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Charlotte Hornets vs Boston Celtics — 2026-10-14 NBA Game Analysis

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Charlotte Hornets 93, Boston Celtics 114. Final.

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FinalTD Garden
Charlotte HornetsCHA93
Boston CelticsBOS114
  1. 1st 11:182BOSMitchell Robinson makes tip shot0–2
  2. 1st 11:092CHADennis Schroder makes 2-foot two point shot (Royce O'Neale assists)2–2
  3. 1st 11:091CHADennis Schroder makes free throw 1 of 13–2
  4. 1st 10:592BOSMitchell Robinson makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jayson Tatum assists)3–4
  5. 1st 9:551CHAMoussa Diabate makes free throw 1 of 24–4
  6. 1st 9:333CHARoyce O'Neale makes 24-foot running jump shot (Naz Reid assists)7–4
  7. 1st 9:032BOSMitchell Robinson makes alley oop layup (Jayson Tatum assists)7–6
  8. 1st 8:082BOSJayson Tatum makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot (Derrick White assists)7–8
  9. 1st 7:102BOSNeemias Queta makes 5-foot two point shot (Paul George assists)7–10
  10. 1st 6:173BOSJayson Tatum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)7–13
  11. 1st 5:562CHAChristian Anderson makes 17-foot pullup jump shot9–13
  12. 1st 5:432BOSPayton Pritchard makes 11-foot pullup jump shot9–15
  13. 1st 5:263CHARoyce O'Neale makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)12–15
  14. 1st 4:502BOSPayton Pritchard makes 11-foot pullup jump shot12–17
  15. 1st 4:373CHAChristian Anderson makes 28-foot three point jumper (Tidjane Salaun assists)15–17
  16. 1st 4:193BOSPayton Pritchard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sam Hauser assists)15–20
  17. 1st 3:322BOSJayson Tatum makes 3-foot two point shot15–22
  18. 1st 2:222BOSBaylor Scheierman makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Payton Pritchard assists)15–24
  19. 1st 1:552CHATidjane Salaun makes 11-foot fade away jump shot17–24
  20. 1st 1:472BOSJayson Tatum makes alley oop layup (Baylor Scheierman assists)17–26
  21. 1st 1:093CHAChristian Anderson makes 26-foot three pointer20–26
  22. 1st 35.02BOSJayson Tatum makes 15-foot two point shot20–28
  23. 2nd 11:162BOSDerrick White makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot20–30
  24. 2nd 10:533BOSDerrick White makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mitchell Robinson assists)20–33
  25. 2nd 10:312BOSDerrick White makes 18-foot pullup jump shot20–35
  26. 2nd 9:442BOSDerrick White makes driving layup20–37
  27. 2nd 9:363CHANaz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Royce O'Neale assists)23–37
  28. 2nd 9:121BOSNeemias Queta makes free throw 2 of 223–38
  29. 2nd 8:302BOSDerrick White makes driving layup (Neemias Queta assists)23–40
  30. 2nd 7:532CHABrandon Miller makes 14-foot pullup jump shot25–40
  31. 2nd 7:121BOSLuka Garza makes free throw 2 of 225–41
  32. 2nd 6:323CHATidjane Salaun makes 27-foot running jump shot (Sion James assists)28–41
  33. 2nd 6:082BOSLuka Garza makes driving layup (Paul George assists)28–43
  34. 2nd 5:583CHALiam McNeeley makes 22-foot three point jumper (Sion James assists)31–43
  35. 2nd 5:181CHALiam McNeeley makes free throw 1 of 232–43
  36. 2nd 5:181CHALiam McNeeley makes free throw 2 of 233–43
  37. 2nd 4:553BOSPaul George makes 24-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)33–46
  38. 2nd 4:351BOSDerrick White makes free throw 1 of 233–47
  39. 2nd 4:351BOSDerrick White makes free throw 2 of 233–48
  40. 2nd 3:473CHATidjane Salaun makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Liam McNeeley assists)36–48
  41. 2nd 3:261CHARyan Kalkbrenner makes free throw 2 of 237–48
  42. 2nd 3:161BOSNeemias Queta makes free throw 2 of 237–49
  43. 2nd 2:392CHANaz Reid makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot39–49
  44. 2nd 2:182BOSNeemias Queta makes 19-foot jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)39–51
  45. 2nd 1:572CHANaz Reid makes 7-foot two point shot41–51
  46. 2nd 1:453BOSJayson Tatum makes 28-foot three pointer (Payton Pritchard assists)41–54
  47. 2nd 1:263CHARoyce O'Neale makes 26-foot three point jumper (Liam McNeeley assists)44–54
  48. 3rd 11:262BOSDerrick White makes 19-foot driving floating jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists)44–56
