Who won Dallas Mavericks vs Charlotte Hornets?

The Charlotte Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks 117-90 on March 3, 2026.

Brandon Williams scored 18 for the Dallas Mavericks; Brandon Miller scored 17 for the Charlotte Hornets.

Dallas Mavericks at Charlotte Hornets

2025-26 · Regular season Tue, Mar 3, 2026 · 7:00 pm EST · All results that day · Dallas Mavericks vs Charlotte Hornets head-to-head · Dallas Mavericks schedule · Charlotte Hornets schedule

Final

Away

Charlotte Hornets

117

Venue: Spectrum Center

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

Game recap

The Charlotte Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks 117-90 at home on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at Spectrum Center. Brandon Miller had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists for the Charlotte Hornets. Brandon Williams had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist for the Dallas Mavericks.

The Charlotte Hornets led 57-48 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the third quarter, won 35-24. Bench points: Dallas Mavericks 29, Charlotte Hornets 54. LaMelo Ball had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 9 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 Dallas Mavericks vs Charlotte Hornets?: The Charlotte Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks 117-90 on March 3, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: Brandon Williams scored 18 for the Dallas Mavericks; Brandon Miller scored 17 for the Charlotte Hornets.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Dallas Mavericks	23	25	24	18	90
Charlotte Hornets	31	26	35	25	117

Game leaders

Dallas Mavericks

Points: 18 Brandon Williams
Rebounds: 8 Khris Middleton
Assists: 4 Ryan Nembhard

Charlotte Hornets

Points: 17 Brandon Miller
Rebounds: 8 Moussa Diabate
Assists: 9 LaMelo Ball

Dallas Mavericks
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Max Christie starter	33:26	11	5	1	1	0	1	4-15	1-9	2-2	1	-1
Khris Middleton starter	29:09	9	8	3	0	0	3	4-11	0-2	1-1	4	-9
P.J. Washington Jr. starter	27:55	13	2	3	0	0	2	4-11	1-4	4-6	1	-18
Brandon Williams starter	26:37	18	4	1	0	1	0	4-10	0-1	10-11	2	-13
Daniel Gafford starter	21:30	10	6	2	2	1	1	5-8	0-0	0-0	1	-19
Dwight Powell bench	26:26	12	4	3	1	1	2	3-5	0-0	6-8	3	-8
Caleb Martin bench	25:51	9	1	0	0	1	1	3-7	0-2	3-8	3	-29
Ryan Nembhard bench	21:23	6	5	4	3	0	2	1-4	1-2	3-4	1	-14
John Poulakidas bench	14:28	0	5	2	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	-7
AJ Johnson bench	13:15	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	1	-17

Not available: Marvin Bagley III, Cooper Flagg, Dereck Lively II, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson

Charlotte Hornets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Kon Knueppel starter	31:59	13	6	5	1	1	2	6-14	1-7	0-1	3	+17
Miles Bridges starter	30:37	11	3	5	0	1	0	3-13	1-5	4-7	1	+0
LaMelo Ball starter	29:16	15	5	9	5	1	4	5-19	4-13	1-1	4	-5
Moussa Diabate starter	22:32	7	8	0	0	1	2	3-4	0-0	1-1	4	+10
Brandon Miller starter	21:22	17	5	4	1	2	3	6-10	2-5	3-3	5	+12
Josh Green bench	25:26	11	3	2	0	0	0	4-6	3-5	0-0	3	+36
Sion James bench	24:14	13	8	1	2	0	1	5-8	3-6	0-0	3	+30
Grant Williams bench	20:38	12	4	3	1	0	0	4-6	4-6	0-0	4	+23
Ryan Kalkbrenner bench	18:19	10	5	3	1	1	0	4-4	0-0	2-2	2	+18
Pat Connaughton bench	10:27	8	2	0	0	0	1	2-3	2-3	2-2	1	-1
Tre Mann bench	3:43	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	-8
Tidjane Salaun bench	1:27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-2	0	+3

