Who won Boston Celtics vs Charlotte Hornets?

The Boston Celtics beat the Charlotte Hornets 114-99 on March 29, 2026.

Jayson Tatum scored 32 for the Boston Celtics; LaMelo Ball scored 19 for the Charlotte Hornets.

Boston Celtics at Charlotte Hornets

2025-26 · Regular season Sun, Mar 29, 2026 · 6:00 pm EDT · All results that day · Boston Celtics vs Charlotte Hornets head-to-head · Boston Celtics schedule · Charlotte Hornets schedule

Final

Away

Charlotte Hornets

Venue: Spectrum Center

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

Game recap

The Boston Celtics beat the Charlotte Hornets 114-99 on the road on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at Spectrum Center. Jayson Tatum had 32 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists for the Boston Celtics. LaMelo Ball had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists for the Charlotte Hornets.

The Boston Celtics led 63-49 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the second quarter, won 36-28. Bench points: Boston Celtics 27, Charlotte Hornets 36. Payton Pritchard had 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 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 Boston Celtics vs Charlotte Hornets?: The Boston Celtics beat the Charlotte Hornets 114-99 on March 29, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: Jayson Tatum scored 32 for the Boston Celtics; LaMelo Ball scored 19 for the Charlotte Hornets.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Boston Celtics	27	36	26	25	114
Charlotte Hornets	21	28	26	24	99

Game leaders

Boston Celtics

Points: 32 Jayson Tatum
Rebounds: 8 Neemias Queta
Assists: 8 Jayson Tatum

Charlotte Hornets

Points: 19 LaMelo Ball
Rebounds: 6 Brandon Miller
Assists: 4 Brandon Miller

Boston Celtics
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Payton Pritchard starter	37:14	28	6	6	1	0	2	10-18	2-6	6-6	3	+12
Jordan Walsh starter	33:43	3	7	2	1	0	0	1-7	0-4	1-1	2	+14
Sam Hauser starter	33:34	7	3	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	1-2	1	+13
Jayson Tatum starter	30:47	32	5	8	0	1	0	12-23	5-10	3-5	2	+15
Neemias Queta starter	28:45	17	8	1	1	1	0	8-13	0-1	1-2	4	+13
Baylor Scheierman bench	28:22	14	1	3	0	0	2	4-11	3-7	3-4	1	+6
Ron Harper Jr. bench	14:16	7	3	1	1	1	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	2	+10
Luka Garza bench	13:22	2	1	2	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	+8
Hugo Gonzalez bench	12:59	3	3	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	-12
Amari Williams bench	2:26	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	-1
Max Shulga bench	2:26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	-1
Charles Bassey bench	1:03	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	-1
John Tonje bench	1:03	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	-1

Not available: Jaylen Brown, Nikola Vučević, Derrick White

Charlotte Hornets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Kon Knueppel starter	31:53	13	4	2	0	0	2	5-13	1-6	2-3	0	-12
Brandon Miller starter	31:51	13	6	4	0	0	0	5-13	3-9	0-0	2	-15
Miles Bridges starter	29:08	14	2	2	0	0	1	5-9	0-1	4-4	3	-25
LaMelo Ball starter	26:26	19	4	3	1	0	4	7-19	3-12	2-2	4	-19
Moussa Diabate starter	24:49	4	6	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-2	1	-17
Sion James bench	22:23	11	2	4	0	0	0	4-8	3-6	0-0	3	-2
Coby White bench	19:46	11	4	1	0	0	2	4-11	1-5	2-2	1	+13
Josh Green bench	17:58	0	0	1	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	+0
Ryan Kalkbrenner bench	13:16	2	2	2	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	+2
Liam McNeeley bench	10:54	10	6	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	5-6	1	-6
Tre Mann bench	3:52	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	+2
Xavier Tillman bench	3:52	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	+2
Pat Connaughton bench	3:52	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+2

Not available: Tidjane Salaun, Grant Williams

Team statistics
Boston Celtics	Stat	Charlotte Hornets
16/22 (72%)	Free throws	15/19 (78%)
28/49 (57%)	2 pointers	24/40 (60%)
14/34 (41%)	3 pointers	12/43 (27%)
42/83 (50%)	Field goals	36/83 (43%)
39	Rebounds	37
31	Defensive rebounds	27
8	Offensive rebounds	10
23	Assists	19
5	Turnovers	11
6	Steals	2
3	Blocks	1
18	Fouls	17
12	Max points in a row	7
43:27	Time spent in lead	3:24
20	Biggest lead	3

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Charlotte Hornets ahead)

Largest margin: 19 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 3
Times tied: 1
Largest lead · Boston Celtics: 20 Q3 6:42
Largest lead · Charlotte Hornets: 3 Q1 11:03
Longest run: 12-0 Boston Celtics · Q1 0:01 to Q2 9:37

