Charlotte Hornets got
their 5th win in 6 games, after beating the Miami Heat 91 to 82.
Miami’s 10-22 record after 32 games is worst for the franchise since the
2007-2008 season, Heat used its 12th different starting lineup Thursday
night to try to find a winning starting five. Marco Belinelli missed his third straight
game due to a sprained ankle, while Heat point guard Goran Dragic played, although
was questionable with lower back spasms, he missed Tuesday’s game against the
Oklahoma City Thunder. Miami outscored Charlotte 13-6 in final 4 minutes in the
second quarter and Josh Richardson scored 13 points in the second quarter to
give the Heat a 49 to 42 lead at halftime. Charlotte started the third quarter
on an 8-0 run and shot 57% in the third quarter, would outscored the Heat 31 to
17 in the third quarter. Another big stat was the fact that the Hornets held
the Heat to 16 points in the fourth quarter, to get the victory.
Hornets MVP for this game would be Kemba Walker with 22
points 7 rebounds, who also recorded his 7,000 point with Charlotte franchise
when he hit a three-pointer in the first quarter, he the fourth player in
franchise history to reach that mark. Other Hornets leading scorers was 16
points 13 rebounds 8 assists, Marvin Williams with 13 points and one massive
dunk over Hassan Whiteside in the third quarter and Jeremy Lamb with 10 points
and 8 rebounds off the bench. Charlotte shot awful in tonight but the one key
factor that allowed them to win this game was their defense and not turning the
ball over. Forced 17 Miami turnovers that led to 21 points for Charlotte, while
the Hornets only turned the ball over 8 times, the last turnover was at the end
of the game when they were running the clock down and had a shot clock
violation. Also Frank Kaminsky scored only 4 points on 1 of 11 shooting(9.1%), Hornets need to find a way to get him going again, maybe even a trip to the D-league to play for the Greensboro Swarm for a few games to get his convinced back and allow Christian Wood to prove himself in Frank's absents. Wood have been tearing it up in the D-League and he surely can't be as bad as Frank's is right now. Miami leading scorers was Josh Richardson with 20 points, Tyler
Johnson 18 points 7 rebounds 5 assists and Hassan Whiteside 8 points 10
rebounds and only 2 blocks. With a man his length and wingspan, Whiteside
should grab every defensive rebound and should block every shot that gets put
in the line. But he doesn’t; he doesn’t even look like he wants to be out there,
the last the one to run down the court on offense and doesn’t even try to get
though screens or block outs. Charlotte Hornets (19-14) host Cleveland
Cavaliers Saturday for a New Year’s Eve game.
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