Charlotte Hornets blew out the Orlando Magic, 120-101

Charlotte Hornets blew-out the Orlando Magic 120 to 101 Wednesday night. Hornets won its fourth game in five games while the Magic snapped a two-game winning streak after beating the Lakers and Grizzlies. The Hornets have beaten Orlando five straight times and won 7 of last 8 meetings. There was little defense in the first half from both teams, but Charlotte had a seven-point lead in at halftime. The Hornets got hot fast to start the second half, in a six-minute stretch in the middle of the third quarter where Charlotte outscored the Magic 28 to 2. Most of the shots during that six-minute stretch came in open floor, following Magic turnovers or long rebounds, Orlando shot 1 for 11 and committed four turnovers during that stretch, falling behind 92 to 61. Charlotte would outscore the Magic by 22 points in the entire third quarter. Magic leading scorer Evan Fournier missed his third straight game due to a bruise heel, while Hornets Marco Belinelli was out with an ankle sprain. Cody Zeller would cut his ring finger on his right hand right before halftime but would come back and play the second half.

            Hornets MVP for this game would be Nicolas Batum with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists under 30 minutes. Who been playing excellent basketball for the past month and hopefully he keeps playing this well because it takes a bug loud off Kemba back his isn’t rely on to score all the time. Other leading scorers for the Hornets was Kemba Walker with 21 points 5 assists and Jeremy Lamb with 14 points off the bench. Hornets shot 55% from the field for the entire game and only missed one free-throw as well. Orlando Magic top scorers was Nikola Vucevic with 21 points, Serge Ibaka who scored all his 20 points in the first half and Jodie Meeks with 11 points. Charlotte Hornets (18-14) play Thursday night against the Miami Heat, the last time these teams faced-off the Hornets beat them 97-91 in the second game of the season.