Charlotte Hornets started
their five-game road trip with three loses. at Cleveland Saturday, at Indiana Monday
and then Wednesday at Washington. The Charlotte Hornets lost to the Washington
Wizards 109 to 106. Charlotte started the game red-hot making 10 of 14 shots, Michael
Kidd-Gilchrist started 5 for 5 from the field as well. At halftime Hornets led
the Wizards 54 to 49 behind Nicolas Batum 14 points and 7 assists. In the third
quarter Washington was trailing by 10 but went on a 23 to 5 run that was capped
off when John Wall stripped Marco Belinelli and passed it to Otto Porter for a
fast break. Bradley Beal started the game 0 for 6 but in the third quarter him and
John Wall scored Wizards 19 of 45 points in the quarter, the highest scoring
period of the season for the Wizards. The Wizards lead the entirely fourth
quarter but Charlotte did go on a little run at the very end to cut the lead to
3 with 10 seconds’ lefts. Nicolas Batum forced a long 3 and missed, Kemba
grabbed the rebound and the potential game tying 3 rimmed out to end the game. The
Hornets weren’t aggressive in the second-half, allowing the Wizards to grab 12 offensives
rebound and have 15 steals.
The MVP for the Hornets would be Nicolas Batum with 20
points and 8 assists on his 28th birthday. Who was aggressive the
first half, scoring or assisted on 9 of the team’s 12 made field goals in the
first quarter. Hornets leading scorers was Cody Zeller with 18 points on 6 of 7
shooting from the field, Kemba Walker with 17 points 6 rebounds and 9 assists,
Marco Belinelli with 16 points on 6 of 10 shooting from the field and 4 for 6
shooting from three pointers. Wizards leading scorers were John Wall with 25
points and 10 assists and 20 points career-high 9 assists and 7 steals and Marcin
Gortat with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Charlotte Hornets (14-12) play Saturday
at Boston Celtics.
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