Game ID: 22500102
Charlotte Hornets @ Philadelphia 76ers
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHI 36 25 25 39 125CHA 29 29 38 25 121
CHA @ PHI ScoutingCHA @ PHI Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
PHI availability going into 10/22 · season opener
full strength
PHI availability going into 10/25 · 2 days' rest
full strength
PHI availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's restOUT Gordon missed 2 since 10/22, returns tonight: 11 min (89% of 12)
PHI availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backBACK Gordon back 10/27 after 2, 11 min since (89% of 12)
NEW Edgecombe 35 to 40 min over the last 3
NEW Oubre Jr. 32 to 37 min over the last 3
PHI availability going into 10/31 · 2 days' restOUT Barlow missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Gordon back 10/27 after 2, 8 min since (63% of 12)
NEW Edgecombe 35 to 40 min over the last 4
NEW Oubre Jr. 32 to 39 min over the last 4
PHI availability going into 11/02 · 1 day's restOUT Barlow missed 3 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Gordon back 10/27 after 2, 8 min since (63% of 12)
NEW Oubre Jr. 32 to 39 min over the last 5
CHA availability going into 10/22 · season opener
full strength
CHA availability going into 10/25 · 2 days' rest
full strength
CHA availability going into 10/26 · back-to-backOUT McNeeley missed 2 since 10/22, returns tonight: 6 min (53% of 12)
CHA availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restBACK McNeeley back 10/26 after 2, 6 min since (53% of 12)
NEW Ball 28 to 34 min over the last 3
NEW Mann 13 to 18 min over the last 3
CHA availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Miller missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK McNeeley back 10/26 after 2, 9 min since (72% of 12)
NEW Kalkbrenner 21 to 26 min over the last 4
NEW Mann 13 to 20 min over the last 4
CHA availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Miller missed 3 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK McNeeley back 10/26 after 2, 10 min since (88% of 12)
NEW Ball 28 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Kalkbrenner 21 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Mann 13 to 19 min over the last 5
10/22 @ BOS 117-116 — PHI notes
PHI won 117-116. PHI shot 46% (39 of 85) to BOS's 45%, 16 of 41 from three. Maxey led with 40 (13 of 24, 7 of 9 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Edgecombe added 34, Barlow 13. The hinge was Q4, 42-30: PHI came in trailing by 11 and left it ahead by 1. Grimes was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
10/25 vs CHA 125-121 — PHI notes
PHI won 125-121. PHI shot 47% (41 of 87) to CHA's 48%, 18 of 39 from three. Maxey led with 28 (7 of 20, 4 of 9 from three, 10 of 12 at the line); Grimes added 24, Embiid 20. The hinge was Q4, 39-25: PHI came in trailing by 10 and left it ahead by 4. Oubre Jr. was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
11/02 @ BKN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Brooklyn comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 128, shooting 46 percent and 35 from three, 22 free throws a game; Thomas at 23 and Porter Jr. at 22 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Williams (2 straight), Powell (4 straight), Wolf (5 straight). 3 days' rest. Philadelphia comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 121, shooting 47 percent and 41 from three, 32 free throws a game; Maxey at 35 and Edgecombe at 21 a game. Without Barlow (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, on the road, and the game turns on the line, where Philadelphia takes 32 free throws a game to Brooklyn's 22 and the arc, Philadelphia at 41 percent from three to Brooklyn's 35. Call it Philadelphia 125, Brooklyn 119.
10/22 vs BKN 136-117 — CHA notes
CHA won 136-117. CHA shot 53% (48 of 90) to BKN's 44%, 17 of 36 from three. The glass went 50-38 for them. Miller led with 25 (8 of 19, 2 of 9 from three, 7 of 10 at the line); Ball added 20, Bridges 18. The hinge was Q2, 39-28: a lead of 6 became 17, and the lead reached 22. T. Mann was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
10/25 @ PHI 121-125 — CHA notes
CHA lost 121-125. CHA shot 48% (43 of 89) to PHI's 47%, 16 of 42 from three. Ball led with 27 (8 of 18, 4 of 11 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Sexton added 21, Bridges 18. Q3 was theirs, 38-25, turning a 3-point deficit into a 10-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 100-83 against them. They led by as many as 11. Sexton's -19 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 vs MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Charlotte comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 124, shooting 50 percent and 40 from three, 27 free throws a game; Ball at 24 and Sexton at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Miller (3 straight). One day's rest. Minnesota comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 119, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 27 free throws a game; Randle at 27 and Edwards at 26 a game. Without Edwards (2 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Charlotte wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Charlotte has been plus-7 a night and Minnesota minus-2. Call it Charlotte 123, Minnesota 118.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CHABM B. Miller
CS C. Sexton
KK K. Knueppel
LB L. Ball
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diabaté
MP M. Plumlee
RK R. Kalkbrenner
SJ S. James
SA Salaun
TM T. Mann
TS T. Salaün
PHIAB A. Bona
AD A. Drummond
DB D. Barlow
JE J. Edwards
JE J. Embiid
JW J. Walker
KO K. Oubre Jr.
QG Q. Grimes
TM T. Maxey
VE V. Edgecombe
CHA/PHI the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Quentin Grimes' clutch 3-pointer lifts 76ers to 125-121 win over Hornets in home opener
PHILADELPHIA -- — Quentin Grimes snapped a tie with a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left and scored 24 points, and Tyrese Maxey scored 28 to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 125-121 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night.
Joel Embiid scored 20 points with only two rebounds for the Sixers in their home opener. VJ Edgecombe had 15 points for the Sixers after the 2025 No. 3 overall pick scored 34 in the opener against Boston, the third-most points for an NBA player in his first game.
The Hornets lost Brandon Miller in the first half to left shoulder soreness. Miller grabbed his shoulder in pain and ran to the locker room after he was hurt on a play in the second quarter. He scored four points in nine minutes.
LaMelo Ball led the Hornets with 27 points and Collin Sexton had 21.
The Hornets led by 10 points at the end of the third quarter and blew the lead even with Embiid out of the game in the final frame. Embiid is on a minutes restriction as he returns from knee surgery and used up his 20 allotted minutes by the end of the third quarter.
Embiid scored four points on 1-of-9 shooting against Boston and did not play the final 9-plus minutes as Maxey and Edgecombe led them to victory. The 2023 NBA MVP and a two-time league scoring champion, Embiid was limited to 19 games last season because of a sprained left foot, a sinus fracture and arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
Against the Hornets, Embiid hit three 3s and scored 16 points in the first half and showed — while his return to true All-Star form may take time — he's still going to be the difference-maker for a Sixers team that has never been close to as good without him as they are with the 7-footer.