Charlotte Hornets beat Brooklyn Nets 110-103: Grayson Allen scores 21 off the bench and Naz Reid has 20 and 11 in his Hornets debut

Grayson Allen scored 21 points off the bench and hit a dagger three with 38.7 seconds left, and Naz Reid had 20 points and 11 rebounds in his first game for Charlotte as the Hornets beat the Brooklyn Nets 110-103 at Barclays Center on Wednesday, October 21. Julius Randle scored 33 in his Nets debut, but Brooklyn never led after the third quarter.

Allen went 6-of-9 from the field, 5-of-8 from three and 4-of-4 at the line in 29 minutes and was plus-20. Nine of his points came on three long threes in a 2½-minute span of the third quarter. Reid added 7 assists, Dennis Schroder scored 8 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, and Brandon Miller had 18.

GRAYS🎯N ALLEN. @Lowes | @GraysonJAllen x #HiveMentality pic.twitter.com/ngV7gFHdRV

— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) October 22, 2026

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How it turned

Brooklyn scored the first basket on a Randle jumper and led 11-5 early. Then Miller took over. He scored 12 points in the first quarter, including back-to-back threes, as Charlotte went on an 18-4 run to lead 23-15, and the Hornets were up 27-23 after one. Moussa Diabate’s running dunk off an Allen pass with 1.2 seconds left in the half made it 54-48 at the break.

Charlotte stretched the lead to 62-52 early in the third before Porter answered with three threes in 1:46, the last one a four-point play, and a Randle layup in between. Porter’s layup with 6:03 left gave Brooklyn a 66-65 lead. Allen responded with threes from 29, 24 and 31 feet in 2:27, Reid added a driving layup and a three, and the Hornets led 86-81 after three quarters.

Royce O’Neale and Sion James opened the fourth with threes for a 92-84 lead, and Porter’s floater cut it to 94-90 with 7:20 left. Schroder then scored eight straight Charlotte points on drives and free throws to make it 102-92 with 5:38 to play. Randle’s three-point play with 1:16 left got Brooklyn within 106-100, Day’Ron Sharpe then blocked Schroder at the other end, but Egor Demin lost the ball to Diabate, and Allen buried a 25-footer off Diabate’s pass to make it 109-100 with 38.7 seconds left.

Julius Randle gets on the board in his Nets debut 👏

A smooth turnaround jumper! pic.twitter.com/h99BqiTQIX

— NBA (@NBA) October 21, 2026

The numbers

Charlotte made 15 of 48 threes and grabbed 15 offensive rebounds. Both teams were careless with the ball: the Hornets committed 21 turnovers and the Nets 22. Reid shot 8-of-19 and 4-of-10 from three. Diabate had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals, and Ryan Kalkbrenner was plus-22 in 14 minutes with 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. Miller shot 7-of-21 and 3-of-14 from deep and did not score in the third quarter. The game had seven lead changes, and Charlotte led for 81 percent of it.

Brooklyn’s side

Randle made 11 of 18 shots, including 3 of 5 from three, and added 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Porter scored 26 on 10-of-21 shooting with 5 threes and 3 steals, including 12 points in the third quarter. No other Nets player reached double figures: Noah Clowney scored 9 off the bench on 3-of-3 shooting, Day’Ron Sharpe had 8 points and 8 rebounds, and Keon Ellis scored 7. No. 6 pick Mikel Brown Jr. had 6 points and 3 assists in 20 minutes, and Demin went 2-of-10. Charlotte played without Coby White (calf) and Kon Knueppel (hamstring).

What’s next

The Hornets host the Atlanta Hawks in their home opener on Friday, October 23 (7 p.m. ET, 2 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Nets visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday, October 24 (7:30 p.m. ET, 2:30 a.m. Sunday Cairo time).

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