MIAMI -- — Norman Powell scored 25 points and the Miami Heat enjoyed a record-setting first quarter on the way to a 126-108 victory over the Charlotte Hornets in an NBA Cup game Friday night, giving coach Erik Spoelstra a win a day after his home burned down.

Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points and Pelle Larsson added 19 for Miami.

Rookie Kon Knueppel had his highest-scoring game as a pro, finishing with 30 for Charlotte. Tre Mann scored 20 points for Charlotte, and Miles Bridges finished with 14 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists.

Miami scored a franchise-record 53 points in the first quarter — the second highest-scoring first quarter in NBA history — and led by 26 points with 9:20 left in the second quarter.

It was 64-38. Barely seven minutes later, it was 66-65 — after Charlotte went on a 27-2 run. But the Hornets never led, and the Heat pulled away in the fourth.

The Heat managed only 19 points in the second quarter. They became the second team in the NBA's shot-clock era — which started in 1954 — to score at least 50 in one quarter and then fail to score 20 in the next quarter of the same regular season game. Memphis also did it on March 5, 2023 in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Hornets rookie center Ryan Kalkbrenner was 5-for-7 from the field — and his shooting percentage actually dropped. Kalkbrenner came into the game shooting 82.9%, and that rate fell to 81.3% on Friday.

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Recent plays and game events

