Charlotte Hornets snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating the Brooklyn Nets 111 to 107 Tuesday night. It’s the Nets tenth straight loss and with the win, the Hornets win the season series with the Nets 3 to 1. Starting center Cody Zeller missed his eight-straight game with a quad contusion and backup point guard Ramon Sessions missed his second straight game with a lateral meniscus tear, which he is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with the injury. Frank Kaminsky got the start at center again with Zeller out. Hornets quickly went on a 10-0 run in the first quarter to take a 14-4 advantage and held the Nets to just 16 points on 6-of-22 (.273) shooting in the quarter. Charlotte would go on a 10-2 run to end the first half and at halftime, the Hornets lead 54-37. Brooklyn would come out to start the third quarter 5-for-5 and go on an 11-2 run to cut the lead to seven. But the Hornets would response with a 7-0 run highlighted by Marvin Williams posterized dunk on Randy Foye. Then with 43 seconds left in the game, Kemba would make a layup to help seal the win for the Hornets.
The MVP for the Hornets this game would be Jeremy Lamb who scored 16 points and grabbed 7 rebounds off the bench. It was hard to choose one this game since several Hornets played well in my opinion. But Lamb gets it since he played great tonight and hopefully, he plays like this every game because it would be nice for the Hornets to have his scoring off the bench along with Belinelli. He can score in so many ways; driving to the basket, shooting the three ball, posting up, shooting the mid-range jumper. The only worry is if he going to show up on defense, which he did tonight but he has the habit of showing on defense one night and the next night not play a lick of defense. The leading scorers for the Hornets were Kemba Walker with 17 points 5 assists, Nicolas Batum with 17 points 8 rebounds, Marco Belinelli with 17 points, Frank Kaminsky with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The only thing that worried me about the Hornets is the recent play of Kemba Walker. Kemba was a combined 7-of-22 against the Warriors and Jazz and tonight against the Nets he was 4-of-20. He clearly hasn’t been shooting the ball well, I don’t think it’s anything major and that’s Kemba will get back on track soon but it’s something to keep an eye on. The leading scorers for the Nets were Bojan Bogdanovic with 22 points, Brook Lopez with 20 points 4 blocks, Trevor Brooker with 10 points 12 rebounds and Isaiah Whitehead with 11 points and 7 assists. Charlotte Hornets (24-28) return to action Thursday night when they host the explosive Houston Rockets.
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