Not available: Coby White

Team statistics
Dallas Mavericks	Stat	Charlotte Hornets
31/42 (73%)	Free throws	13/19 (68%)
25/52 (48%)	2 pointers	22/37 (59%)
3/22 (13%)	3 pointers	20/51 (39%)
28/74 (37%)	Field goals	42/88 (47%)
42	Rebounds	49
35	Defensive rebounds	36
7	Offensive rebounds	13
19	Assists	32
14	Turnovers	14
7	Steals	11
4	Blocks	7
19	Fouls	31
10	Max points in a row	9
0:18	Time spent in lead	45:44
2	Biggest lead	27

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

Largest margin: 27 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 1
Times tied: 4
Largest lead · Dallas Mavericks: 2 Q1 11:47
Largest lead · Charlotte Hornets: 27 Q4 1:44
Longest run: 10-0 Dallas Mavericks · Q1 1:16 to Q2 9:15

Scoring plays

Q1 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
11:47	Dallas Mavericks	Max Christie 2-pt field goal	2	0
11:29	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 2-pt field goal	2	2
11:29	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller Free throw	2	3
10:50	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	2	5
10:33	Dallas Mavericks	Daniel Gafford 2-pt field goal	4	5
10:13	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	4	7
9:58	Dallas Mavericks	Khris Middleton 2-pt field goal	6	7
9:36	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 3-pt field goal	6	10
9:08	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams 2-pt field goal	8	10
9:08	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	9	10
8:59	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	9	12
8:34	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	9	15
7:44	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	10	15
7:44	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	11	15
6:54	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams 2-pt field goal	13	15
6:19	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams 2-pt field goal	15	15
5:31	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 2-pt field goal	15	17
5:08	Dallas Mavericks	Caleb Martin 2-pt field goal	17	17
4:53	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 2-pt field goal	17	19
4:25	Charlotte Hornets	Josh Green 3-pt field goal	17	22
4:12	Dallas Mavericks	Caleb Martin Free throw	18	22
4:12	Dallas Mavericks	Caleb Martin Free throw	19	22
3:29	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 3-pt field goal	19	25
3:04	Charlotte Hornets	Grant Williams 3-pt field goal	19	28
2:48	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. Free throw	20	28
2:29	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 3-pt field goal	20	31
1:16	Dallas Mavericks	Caleb Martin 2-pt field goal	22	31
0:45	Dallas Mavericks	Ryan Nembhard Free throw	23	31

Q2 · 27 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
10:18	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell 2-pt field goal	25	31
9:39	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams 2-pt field goal	27	31
9:15	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. Free throw	28	31
9:15	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. Free throw	29	31
9:15	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. Free throw	30	31
8:58	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	30	33
8:42	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 3-pt field goal	33	33
8:00	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	33	34
7:19	Charlotte Hornets	Josh Green 3-pt field goal	33	37
6:48	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate Free throw	33	38
6:48	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	33	40
6:23	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 2-pt field goal	33	42
5:53	Dallas Mavericks	Khris Middleton 2-pt field goal	35	42
4:40	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 2-pt field goal	35	44
4:26	Dallas Mavericks	Caleb Martin 2-pt field goal	37	44
4:05	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	37	45
4:05	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	37	46
3:59	Charlotte Hornets	Josh Green 3-pt field goal	37	49
3:35	Dallas Mavericks	Khris Middleton Free throw	38	49
3:32	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell 2-pt field goal	40	49
3:18	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell Free throw	41	49
3:04	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	41	51
2:39	Charlotte Hornets	Grant Williams 3-pt field goal	41	54
2:24	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	43	54
1:58	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	43	57
0:57	Dallas Mavericks	Max Christie 3-pt field goal	46	57
0:19	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	48	57

