Who won Charlotte Hornets vs Washington Wizards?

The Charlotte Hornets beat the Washington Wizards 139-113 on October 26, 2025.

LaMelo Ball scored 38 for the Charlotte Hornets with 13 rebounds; CJ McCollum scored 24 for the Washington Wizards.

Charlotte Hornets at Washington Wizards

2025-26 · Regular season Sun, Oct 26, 2025 · 6:00 pm EDT · All results that day · Charlotte Hornets vs Washington Wizards head-to-head · Charlotte Hornets schedule · Washington Wizards schedule

Final

Away

Washington Wizards

113

Venue: Capital One Arena

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Charlotte Hornets beat the Washington Wizards 139-113 on the road on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at Capital One Arena. LaMelo Ball had 38 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists for the Charlotte Hornets. CJ McCollum had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists for the Washington Wizards.

The Charlotte Hornets trailed 62-51 at halftime and came back to win. Their best stretch was the fourth quarter, won 44-25. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: LaMelo Ball (triple-double, Charlotte Hornets), Moussa Diabate (double-double, Charlotte Hornets). Bench points: Charlotte Hornets 35, Washington Wizards 45. Miles Bridges had 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Charlotte Hornets vs Washington Wizards?: The Charlotte Hornets beat the Washington Wizards 139-113 on October 26, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: LaMelo Ball scored 38 for the Charlotte Hornets with 13 rebounds; CJ McCollum scored 24 for the Washington Wizards.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Charlotte Hornets	31	20	44	44	139
Washington Wizards	30	32	26	25	113

Game leaders

Charlotte Hornets

Points: 38 LaMelo Ball
Rebounds: 13 LaMelo Ball
Assists: 13 LaMelo Ball

Washington Wizards

Points: 24 CJ McCollum
Rebounds: 8 Kyshawn George
Assists: 5 CJ McCollum

LaMelo Ball triple-double (38 PTS, 13 REB, 13 AST) · Moussa Diabate double-double (12 PTS, 10 REB)

Charlotte Hornets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Kon Knueppel starter	34:55	20	6	2	1	0	2	7-12	5-9	1-2	2	+19
LaMelo Ball starter	34:38	38	13	13	3	0	4	13-25	5-12	7-7	3	+32
Collin Sexton starter	32:59	20	2	3	2	0	3	7-10	0-1	6-7	2	+4
Miles Bridges starter	32:04	22	4	3	1	0	0	6-16	1-7	9-10	0	+4
Ryan Kalkbrenner starter	22:07	4	5	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	+9
Moussa Diabate bench	22:58	12	10	1	0	2	1	4-9	0-0	4-5	1	+12
Sion James bench	20:17	13	0	3	2	1	0	4-7	3-4	2-2	0	+13
Tidjane Salaun bench	16:21	4	7	1	2	1	0	1-1	1-1	1-2	3	+22
Tre Mann bench	12:07	0	2	0	1	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	2	-4
Liam McNeeley bench	6:18	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	+7
Mason Plumlee bench	2:55	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	+5
Pat Connaughton bench	2:21	4	0	1	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-1	0	+7

Not available: Brandon Miller, Josh Green, Grant Williams

Washington Wizards
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
CJ McCollum starter	29:57	24	6	5	0	0	1	8-20	4-11	4-6	2	-5
Bub Carrington starter	25:56	4	3	5	2	0	1	2-7	0-1	0-0	3	-8
Alexandre Sarr starter	25:09	23	4	5	0	3	2	9-15	1-3	4-4	1	-7
Kyshawn George starter	24:51	6	8	5	0	0	3	3-7	0-4	0-0	6	-22
Khris Middleton starter	20:17	11	3	1	1	0	2	4-6	0-1	3-3	3	-4
Tre Johnson bench	29:04	16	4	2	0	1	0	6-14	2-7	2-2	4	-16
Cam Whitmore bench	20:32	10	4	2	1	0	4	4-10	1-3	1-2	1	-16
Corey Kispert bench	19:51	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	-13
Tristan Vukcevic bench	10:56	6	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	1-2	2	-1
Marvin Bagley III bench	9:50	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	-14
Will Riley bench	9:12	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	-3
Justin Champagnie bench	5:56	4	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	4-4	1	-6
AJ Johnson bench	4:10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	-4
Sharife Cooper bench	2:21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	-7
Anthony Gill bench	1:58	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	-4