TIME	PLAY
12:00	Ryan Kalkbrenner vs. Kel'el Ware (Davion Mitchell gains possession)	0	0
11:38	Norman Powell makes 25-foot three pointer	3	0
11:20	Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Tre Mann assists)	3	2
11:06	Kon Knueppel personal foul	3	2
10:55	Andrew Wiggins makes 24-foot three point jumper	6	2
10:43	Tre Mann misses driving layup	6	2
10:41	Kel'el Ware defensive rebound	6	2
10:33	Davion Mitchell makes 4-foot two point shot	8	2
10:23	Sion James makes driving layup	8	4
10:23	Andrew Wiggins shooting foul	8	4
10:23	Sion James makes free throw 1 of 1	8	5
10:13	Norman Powell makes 9-foot two point shot (Davion Mitchell assists)	10	5
10:00	Sion James offensive foul	10	5
10:00	Sion James turnover	10	5
9:48	Pelle Larsson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)	13	5
9:48	Hornets Full timeout	13	5
9:46	Davion Mitchell personal foul	13	5
9:33	Miles Bridges misses driving floating jump shot	13	5
9:30	Norman Powell defensive rebound	13	5
9:17	Kel'el Ware makes 25-foot three point jumper (Davion Mitchell assists)	16	5
8:59	Sion James misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	5
8:53	Ryan Kalkbrenner offensive rebound	16	5
8:53	Ryan Kalkbrenner makes tip shot	16	7
8:44	Kel'el Ware misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	7
8:41	Kon Knueppel defensive rebound	16	7
8:35	Kon Knueppel makes 4-foot two point shot	16	9
8:28	Norman Powell makes 25-foot three pointer	19	9
8:28	Tre Mann flagrant foul type 1	19	9
8:28	(08:28) [Hornets] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (CALL OVERTURNED)	19	9
8:28	Norman Powell makes free throw flagrant 1 of 1	20	9
8:21	Norman Powell misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	20	9
8:17	Miles Bridges defensive rebound	20	9
8:13	Kel'el Ware shooting foul	20	9
8:13	Tre Mann makes free throw 1 of 2	20	10
8:13	Tre Mann makes free throw 2 of 2	20	11
7:53	Pelle Larsson makes 10-foot two point shot (Davion Mitchell assists)	22	11
7:36	Kon Knueppel misses 22-foot three point jumper	22	11
7:32	Tre Mann offensive rebound	22	11
7:29	Tre Mann makes two point shot	22	13
7:19	Kel'el Ware makes 3-foot layup (Davion Mitchell assists)	24	13
7:10	Sion James makes 24-foot three pointer (Kon Knueppel assists)	24	16
6:57	Norman Powell makes driving layup	26	16
6:46	Tre Mann misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	26	16
6:43	Andrew Wiggins defensive rebound	26	16
6:39	Davion Mitchell makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)	29	16
6:17	Tre Mann makes 22-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists)	29	19
6:05	Davion Mitchell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	29	19
6:02	Miles Bridges defensive rebound	29	19
5:55	Tre Mann makes driving layup (Miles Bridges assists)	29	21
5:42	Andrew Wiggins makes 14-foot two point shot	31	21
5:32	Miles Bridges lost ball turnover (Davion Mitchell steals)	31	21
5:28	Davion Mitchell makes two point shot (Norman Powell assists)	33	21
5:11	Tre Mann makes 13-foot pullup jump shot	33	23
4:53	Ryan Kalkbrenner blocks Norman Powell 's 2-foot driving layup	33	23
4:51	Sion James defensive rebound	33	23
4:48	Pelle Larsson shooting foul	33	23
4:48	Tre Mann makes free throw 1 of 2	33	24
4:48	Jaime Jaquez Jr. enters the game for Kel'el Ware	33	24
4:48	Nikola Jovic enters the game for Andrew Wiggins	33	24
4:48	Moussa Diabate enters the game for Sion James	33	24
4:48	Liam McNeeley enters the game for Ryan Kalkbrenner	33	24
4:48	Tre Mann makes free throw 2 of 2	33	25
4:39	Norman Powell misses 25-foot three point jumper	33	25
4:35	Moussa Diabate defensive rebound	33	25
4:29	Kon Knueppel lost ball turnover (Nikola Jovic steals)	33	25
4:23	Nikola Jovic misses two point shot	33	25
4:21	Tre Mann defensive rebound	33	25
4:20	Tre Mann out of bounds bad pass turnover	33	25
4:20	Dru Smith enters the game for Davion Mitchell	33	25
4:20	Pat Connaughton enters the game for Kon Knueppel	33	25
4:20	KJ Simpson enters the game for Tre Mann	33	25
4:04	Pelle Larsson makes 4-foot two point shot	35	25
3:50	Pat Connaughton bad pass (Nikola Jovic steals)	35	25
3:36	Pelle Larsson misses driving layup	35	25
3:34	Liam McNeeley defensive rebound	35	25
3:30	Dru Smith shooting foul	35	25
3:30	Liam McNeeley makes free throw 1 of 2	35	26
3:30	Simone Fontecchio enters the game for Norman Powell	35	26
3:30	Liam McNeeley makes free throw 2 of 2	35	27
3:23	Nikola Jovic misses driving layup	35	27
3:20	Pat Connaughton defensive rebound	35	27
3:15	Miles Bridges makes driving layup	35	29
3:07	Nikola Jovic makes 1-foot layup (Pelle Larsson assists)	37	29
2:46	Miles Bridges bad pass (Nikola Jovic steals)	37	29
2:38	Jaime Jaquez Jr. misses driving floating jump shot	37	29
2:38	Heat offensive team rebound	37	29
2:38	Heat Full timeout	37	29
2:38	Andrew Wiggins enters the game for Pelle Larsson	37	29
2:31	Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes 2-foot two point shot	39	29
2:26	Moussa Diabate out of bounds bad pass turnover	39	29
2:19	Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dru Smith assists)	42	29
2:05	Miles Bridges misses 25-foot three point jumper	42	29
2:05	Heat defensive team rebound	42	29
2:05	Liam McNeeley loose ball foul	42	29
1:59	Dru Smith misses 22-foot three point jumper	42	29
1:58	Hornets defensive team rebound	42	29
1:58	Nikola Jovic loose ball foul	42	29
1:58	Pat Connaughton makes free throw 1 of 2	42	30
1:58	Pat Connaughton makes free throw 2 of 2	42	31
1:42	Simone Fontecchio makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists)	45	31
1:29	Miles Bridges misses driving layup	45	31
1:26	Simone Fontecchio defensive rebound	45	31
1:17	Dru Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists)	48	31
53.2	KJ Simpson misses 10-foot two point shot	48	31
50.3	Simone Fontecchio defensive rebound	48	31
45.4	Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point shot (Simone Fontecchio assists)	51	31
33.0	Pat Connaughton makes 8-foot two point shot (KJ Simpson assists)	51	33
11.3	Nikola Jovic makes layup (Dru Smith assists)	53	33
4.7	KJ Simpson misses driving floating jump shot	53	33
3.7	Heat defensive team rebound	53	33
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	53	33

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Kaseya Center

Miami, FL

Date & Time

1:00 AM, November 8, 2025

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FanDuel SN Sun, FanDuel SN SE, NBA League Pass

Attendance

19,600

Referees

James Williams, Jason Goldenberg, Matt Myers

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
Miami	35	29	.547	W4
Orlando	33	28	.541	W2
Atlanta	32	31	.508	W5
Charlotte	32	32	.500	L1
Washington	16	46	.258	L7

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