Q3 · 33 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
11:26	Dallas Mavericks	Daniel Gafford 2-pt field goal	50	57
10:43	Dallas Mavericks	Daniel Gafford 2-pt field goal	52	57
10:29	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	52	59
9:45	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	52	62
9:28	Dallas Mavericks	Khris Middleton 2-pt field goal	54	62
9:14	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	54	63
8:37	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	54	65
8:14	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	54	68
7:22	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell Free throw	55	68
7:22	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell Free throw	56	68
6:55	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	57	68
6:39	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	57	69
6:23	Dallas Mavericks	AJ Johnson Free throw	58	69
6:23	Dallas Mavericks	AJ Johnson Free throw	59	69
6:06	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner 2-pt field goal	59	71
5:52	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell Free throw	60	71
5:52	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell Free throw	61	71
5:38	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner 2-pt field goal	61	73
5:24	Dallas Mavericks	Khris Middleton 2-pt field goal	63	73
5:04	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 3-pt field goal	63	76
4:39	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell 2-pt field goal	65	76
4:08	Dallas Mavericks	Dwight Powell Free throw	66	76
3:44	Charlotte Hornets	Grant Williams 3-pt field goal	66	79
3:11	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner 2-pt field goal	66	81
2:34	Dallas Mavericks	P.J. Washington Jr. 2-pt field goal	68	81
2:14	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	68	84
2:01	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	69	84
2:01	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	70	84
1:43	Charlotte Hornets	Grant Williams 3-pt field goal	70	87
1:09	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	70	89
0:31	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	70	92
0:11	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	71	92
0:11	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	72	92

Q4 · 26 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Dallas Mavericks	Charlotte Hornets
11:42	Dallas Mavericks	Max Christie 2-pt field goal	74	92
11:23	Dallas Mavericks	Max Christie 2-pt field goal	76	92
11:14	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller Free throw	76	93
11:14	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller Free throw	76	94
10:50	Dallas Mavericks	Ryan Nembhard 3-pt field goal	79	94
10:40	Charlotte Hornets	Pat Connaughton 3-pt field goal	79	97
10:08	Dallas Mavericks	Daniel Gafford 2-pt field goal	81	97
9:25	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 2-pt field goal	81	99
8:56	Dallas Mavericks	Daniel Gafford 2-pt field goal	83	99
7:29	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	83	101
7:15	Dallas Mavericks	Max Christie Free throw	84	101
7:15	Dallas Mavericks	Max Christie Free throw	85	101
7:00	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	86	101
7:00	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Williams Free throw	87	101
5:40	Charlotte Hornets	Pat Connaughton 3-pt field goal	87	104
4:28	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner Free throw	87	105
4:28	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner Free throw	87	106
3:33	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	87	108
3:01	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner 2-pt field goal	87	110
2:37	Dallas Mavericks	Caleb Martin Free throw	88	110
2:21	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	88	113
1:44	Charlotte Hornets	Josh Green 2-pt field goal	88	115
1:10	Dallas Mavericks	Ryan Nembhard Free throw	89	115
1:10	Dallas Mavericks	Ryan Nembhard Free throw	90	115
0:56	Charlotte Hornets	Pat Connaughton Free throw	90	116
0:56	Charlotte Hornets	Pat Connaughton Free throw	90	117

2025-26 season series

After this game: Charlotte Hornets 2-0. Final series: Charlotte Hornets 2-0.

Jan 29: Charlotte Hornets 123 at Dallas Mavericks 121
Mar 3: Dallas Mavericks 90 at Charlotte Hornets 117 (this game)

Highlights

Hornets 117 - 90 Mavericks — Full Highlights (YouTube)

Game statistics · retrieved Oct 9, 2026 02:29.

Tipoff and venue can change. Game times: Eastern Time.

Tipoff in UTC

Mar 4, 2026 · 00:00 UTC

Browse the full schedule

Today's NBA games

Houston Rockets at Dallas Mavericks

Memphis Grizzlies at Chicago Bulls

Sacramento Kings at Los Angeles Lakers

Atlanta Hawks at San Antonio Spurs

LA Clippers at Toronto Raptors

Atlanta Hawks at Indiana Pacers

Detroit Pistons at Washington Wizards

Minnesota Timberwolves at Miami Heat

Dallas Mavericks at Charlotte Hornets

Final