Brandon Miller Is Unstoppable: 33 Points vs. Pacers, Eastern Conference Player of the Week, and a Hornets Surge
Brandon Miller is playing some of the best basketball of his young career. The Charlotte Hornets forward dropped 33 points against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, February 26, 2026 ET — his third 30-point game in the last 16 days — as Charlotte continues one of the most surprising runs in the entire NBA this season. Miller has officially arrived as a legitimate star.
Brandon Miller Drops 33 Points Against the Indiana Pacers
Brandon Miller exploded for 33 points against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, February 26, 2026 ET — his biggest scoring performance since his 31-point night against the Atlanta Hawks on February 11. The performance came just two nights after Miller posted 23 points in a dominant 131-99 blowout of the Chicago Bulls.
Miller ended that Bulls win with 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting including 5-of-9 from three, along with five rebounds, three assists, one block, and two steals in just 25 minutes. The efficiency and brevity of his workload against Chicago underlined just how locked in the 23-year-old is at this stage of the season.
Brandon Miller Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week
The recognition at the league level has followed. Brandon Miller was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week as part of the NBA's weekly honors, joining Phoenix's Dillon Brooks as the two forwards recognized for Week 15 of the 2025-26 season. It is a milestone that reflects the broader surge Miller has delivered over the past month.
Miller has now scored 20 or more points in eight consecutive games, averaging 24.8 points per game across that stretch. The burst has raised his season scoring average to 20.5 points per game. At 23 years old and in just his third NBA season, Miller is producing at a level that is genuinely difficult to ignore.
The Numbers Behind Brandon Miller's Breakout Season
Brandon Miller is averaging 20.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game for the 2025-26 season with the Charlotte Hornets. The 6-foot-7 forward out of Alabama was the second overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft and has steadily elevated his game each season.
Miller's three-point shooting has been the centerpiece of his February. He hit five triples for the second consecutive game against Chicago, and the Washington Wizards game earlier in the week marked his third performance this season shooting at least 70% from beyond the arc on seven or more attempts — tying for the second-most such performances in the entire league.
Charlotte Hornets Are Surging — Four Players Averaging 18-Plus Points
Brandon Miller's individual brilliance is occurring inside a team-wide breakout that has Charlotte playing some of its most competitive basketball in years. Charlotte has four players averaging at least 18 points per game this season, with Miller proving he can score at a high level regardless on a nightly basis.
Rookie Kon Knueppel had 24 points and LaMelo Ball added 20 as the Hornets rolled to a 109-99 victory over the Houston Rockets to extend their winning streak to eight games. The Hornets also recently signed guard Coby White in a move that injected further offensive depth into a roster that is beginning to look like a legitimate playoff contender in the Eastern Conference.
What Makes Brandon Miller Special: The Paul George Comp Revisited
Miller's game very closely resembles that of Paul George — almost to an uncanny degree — displaying shades of Brandon Ingram, Andrew Wiggins, and Buddy Hield in his versatile offensive package. The Paul George comparison, first made during Miller's pre-draft evaluation, is looking more prescient by the week.
His jumpshot remains mechanically near-flawless, his defensive engagement is genuine rather than performative, and his feel for reading the game at both ends of the floor has grown noticeably in year three. With the NBA trade deadline now passed and Charlotte's roster locked in, Brandon Miller and the Hornets head into the final stretch of the regular season with real momentum — and a city that is finally paying attention.
