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Charlotte Hornets vs Brooklyn Nets — 2026-10-21 NBA Game Analysis

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Charlotte Hornets 110, Brooklyn Nets 103. Final.

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FinalBarclays Center
Charlotte HornetsCHA110
Brooklyn NetsBKN103
  1. 1st 11:412BKNJulius Randle makes 11-foot two point shot0–2
  2. 1st 11:032BKNDay'Ron Sharpe makes two point shot0–4
  3. 1st 10:372BKNEgor Demin makes driving layup (Julius Randle assists)0–6
  4. 1st 10:012CHAMoussa Diabate makes 1-foot reverse layup (Naz Reid assists)2–6
  5. 1st 9:373BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot three pointer2–9
  6. 1st 9:263CHANaz Reid makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)5–9
  7. 1st 9:142BKNEgor Demin makes 14-foot two point shot5–11
  8. 1st 7:182CHAMoussa Diabate makes 1-foot dunk (Naz Reid assists)7–11
  9. 1st 6:182CHABrandon Miller makes 2-foot driving dunk (Naz Reid assists)9–11
  10. 1st 6:041BKNJulius Randle makes free throw 2 of 29–12
  11. 1st 5:372CHARoyce O'Neale makes tip shot11–12
  12. 1st 5:002CHABrandon Miller makes 11-foot pullup jump shot13–12
  13. 1st 4:323CHABrandon Miller makes 23-foot three point jumper (Grayson Allen assists)16–12
  14. 1st 3:263CHABrandon Miller makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)19–12
  15. 1st 3:133BKNMoritz Wagner makes 25-foot three pointer19–15
  16. 1st 2:512CHABrandon Miller makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot21–15
  17. 1st 2:301CHAGrayson Allen makes free throw 1 of 222–15
  18. 1st 2:301CHAGrayson Allen makes free throw 2 of 223–15
  19. 1st 2:172BKNMikel Brown Jr. makes 4-foot two point shot (Julius Randle assists)23–17
  20. 1st 2:171BKNMikel Brown Jr. makes free throw 1 of 123–18
  21. 1st 1:013BKNNoah Clowney makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)23–21
  22. 1st 53.81CHAGrayson Allen makes free throw 1 of 224–21
  23. 1st 53.81CHAGrayson Allen makes free throw 2 of 225–21
  24. 1st 34.02BKNJulius Randle makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot25–23
  25. 1st 16.82CHAMoussa Diabate makes dunk27–23
  26. 2nd 11:363BKNMikel Brown Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)27–26
  27. 2nd 11:172CHABrandon Miller makes 11-foot pullup jump shot29–26
  28. 2nd 11:031BKNNolan Traore makes free throw 2 of 229–27
  29. 2nd 10:403CHABrandon Miller makes 24-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)32–27
  30. 2nd 9:311BKNNoah Clowney makes free throw 1 of 232–28
  31. 2nd 9:311BKNNoah Clowney makes free throw 2 of 232–29
  32. 2nd 9:212CHARyan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot driving dunk (Dennis Schroder assists)34–29
  33. 2nd 9:093BKNJulius Randle makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mikel Brown Jr. assists)34–32
  34. 2nd 8:361CHADennis Schroder makes free throw 1 of 235–32
  35. 2nd 8:361CHADennis Schroder makes free throw 2 of 236–32
  36. 2nd 7:433CHAGrayson Allen makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Dennis Schroder assists)39–32
  37. 2nd 7:242BKNDay'Ron Sharpe makes 6-foot two point shot (Mikel Brown Jr. assists)39–34
  38. 2nd 7:042CHAGrayson Allen makes 9-foot floating jump shot41–34
  39. 2nd 6:502BKNJulius Randle makes 13-foot step back jumpshot41–36
  40. 2nd 4:422BKNKeon Ellis makes two point shot41–38
  41. 2nd 4:303CHARoyce O'Neale makes 24-foot three point jumper (Grayson Allen assists)44–38
  42. 2nd 3:573BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)44–41
  43. 2nd 3:402CHANaz Reid makes driving layup (Christian Anderson assists)46–41
  44. 2nd 2:392BKNDay'Ron Sharpe makes 8-foot two point shot (Egor Demin assists)46–43
  45. 2nd 2:102CHADennis Schroder makes 5-foot two point shot (Grayson Allen assists)48–43
  46. 2nd 1:492CHADennis Schroder makes driving layup (Brandon Miller assists)50–43
  47. 2nd 1:342CHAMoussa Diabate makes 1-foot running dunk52–43
  48. 2nd 1:203BKNJulius Randle makes 23-foot three point jumper52–46
  49. 2nd 52.12BKNJulius Randle makes 11-foot step back jumpshot52–48
  50. 2nd 1.22CHAMoussa Diabate makes 1-foot running dunk (Grayson Allen assists)54–48
  51. 3rd 11:482CHADennis Schroder makes driving layup56–48
  52. 3rd 11:111BKNJulius Randle makes free throw 1 of 256–49
  53. 3rd 11:111BKNJulius Randle makes free throw 2 of 256–50
  54. 3rd 10:593CHANaz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)59–50
  55. 3rd 10:302BKNKeon Ellis makes layup (Egor Demin assists)59–52
  56. 3rd 10:102CHAMoussa Diabate makes 1-foot dunk (Naz Reid assists)61–52
  57. 3rd 10:101CHAMoussa Diabate makes free throw 1 of 162–52
  58. 3rd 9:583BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer (Day'Ron Sharpe assists)62–55
  59. 3rd 9:373BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot three pointer (Day'Ron Sharpe assists)62–58
  60. 3rd 8:492BKNJulius Randle makes 2-foot layup (Day'Ron Sharpe assists)62–60
  61. 3rd 8:123BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keon Ellis assists)62–63
  62. 3rd 8:121BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 162–64
  63. 3rd 7:033CHANaz Reid makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)65–64
  64. 3rd 6:032BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 3-foot layup (Moritz Wagner assists)65–66
  65. 3rd 6:021CHAMoussa Diabate makes free throw 1 of 266–66
  66. 3rd 6:021CHAMoussa Diabate makes free throw 2 of 267–66
  67. 3rd 5:411BKNMoritz Wagner makes free throw 1 of 267–67
  68. 3rd 5:411BKNMoritz Wagner makes free throw 2 of 267–68
  69. 3rd 5:303CHAGrayson Allen makes 29-foot three point jumper70–68
  70. 3rd 4:592BKNNoah Clowney makes 2-foot running dunk (Michael Porter Jr. assists)70–70
  71. 3rd 4:252CHARyan Kalkbrenner makes alley oop dunk (Dennis Schroder assists)72–70
  72. 3rd 4:131BKNNolan Traore makes free throw 1 of 272–71
  73. 3rd 4:131BKNNolan Traore makes free throw 2 of 272–72
  74. 3rd 4:013CHAGrayson Allen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)75–72
  75. 3rd 3:033CHAGrayson Allen makes 31-foot running pullup jump shot78–72
  76. 3rd 2:372CHANaz Reid makes driving layup80–72
  77. 3rd 2:061BKNMoritz Wagner makes free throw 1 of 280–73
  78. 3rd 2:061BKNMoritz Wagner makes free throw 2 of 280–74
  79. 3rd 1:533CHANaz Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)83–74
  80. 3rd 1:381BKNJulius Randle makes free throw 1 of 283–75
  81. 3rd 1:381BKNJulius Randle makes free throw 2 of 283–76
  82. 3rd 1:321BKNJulius Randle makes free throw 1 of 283–77
  83. 3rd 1:072BKNNoah Clowney makes 1-foot driving dunk83–79
  84. 3rd 51.02CHADennis Schroder makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot85–79
  85. 3rd 51.01CHADennis Schroder makes free throw 1 of 186–79
  86. 3rd 29.22BKNJulius Randle makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot86–81
  87. 4th 11:343BKNJulius Randle makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mikel Brown Jr. assists)86–84
  88. 4th 11:163CHARoyce O'Neale makes 25-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)89–84
  89. 4th 10:143CHASion James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Anderson assists)92–84
  90. 4th 8:322BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot layup (Keon Ellis assists)92–86
  91. 4th 8:082BKNDay'Ron Sharpe makes tip in dunk92–88
  92. 4th 7:362CHANaz Reid makes two point shot94–88
  93. 4th 7:202BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Keon Ellis assists)94–90
  94. 4th 7:042CHADennis Schroder makes 3-foot two point shot96–90
  95. 4th 6:401CHADennis Schroder makes free throw 1 of 297–90
  96. 4th 6:401CHADennis Schroder makes free throw 2 of 298–90
  97. 4th 6:122CHADennis Schroder makes 1-foot two point shot (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)100–90
  98. 4th 5:522BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Julius Randle assists)100–92
  99. 4th 5:382CHADennis Schroder makes 1-foot two point shot (Naz Reid assists)102–92
  100. 4th 4:592BKNJulius Randle makes 4-foot two point shot (Noah Clowney assists)102–94
  101. 4th 3:442CHANaz Reid makes driving layup104–94
  102. 4th 3:273BKNKeon Ellis makes 23-foot three pointer (Julius Randle assists)104–97
  103. 4th 2:452CHAMoussa Diabate makes 1-foot running dunk (Dennis Schroder assists)106–97
  104. 4th 1:162BKNJulius Randle makes driving layup106–99
  105. 4th 1:161BKNJulius Randle makes free throw 1 of 1106–100
  106. 4th 38.73CHAGrayson Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)109–100
  107. 4th 33.71BKNJulius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2109–101
  108. 4th 23.92BKNMichael Porter Jr. makes running dunk (Keon Ellis assists)109–103
  109. 4th 20.01CHABrandon Miller makes free throw 2 of 2110–103