Scoring plays

Q1 · 22 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
11:03	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 3-pt field goal	0	3
10:22	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	2	3
9:59	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	4	3
9:47	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	4	5
9:15	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	4	7
8:17	Boston Celtics	Sam Hauser 3-pt field goal	7	7
8:05	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	7	9
7:15	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	10	9
6:38	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	12	9
6:13	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	15	9
5:33	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	15	12
4:53	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	17	12
4:25	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 2-pt field goal	17	14
3:55	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	19	14
3:06	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	21	14
2:48	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 2-pt field goal	21	16
1:41	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 3-pt field goal	21	19
1:22	Boston Celtics	Ron Harper Jr. 2-pt field goal	23	19
0:58	Boston Celtics	Ron Harper Jr. 2-pt field goal	25	19
0:20	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 2-pt field goal	25	21
0:01	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	26	21
0:01	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	27	21

Q2 · 36 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
11:24	Boston Celtics	Baylor Scheierman 3-pt field goal	30	21
10:56	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	33	21
9:53	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	34	21
9:37	Boston Celtics	Ron Harper Jr. 3-pt field goal	37	21
9:16	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 2-pt field goal	37	23
8:54	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	37	25
8:36	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	40	25
8:19	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	40	26
8:19	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	40	27
8:03	Boston Celtics	Jordan Walsh 2-pt field goal	42	27
8:03	Boston Celtics	Jordan Walsh Free throw	43	27
7:47	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	43	29
7:12	Boston Celtics	Baylor Scheierman 3-pt field goal	46	29
7:06	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel Free throw	46	30
7:06	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel Free throw	46	31
6:44	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	48	31
6:26	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 3-pt field goal	48	34
6:02	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	50	34
5:31	Boston Celtics	Sam Hauser 3-pt field goal	53	34
5:22	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	53	36
5:02	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	55	36
4:44	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	55	38
4:10	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	55	39
4:10	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	55	40
3:56	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	56	40
3:56	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	57	40
3:42	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	58	40
3:42	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	59	40
3:26	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner 2-pt field goal	59	42
2:29	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	59	44
1:50	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	59	47
1:28	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	61	47
1:21	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	61	48
1:21	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	61	49
1:16	Boston Celtics	Sam Hauser Free throw	62	49
0:48	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta Free throw	63	49

Q3 · 25 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
11:24	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	65	49
10:49	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	67	49
10:36	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	67	51
9:45	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	69	51
9:22	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	69	53
9:04	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	72	53
7:30	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	72	55
6:42	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	75	55
6:18	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	75	58
5:48	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 3-pt field goal	75	61
5:31	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	77	61
4:37	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	79	61
4:11	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	79	63
3:53	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	81	63
2:54	Boston Celtics	Baylor Scheierman 2-pt field goal	83	63
2:35	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	83	66
2:12	Boston Celtics	Luka Garza 2-pt field goal	85	66
1:58	Charlotte Hornets	Liam McNeeley 2-pt field goal	85	68
1:37	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	87	68
1:25	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 2-pt field goal	87	70
0:46	Charlotte Hornets	Liam McNeeley 3-pt field goal	87	73
0:37	Boston Celtics	Baylor Scheierman Free throw	88	73
0:37	Boston Celtics	Baylor Scheierman Free throw	89	73
0:24	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White Free throw	89	74
0:24	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White Free throw	89	75

Q4 · 26 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
11:22	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	89	77
11:04	Boston Celtics	Hugo Gonzalez 3-pt field goal	92	77
10:46	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	92	80
10:32	Boston Celtics	Baylor Scheierman 3-pt field goal	95	80
9:10	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 3-pt field goal	95	83
8:35	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	95	86
8:11	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	97	86
7:47	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	99	86
7:21	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	99	88
7:05	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	100	88
7:05	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	101	88
6:47	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 2-pt field goal	101	90
6:26	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	103	90
5:57	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	106	90
5:36	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	106	92
5:14	Boston Celtics	Baylor Scheierman Free throw	107	92
3:52	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	109	92
3:38	Charlotte Hornets	Liam McNeeley Free throw	109	93
3:21	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	111	93
2:59	Charlotte Hornets	Tre Mann 2-pt field goal	111	95
2:39	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	113	95
2:26	Charlotte Hornets	Liam McNeeley Free throw	113	96
2:26	Charlotte Hornets	Liam McNeeley Free throw	113	97
0:51	Boston Celtics	Charles Bassey Free throw	114	97
0:50	Charlotte Hornets	Liam McNeeley Free throw	114	98
0:50	Charlotte Hornets	Liam McNeeley Free throw	114	99

2025-26 season series

After this game: tied 1-1. Final series: Boston Celtics 2-1.

Mar 4: Charlotte Hornets 118 at Boston Celtics 89
Mar 29: Boston Celtics 114 at Charlotte Hornets 99 (this game)
Apr 7: Charlotte Hornets 102 at Boston Celtics 113

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Hornets 99 - 114 Celtics — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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