Charlotte Hornets beat
the Portland Trail Blazers Wednesday night, 107 to 85. Charlotte returned home
after losing five straight on the road to fall under .500 and moved to the
outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Kemba Walker had a big first
half, hitting six of nine shots, and hitting three three-pointers to help give the
Hornets a 54 to 46 lead at halftime. Hornets turned 16 Portland turnovers into
21 points and the Hornets bench outscored Portland bench 44-22. Charlotte led
79-72 after the third quarter but blew the game wide-open after eight quick
points from Frank Kaminsky who scored all 11 of his points in the fourth
quarter. The Hornets limited Portland to just 35% shooting and only made 8 of
31 (25%) from the three-point line but Portland did make all 11 free-throws;
Hornets did snap an 8-game streak of allowing at least 100 points.
The MVP for the Hornets this game would be Roy Hibbert
who coming into this game was averaging 5.2 points per game but went off for a
season-high 16 points on 6 of 8 shooting and grabbing 6 rebounds. Hibbert also
had the best play of the game when he attempted to throw an alley-oop pass to
Frank Kaminsky that inadvertently went in. Hibbert didn't even crack a smile as
he jogged back down court which is the most Roy Hibbert thing ever. Leading
scorers for the Hornets are Kemba Walker with 23 points 5 assists, Nicolas
Batum with 17 points 7 rebounds 7 assists and Marco Belinelli with 13 points 5
rebounds. Leading scorers for the Portland Trail Blazers are Damian Lillard
with 21 points 7 rebounds 6 assists, C.J. McCollum with 18 points and Mason
Plumlee with 8 points 10 rebounds. Charlotte Hornets (21-21) play at home
Friday against Toronto Raptors.
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