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Game recap

Regular season. Final. Quarters: Charlotte Hornets 27, 27, 32, 24; Brooklyn Nets 23, 25, 33, 22.

Grayson Allen 21 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists. Naz Reid 20 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists. Dennis Schroder 19 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists

Julius Randle 33 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists. Michael Porter Jr. 26 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists. Noah Clowney 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists

Sources: ESPN NBA scoreboard · ESPN WNBA scoreboard

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Charlotte Hornets vs Brooklyn Nets — NBA Game Analysis

Charlotte Hornets defeated Brooklyn Nets 110–103, a 7-point margin. Brooklyn Nets shot 45% from the field, compared with 44% from the field for Charlotte Hornets. Brooklyn Nets shot 39% from three-point range, compared with 31% from three-point range for Charlotte Hornets. Charlotte Hornets led the rebounding count, 44 to 38. Charlotte Hornets committed fewer turnovers, 20 to 22.

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

Team stats

StatCharlotte HornetsBrooklyn Nets
FG41-9336-80
Field Goal %4445
3PT15-4812-31
Three Point %3139
FT13-1519-25
Free Throw %8776
Rebounds4438
Offensive Rebounds1511
Defensive Rebounds2927
Assists2622
Steals97
Blocks45
Turnovers2022
Total Turnovers2122
Fast Break Points128
Points in Paint4844

Leaders

  • PointsJulius Randle · BKN · 33
  • AssistsJulius Randle · BKN · 7
  • ReboundsJulius Randle · BKN · 8
  • PointsGrayson Allen · CHA · 21
  • AssistsNaz Reid · CHA · 7
  • ReboundsNaz Reid · CHA · 11

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