Not available: Bilal Coulibaly

Team statistics
Charlotte Hornets	Stat	Washington Wizards
30/36 (83%)	Free throws	21/25 (84%)
32/54 (59%)	2 pointers	31/57 (54%)
15/38 (39%)	3 pointers	10/34 (29%)
47/92 (51%)	Field goals	41/91 (45%)
52	Rebounds	40
41	Defensive rebounds	33
11	Offensive rebounds	7
30	Assists	25
11	Turnovers	15
12	Steals	5
4	Blocks	4
16	Fouls	27
11	Max points in a row	9
22:37	Time spent in lead	22:35
28	Biggest lead	13

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Washington Wizards ahead)

Largest margin: 26 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 7
Times tied: 6
Largest lead · Charlotte Hornets: 28 Q4 0:33
Largest lead · Washington Wizards: 13 Q3 11:46
Longest run: 11-0 Charlotte Hornets · Q3 4:18 to Q3 2:58

Scoring plays

Q1 · 33 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
11:17	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	0	2
10:54	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	0	4
10:30	Washington Wizards	Khris Middleton 2-pt field goal	0	6
10:08	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	2	6
9:14	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	5	6
8:48	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	5	8
8:39	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton 2-pt field goal	7	8
8:02	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	7	11
7:41	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton 2-pt field goal	9	11
7:17	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel Free throw	10	11
7:07	Washington Wizards	Khris Middleton 2-pt field goal	10	13
6:48	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 3-pt field goal	13	13
6:28	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton 2-pt field goal	15	13
6:12	Washington Wizards	Khris Middleton Free throw	15	14
6:12	Washington Wizards	Khris Middleton Free throw	15	15
6:12	Washington Wizards	Khris Middleton Free throw	15	16
5:43	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	15	18
5:32	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	17	18
5:32	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	18	18
5:15	Washington Wizards	Cam Whitmore 2-pt field goal	18	20
4:31	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	20	20
4:21	Charlotte Hornets	Tidjane Salaun Free throw	21	20
3:23	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	23	20
3:00	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate Free throw	24	20
2:46	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson 2-pt field goal	24	22
2:35	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	25	22
2:35	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	26	22
1:57	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	29	22
1:44	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson 3-pt field goal	29	25
0:48	Washington Wizards	Cam Whitmore 3-pt field goal	29	28
0:07	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton Free throw	30	28
0:07	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton Free throw	31	28
0:01	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	31	30

Q2 · 27 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
10:52	Washington Wizards	Cam Whitmore 2-pt field goal	31	32
10:47	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	33	32
10:22	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton 2-pt field goal	35	32
8:53	Washington Wizards	Tristan Vukcevic 3-pt field goal	35	35
8:16	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	35	37
7:29	Washington Wizards	Will Riley 3-pt field goal	35	40
7:19	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	36	40
7:19	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	37	40
7:09	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	37	43
6:36	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	39	43
5:40	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	41	43
5:29	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum Free throw	41	44
4:57	Washington Wizards	Will Riley 2-pt field goal	41	46
2:59	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner 2-pt field goal	43	46
2:33	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	43	48
2:19	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton 2-pt field goal	45	48
2:12	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	45	50
1:52	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	45	52
1:41	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	47	52
1:30	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 3-pt field goal	47	55
1:21	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	48	55
1:21	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	49	55
0:54	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	51	55
0:38	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson 3-pt field goal	51	58
0:03	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr Free throw	51	59
0:03	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr Free throw	51	60
0:01	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	51	62

