Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Charlotte Hornets lost to the Brooklyn Nets, 120-118


Charlotte Hornets lost to the Brooklyn Nets, 120 to 118 on Randy Foye three-pointer at the buzzer to win it. Brooklyn overcame a 14-point deficit in the third quarter to snapped a 5-game losing streak, while the Hornets snapped their 3-game winning streak. Jeremy Lin left the game in the third quarter and would not return due to a left hamstring strained, the same injury that forced him to miss 17 games earlier in the season. While Marco Belinelli missed his first game of the season after spraining his left ankle Friday against the Chicago Bulls. The Hornets only had 11 turnovers, who is 2nd in the NBA with the fewest turnovers a game with 11.9. Sean Kilpatrick made a tiebreaking 3 with 1:36 left in the fourth quarter, Bojan Bogdanovic added another three 30 seconds left to make it 117-113; Nic Batum nailed a three-pointer, Bojan missed, Kemba Walker drove in but got his shot blocked but Cody Zeller followed it up to give Charlotte a one-point lead. After a Nets timeout, Brooklyn inbounded the ball to the sideline, Faye caught it and shot it and won it for Brooklyn.

            The MVP for the Hornets would be Jeremy Lamb with 17 points, who played well in the absents of Marco Belinelli and I wished he would play like this daily, that would give the Hornets more depth off the bench, which the Hornets desperately need this year. Hornets leading scorers are Nicholas Batum with 24 points 5 rebounds 5 assists, Cody Zeller with 15 points 9 rebounds and Kemba Walker with 15 points 6 assists. Which the Hornets started their pushed to get Kemba into this year All-Star game. Nets leading scorers were Bojan Bogdanovic with 26 points, Sean Kilpatrick with 23 points, Brooke Lopez who scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and Jeremy Lamb with 17 points. Charlotte Hornets (17-14) play again Wednesday at Orlando, Hornets won the last four meetings, including a 109 to 88 won earlier this month.

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