  49. 3rd 11:011BOSJordan Walsh makes free throw 1 of 244–57
  50. 3rd 11:011BOSJordan Walsh makes free throw 2 of 244–58
  51. 3rd 10:361BOSDerrick White makes free throw 1 of 244–59
  52. 3rd 10:361BOSDerrick White makes free throw 2 of 244–60
  53. 3rd 9:592CHAMoussa Diabate makes two point shot46–60
  54. 3rd 9:522BOSMitchell Robinson makes 12-foot alley oop dunk (Jayson Tatum assists)46–62
  55. 3rd 9:322BOSJayson Tatum makes running layup (Paul George assists)46–64
  56. 3rd 8:303CHABrandon Miller makes 24-foot three pointer (Naz Reid assists)49–64
  57. 3rd 8:152BOSMitchell Robinson makes alley oop layup (Paul George assists)49–66
  58. 3rd 8:041CHABrandon Miller makes free throw 1 of 350–66
  59. 3rd 8:041CHABrandon Miller makes free throw 2 of 351–66
  60. 3rd 8:041CHABrandon Miller makes free throw 3 of 352–66
  61. 3rd 7:473CHABrandon Miller makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)55–66
  62. 3rd 7:141CHANaz Reid makes free throw 1 of 256–66
  63. 3rd 7:141CHANaz Reid makes free throw 2 of 257–66
  64. 3rd 6:443BOSJayson Tatum makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot57–69
  65. 3rd 6:053CHARoyce O'Neale makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)60–69
  66. 3rd 5:373CHABrandon Miller makes 24-foot three pointer63–69
  67. 3rd 4:492BOSNeemias Queta makes 1-foot dunk (Jayson Tatum assists)63–71
  68. 3rd 4:312CHARyan Kalkbrenner makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Brandon Miller assists)65–71
  69. 3rd 4:152BOSNeemias Queta makes 3-foot layup (Jayson Tatum assists)65–73
  70. 3rd 3:532BOSPaul George makes driving layup (Baylor Scheierman assists)65–75
  71. 3rd 3:132CHAChristian Anderson makes 16-foot pullup jump shot67–75
  72. 3rd 2:293BOSSam Hauser makes 26-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)67–78
  73. 3rd 1:581BOSSam Hauser makes free throw 1 of 367–79
  74. 3rd 1:581BOSSam Hauser makes free throw 2 of 367–80
  75. 3rd 1:581BOSSam Hauser makes free throw 3 of 367–81
  76. 3rd 1:363CHATidjane Salaun makes 24-foot running jump shot (Sion James assists)70–81
  77. 3rd 1:102BOSNeemias Queta makes 1-foot dunk (Payton Pritchard assists)70–83
  78. 3rd 59.72CHARyan Kalkbrenner makes 3-foot two point shot (Sion James assists)72–83
  79. 3rd 51.62BOSNeemias Queta makes 11-foot hook shot (Payton Pritchard assists)72–85
  80. 3rd 31.83CHATidjane Salaun makes 23-foot three point jumper75–85
  81. 3rd 1.71CHATidjane Salaun makes free throw 1 of 276–85
  82. 3rd 1.71CHATidjane Salaun makes free throw 2 of 277–85
  83. 4th 11:373CHANaz Reid makes 22-foot running jump shot (Dennis Schroder assists)80–85
  84. 4th 11:123BOSBaylor Scheierman makes 23-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)80–88
  85. 4th 10:581CHABrandon Miller makes free throw 1 of 281–88
  86. 4th 10:581CHABrandon Miller makes free throw 2 of 282–88
  87. 4th 10:341BOSMitchell Robinson makes free throw 1 of 282–89
  88. 4th 10:341BOSMitchell Robinson makes free throw 2 of 282–90
  89. 4th 10:002BOSNeemias Queta makes driving dunk82–92
  90. 4th 8:332CHADennis Schroder makes 16-foot fade away jump shot (Naz Reid assists)84–92
  91. 4th 8:233BOSLuka Garza makes 27-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)84–95
  92. 4th 8:003BOSHugo Gonzalez makes 22-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)84–98
  93. 4th 7:322BOSLuka Garza makes 1-foot dunk (Hugo Gonzalez assists)84–100
  94. 4th 7:162CHARyan Kalkbrenner makes 1-foot dunk (Christian Anderson assists)86–100
  95. 4th 6:532BOSLuka Garza makes 1-foot layup (Jordan Walsh assists)86–102
  96. 4th 6:422CHALiam McNeeley makes 7-foot two point shot88–102
  97. 4th 6:323BOSLuka Garza makes 27-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)88–105
  98. 4th 4:232BOSDillon Mitchell makes 2-foot running dunk (Hugo Gonzalez assists)88–107
  99. 4th 3:192CHAMichael Ajayi makes running layup90–107
  100. 4th 2:112BOSHugo Gonzalez makes driving layup90–109
  101. 4th 2:091BOSLuka Garza makes free throw 2 of 290–110
  102. 4th 1:461CHAJarkel Joiner makes free throw 2 of 291–110
  103. 4th 1:002BOSDillon Mitchell makes running layup91–112
  104. 4th 46.82BOSChris Cenac Jr. makes driving layup91–114
  105. 4th 27.72CHAHannes Steinbach makes 2-foot layup (Michael Ajayi assists)93–114

