Charlotte Hornets lost to the Phoenix Suns, 120-103. The Suns are 8-4 against Eastern Conference teams at home this season. Hornets backup center Miles Plumlee missed his sixth game due to a right calf strain and Frank Kaminsky left the game in the fourth quarter due to left shoulder, which a major loss for the Hornets since Frank had been playing great the past month. The injury bug has been over the Hornets all season long. Charlotte looked good in the first quarter, good defense leading to easy buckets and led by as many as ten points. But the Suns would go on a 10-0 run in the second quarter to take the lead and would lead at halftime, 61-58. The first play in the third quarter was an and-1 from Nic Batum to tie the game up, but the Suns would quickly go on a 12-0 run to retake the lead. Phoenix led by as many as 12 in the third, but the Hornets cut the deficit to two, 87-85. But the Hornets would just run out of gas in the fourth quarter and didn’t have the offensive explosion to keep up with the Suns.
The MVP for the Hornets this game would be Michael Kidd-Gilchrist who scored 7 points, grabbed 8 rebounds (5 of those were offense rebounds) and had 6 steals. MKG has always done the dirty work for the Hornets, playing good defense, grabbing rebounds, hitting the floor for the ball. MKG hustle every game and even though he needs work on the offense side. Charlotte did not play good defense in tonight’s game, allowing the Suns to shoot 59% from the field. Hornets should never allow any team to shot that well from the field and turned the ball over 16 times which lead to 29 fast break points for the Hornets. The leading scorers for the Hornets this game was Kemba Walker with 26 points 8 assists, Marvin Williams with 19 points, Frank Kaminsky with 16 points and Nicolas Batum with 12 points. The leading scorers for the Suns were Marquese Chriss with 17 points, Alan Williams with 16 points 12 rebounds, TJ Warren with 16 points 8 rebounds, Devin Brooker with 15 points and 9 assists. The Charlotte Hornets (26-35) play their last game on this week-long road trip Saturday against the Denver Nuggets.
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