Q3 · 38 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
11:46	Washington Wizards	Khris Middleton 2-pt field goal	51	64
11:28	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	53	64
11:13	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	54	64
11:13	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	55	64
10:58	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton Free throw	56	64
10:49	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	56	67
10:23	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 3-pt field goal	59	67
10:04	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 2-pt field goal	59	69
9:12	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner 2-pt field goal	61	69
8:49	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum Free throw	61	70
8:34	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	63	70
8:23	Washington Wizards	Khris Middleton 2-pt field goal	63	72
7:42	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 3-pt field goal	66	72
7:22	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie Free throw	66	73
7:22	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie Free throw	66	74
7:10	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 3-pt field goal	69	74
6:52	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	69	77
6:28	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	71	77
5:45	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	72	77
5:29	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie Free throw	72	78
5:29	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie Free throw	72	79
5:08	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	74	79
4:49	Washington Wizards	Cam Whitmore Free throw	74	80
4:31	Washington Wizards	Cam Whitmore 2-pt field goal	74	82
4:18	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	76	82
4:18	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate Free throw	77	82
4:10	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 2-pt field goal	79	82
3:39	Charlotte Hornets	Tidjane Salaun 3-pt field goal	82	82
2:58	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	85	82
2:39	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson Free throw	85	83
2:39	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson Free throw	85	84
2:23	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	87	84
2:09	Washington Wizards	Marvin Bagley III 2-pt field goal	87	86
1:56	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	90	86
1:25	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	93	86
1:08	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	93	88
0:49	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James Free throw	94	88
0:49	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James Free throw	95	88

Q4 · 41 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Charlotte Hornets	Washington Wizards
11:39	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	96	88
11:39	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	97	88
11:29	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	97	90
11:19	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton 2-pt field goal	99	90
11:01	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton Free throw	100	90
11:01	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton Free throw	101	90
10:48	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson 2-pt field goal	101	92
10:15	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson 2-pt field goal	101	94
9:39	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate Free throw	102	94
9:39	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate Free throw	103	94
9:28	Washington Wizards	Tristan Vukcevic 2-pt field goal	103	96
9:05	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	105	96
8:36	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	105	98
8:36	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum Free throw	105	99
8:20	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	107	99
8:12	Washington Wizards	CJ McCollum Free throw	107	100
7:52	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 3-pt field goal	110	100
7:39	Washington Wizards	Tristan Vukcevic Free throw	110	101
7:25	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	112	101
7:05	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	112	103
6:51	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	113	103
6:51	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	114	103
6:38	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	116	103
6:22	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 2-pt field goal	116	105
6:08	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 3-pt field goal	119	105
5:19	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	122	105
4:44	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	125	105
4:10	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	126	105
4:10	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	127	105
3:51	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson 2-pt field goal	127	107
3:10	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	127	109
2:55	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton 2-pt field goal	129	109
2:55	Charlotte Hornets	Collin Sexton Free throw	130	109
2:21	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson Free throw	130	110
2:21	Washington Wizards	Tre Johnson Free throw	130	111
1:59	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	133	111
1:22	Charlotte Hornets	Pat Connaughton 2-pt field goal	135	111
1:02	Charlotte Hornets	Pat Connaughton 2-pt field goal	137	111
0:33	Charlotte Hornets	Mason Plumlee 2-pt field goal	139	111
0:24	Washington Wizards	Anthony Gill Free throw	139	112
0:24	Washington Wizards	Anthony Gill Free throw	139	113

2025-26 season series

After this game: Charlotte Hornets 1-0. Final series: Charlotte Hornets 4-0.

Oct 26: Charlotte Hornets 139 at Washington Wizards 113 (this game)
Dec 23: Washington Wizards 109 at Charlotte Hornets 126
Jan 24: Washington Wizards 115 at Charlotte Hornets 119
Feb 22: Charlotte Hornets 129 at Washington Wizards 112

Highlights

Wizards 113 - 139 Hornets — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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