0 - 0 0
Charlotte - 0 - 0 0
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