Attendance 19,156

Game recap

Preseason. Final. Quarters: Charlotte Hornets 20, 24, 33, 16; Boston Celtics 28, 26, 31, 29.

Brandon Miller 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists. Tidjane Salaun 16 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists. Naz Reid 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists

Jayson Tatum 19 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists. Derrick White 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists. Neemias Queta 16 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists

Sources: ESPN NBA scoreboard · ESPN WNBA scoreboard

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Charlotte Hornets vs Boston Celtics — NBA Game Analysis

Boston Celtics defeated Charlotte Hornets 114–93, a 21-point margin. Boston Celtics shot 48% from the field, compared with 41% from the field for Charlotte Hornets. Charlotte Hornets shot 38% from three-point range, compared with 28% from three-point range for Boston Celtics. Charlotte Hornets led the rebounding count, 43 to 40. Boston Celtics committed fewer turnovers, 10 to 29.

Analysis based on ESPN’s recorded final score and available box-score statistics.

Team stats

StatCharlotte HornetsBoston Celtics
FG31-7544-92
Field Goal %4148
3PT16-4211-39
Three Point %3828
FT15-2015-22
Free Throw %7568
Rebounds4340
Offensive Rebounds79
Defensive Rebounds3631
Assists1931
Steals716
Blocks34
Turnovers2910
Total Turnovers3011
Fast Break Points1411
Points in Paint2056

Leaders

  • PointsJayson Tatum · BOS · 19
  • AssistsPayton Pritchard · BOS · 11
  • ReboundsJayson Tatum · BOS · 8
  • PointsBrandon Miller · CHA · 16
  • AssistsSion James · CHA · 4
  • ReboundsNaz Reid · CHA · 6

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