Charlotte Hornets @ Sacramento Kings
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA | Game ID: 22500951
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 34 28 23 24 109CHA 30 29 31 27 117
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LaMelo Ball scores 30 as Hornets beat Kings 117-109
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — LaMelo Ball scored 20 of his 30 points in the first half and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Sacramento Kings 117-109 on Wednesday night.
Miles Bridges had 26 points as Charlotte won at Sacramento for the first time in more than two years. Standout rookie Kon Knueppel added 24 points and Brandon Miller scored 20.
DeMar DeRozan scored 39 points for the Kings and moved past Hall of Famer Tim Duncan into 18th place on the NBA's career scoring list with 26,505 points. Duncan, a 15-time All-Star, had 26,496 points in 19 seasons.
Ball shot 10 of 22 and made six 3-pointers. He had six rebounds and five assists.
The Hornets trailed much of the first half but began taking control in the third quarter. Bridges' alley-oop pass to Miller gave Charlotte an 88-83 lead, and White’s three-point play early in the fourth made it 99-88.
After the Kings got within 108-100 with three minutes remaining, Bridges made a floater. Ball then hit his sixth 3-pointer of the night and added a pair of free throws to help Charlotte close it out.
Nique Clifford had 18 points and seven assists for the Kings, who were attempting to win their third straight for the first time since early January.
Precious Achiuwa added 14 points and eight rebounds for Sacramento and Daeqwon Plowden scored 13 points.
The Kings played without Russell Westbrook (quad bruise).
Ball and Bridges combined for six 3-pointers and 31 points in the first half but Charlotte committed eight turnovers and trailed 62-57 at the break.
Up next Hornets: At San Antonio on Saturday.
Kings: Visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CHABM B. Miller
CW C. White
DI Diabate
JG J. Green
KK K. Knueppel
LB L. Ball
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diabaté
PC P. Connaughton
SJ S. James
XT X. Tillman
SACDD D. DeRozan
DE D. Eubanks
DM D. McDermott
DP D. Plowden
KH K. Hayes
MR M. Raynaud
NC N. Clifford
PA P. Achiuwa
CHA/SAC 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
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